Here the water flows despite the drought – Uppsala

– The Kungsängen usually has a fairly high groundwater pressure. And if you drill there, you encounter groundwater from Uppsalaåsen, which lies just below the surface, "says Bo Thunholm, groundwater expert at the Geological Survey of Sweden, SGU

. talk to Uppsala since May 3rd. But if peasants are forced to send livestock prematurely because of the drought, groundwater enters the Kungsängsleden at the railway dam.

According to Bo Thunholm, it is common to install pumps in a bridge. He says that the groundwater in the biggest magazine, your Uppsalaåsen belongs, is somewhat below normal, but there has been a real recovery of extremely low levels last year.

Roger Lindström, head of sector of urbanism, confirms that there is no 39, groundwater that makes the trail wet

– this is a recurring problem. We did something two summers ago, but there is still water, he says.

The municipality attempted to drain water to existing pumping stations, but failed. According to Roger Lindström, the water on the runway is a phenomenon that only occurs in the summer, and has no other consequences as the durability of the road may be slightly worse at long term. The water must therefore remain.

– We felt that we do not need to do more than that. But we keep it, he says.