UTILITIES

Drilling horizontally under a reservoir

A German contractor utilised a Grundodrill 18N HDD rig from Tracto to bore under a reservoir

A view of Lake Mertsee, under which part of a 1.2km long district heating pipe was partially installed for the open-air swimming pool on the right-hand side. Credit: Josepha und Markus

A view of Lake Mertsee, under which part of a 1.2km long district heating pipe was partially installed for the open-air swimming pool on the right-hand side. Credit: Josepha und Markus

Lake Mertsee on the north-eastern outskirts of Eggenfelden in the lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn is a reservoir on the river of the same name, Mertsee, which was built in 1961 for flood protection...

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