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Water authorities<br />
preciation it deserved in 1996, when he was<br />
awarded the Federal Republic of Germany’s<br />
Service Cross for his commitment to the use<br />
of ecological oils and fuels.<br />
Large portions of the Gelsenwasser AG’s<br />
water procurement area are similar to a natural<br />
biotope for water birds, rare plants and<br />
many small animals. This idyllic environment<br />
needs care, too. Otmar Jürgen and his<br />
colleague Helmut Pristovnik, who have both<br />
been on the Essen-Burgaltendorf company’s<br />
staff for almost 17 years, find their <strong>Unimog</strong><br />
indispensable for the work. The vehicles are<br />
used for mowing with implements at the<br />
front or rear, cleaning, transporting sand to<br />
the filter pools, grading the sand surfaces<br />
and for winter service. Two <strong>Unimog</strong> U 300s<br />
with wide tyres and a laser-controlled grading<br />
blade are used for the difficult work in<br />
the filter pools. This has to be carried out<br />
with particular care as the seepage pools,<br />
which contain the slow sand filter, must remain<br />
clean in order to ensure consistently<br />
high water quality.<br />
The <strong>Unimog</strong>s are used for important tasks<br />
during the entire water procurement<br />
process. Gelsenwasser AG is yet another example<br />
for <strong>Unimog</strong> implement carriers being<br />
used all the year round for landscape and<br />
environmental care.<br />
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Wide tyres, eco-diesel fuel in the tank and biologically<br />
degradable oils for the engine, gearbox, axles, wheel<br />
hub gears and hydraulic system are important<br />
preconditions for biologically clean water procurement<br />
(above and page on left)<br />
Among other tasks, Gelsenwasser AG’s <strong>Unimog</strong>s are<br />
used for mowing and gully cleaning in the water<br />
catchment area<br />
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