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Brief
Nova Rock is one of Austria’s major festivals, hosting over 40,000 visitors every year. For the third year running, we implemented a complete water and waste distribution system for the festival grounds, campsites, production facilities, stall areas, and catering kitchens for artists and staff.
Specific challenges
The first major challenge of the site is the water source and the distance from it. There is only one water source in the entire area, and it is necessary to serve the entire site and campgrounds from it. At the same time, the furthest consumption point is almost 1.5 km away, and even here it is essential to maintain sufficient pressure. The second challenge is waste, mainly due to the complete absence of sewerage infrastructure.
The situation is not made any easier by the location of the festival, which is in a protected water zone, meaning that any waste leakage would be critical.
Solution
We designed a circulation system for the festival, which allowed us to compensate for pressure fluctuations even during peak operation. All this was achieved with more than 6 km of piping that we laid for drinking water. Despite strict hygiene regulations, our technologies enabled us to keep the water drinkable, which was verified by the local hygiene laboratory.
Due to the absence of a sewage system, it was necessary to retain wastewater so that it could be transported away for disposal using sewage trucks. We used our large-capacity wastewater containment bladders for this purpose, with a capacity of 1000 m3. Thanks to a well-designed system and constant supervision by our technicians, we managed to keep the waste system functional and prevent leaks into the protected water zone.
Key outputs
- We worked on site for more than 3 weeks
- We used 6 trucks of equipment
- We created a 1,000,000-liter wastewater storage tank
- We installed 11 kilometers of drinking water and wastewater pipes
- We connected 117 sanitary containers and 2 large-capacity kitchens
- We pumped 5,500,000 liters of water