Vídeo: Aproveitar o património de Adriano: Atenas utiliza o antigo aqueduto romano para reduzir o calor

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extremely Po and there’s not very little shade at is to I’m drinking a lot of water these tourists aren’t alone in suffering from the extreme heat in Athens cooling the Greek capital and saving water has become a top priority especially given that this part of Europe is one of the fastest warming places on Earth one idea to address this is to tap into the city’s ancient Roman aqueduct that should exploit an unused Water Resource to create more green spaces oh my goodness wow it’s so cramped built nearly 2,000 years ago Hadrian’s Aqueduct flows into the heart of Athens most of the ancient structure like this part in the municipality of halandri Lies underground kristos is showing me inside oh it’s cooler down here okay here we are wow so this was the main reservoir that was used to filter the water and clean the water where does the water come from the water the Adon acate hasn’t got an obvious spring where it carry to carry the water to somewhere else it soaks the water from the ground along its route and this is important because the more you use the water then the water returns you enrich the Water Resource that we use and why is this project important in the larger context the Adan Aqueduct because it’s still functioning it’s still still carries water that now goes wasted in the sea when the new non-potable water pipelines start working we’re going to be saving 80,000 cubic m per year Athens is one of Europe’s hottest and most densely built cities in summer there’s a marked heat island effect the extra water will help to irrigate green spaces like this and bring down temperatures at the aqueduct Central Reservoir yogus tells me the project is also seing to encourage a change in people’s habits so less water is wasted oh wow it’s huge the ultimate goal of the project is to create a culture in Athens we want more green spaces and less waste of potable water for non-potable uses uh and this project is just the beginning of a long strategy for that a strategy that’s already spreading its reach there are plans to expand in the other borrows of Athens that the Adan Aqueduct runs but also we have started a collaboration with another five six cities in Europe that combine cultural heritage with water Heritage in order to make more green sustainable and livable cities that’s it for this episode see you soon for more water [Music] matters and