it-gh 170508 Birsfelden

• Time: 9:30am - 17:45pm
• Places - Water treatment & recycling plant, farmland & home

➣ Today for the water treatment plant in Birsfelden we visited is named Ara Birs, it was built of old in two(2) places, one in 1964 and the other in 1977, and was been re-modernized in 2007. the name Ara Birs, the company, was named after a river called Aare; it's a river that passes through the cantons- Bern,Solothun & Aargau and the river mouth is the Rhein .
 ⤑ The processing plant recycles water from rain water,waste water from habitants and roadside water as well.....during the raining season, about 4000m3 of water is collected everyday for processing.;they have in Basel twenty two(22) smaller recycling plants and five(5) larger ones with about 3000 inhabitants.....the water collected goes through four(4) stages:


⤏ the first stage is the collection of the water, where the water is collected and taken up by mechanical cleaning, there heavy particles such as wood crushed for water passage alone...
⤏ the 2nd, mechanical process to filter even the smallest particles, then the 3rd,consist of five(5)pots, oxygen is pumped into the pots of water in the final stage where 30% of the water is sent to the Rhein, the final creates a sewage sludge taken to a digester which is used as a methane biogas to produce electricity of about 40%, with 25% of solar to power their equipment.

➢ we also did visited the waste recycling of paper,metal,plastics etc,,,...

➣ the next visit is to the farmland of auntie Regula and family, we met also her Husband and her two daughters, they were lovely, we were showed lots of stuffs, the cow milk extract, the cow waste collection which are later used as manure and their food preparation. the cows produce about 1400liters of milk per day and  are very huge and we couldn't stop looking at them........so surprising.....wow!
then we went horse riding with one of her daughters, Gorenna, she was friendly and lovely as well, taking as through various techniques in horse riding....I never wanted to get off....hush! 🔺🙌 and their dog, Deeva was adorable.....dogs here are treated so much well with care and it gives you the feeling of friendship with the pet........
➣ The evening was filled up as well meeting with auntie Andria and her children, Cyrill and Nadine....we had a drink up and took a walk together with the dog with auntie Ruth, we never go without her...............