Damage after flooding: waste incineration plant fights with floods and bomb finds
Damage after flooding: waste incineration plant fights with floods and bomb finds
The waste incineration plant in Dürnrohr faces considerable challenges: After a massive flood that has severely damaged the surrounding infrastructure, the system is temporarily shut down. While the garbage bunker and the combustion chamber have remained largely intact, the remaining system areas show significant damage that require a comprehensive repair. Experts and experts from all over Europe have already been involved to fix the situation.
The energy recycling center, which is responsible for converting the hot steam from the combustion chamber into electricity and district heating, is particularly affected. All insulation must be replaced here, and 60 control cabinets have also suffered damage. These failures endanger the supply of the region because it is still unclear when the system can be ready for operation again.Current status and challenges
With a local inspection,EVN spokesman Stefan Zach expressed that a precise picture of the damage would only be available in the coming week. He informed that the system has three combustion lines and that it was the goal of putting at least one line back into operation within the next few weeks. Zach is optimistic that the entire system will be fully functional again by Christmas.
The high groundwater level remains a big problem on the area: in the basement areas of the system that are responsible for cleaning the water, there are currently ten centimeters of water. Despite uninterrupted pumping activities, the water level has been unchanged for three weeks. In order to reduce the groundwater level, the EVN is currently digging a new stream through which the water is to be dissipated into the Perschling.
In addition, the work associated with it is not without danger, as was shown on Thursday evening. The workers discovered a 250 -kilogram flying bomb from the Second World War on the premises, which had to be defused by the design service. This led to the evacuation of 15 households in Kleinschönbichl.Since the re -operation of the waste incineration plant is still a long time coming, the EVN plans to set up a central interim storage space on the area. Up to 80,000 tons of bulky waste until further processing can be stored on an area of around seven hectares. This garbage is then sorted, shredded, pressed and prepared accordingly. This solution is intended to help until the system can fully operate again.
In the meantime, the supply of Zwentendorf has experienced a temporary restoration with district heating, while the state capital St. Pölten is supplied with heat via gas boilers. The need for central storage rooms for bulky waste is also recognized by the Lower Austrian environmental associations that strive for national solutions to meet the existing requirements and to ensure a smooth process.
The situation remains tense and the coming weeks will be crucial to put the waste incineration plant back into operation and maintain the energy supply of the region. For more information, see the current reporting on noe.orf.at .
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