Media item

Rotterdam has been drinking water from the Maas for 75 years

Week number 49-46

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:31
Publication date:
1 November 1949
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER494-HRE0001A6DE

Overview of the activities at the intake station along the Maas of the Rotterdam Waterworks. New filters are being used to meet the increasing demand for tap water. SHOTS: - ext. buildings and installations: a.o. bassins; pipes; filters etc.; water tower; - an employee takes water samples from one of the sedimentation stations; - in a laboratory the water is tested and analysed; - man opens the stopcock; water pours in the bassin.