After Budapest, the Hungarian invention would conquer the world

According to mno.hu, you can get fresh drinking water from hydrants in the cooperation of the Budapest City Image Nonprofit Kft, the Municipality of Budapest, the Budapest Waterworks Zrt and Drinking Tap Project in 43 point within a few days.

The first drinking tap was inaugurated on Wednesday afternoon on Szomory Dezso Square, which was ordered by the above mentioned companies from the Drinking Tap Project. The additional taps will be placed, according to the press conference, in a few days. They will be on conspicuous and easily accessible hydrants within the boulevard on the Pest side and along the Danube on the Buda side.

Livable capital

“When we are talking about developments in Budapest, we often think of road renovations, metro developments, building reconstructions, and often forget that not the grandiose projects are the most important in terms of making our life more livable” – opened the press conference Deputy Mayor for human policy area Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky and then she added: “it may be smaller in size and costs, but those and similar ideas contribute to that we in Budapest feel better ourselves in our own city.”

Csaba Haranghy, CEO of Budapest Waterworks Zrt. said he was supportive of the idea even at the outset, because it is a good publicity not just for the capital, but for the waterworks as well that the thirsty can drink high-quality water from hydrants. “We look forward to winning the supportive attitude of the Budapest people.”

Budapest catching up

After the press conference, Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky said to mno.hu: from the 43 drinking tap, Budapest City Image Nonprofit Kft., which is 100% owned by the capital, bought 20 pieces a value of HUF 3 million, the remaining 23 was bought by the Waterworks. The operating costs – cleaning, installation, dismantling, and seasonal water usage – are also financed by the Waterworks.

Speaking of the image of the city, the Deputy Mayor mentioned that there was a request for information from Design Terminal about the project. “They helped the initiative to life with a one-time remuneration, but we and the waterworks also saw fantasy in it” – she said. In relation to the further developments, she explained: “one area of cooperation with Design Terminal is the Smart City application, of which one of the winners we got contacted by the company. Now we look at how we can insert it among the supported projects.”