Where trucks once transported water to our MANI production and the residents of the village Pyrgos relied on water canisters, fresh spring water now flows from the Taygetos Mountains. The extraction is climate-friendly, powered by a solar pump ☀️.
What is important for us to say: Responsible use of the valuable resource water is natural and ingrained for us, as residents of the Mani. We are a small consumer in the region; our MANI production uses significantly less water than the small village of Pyrgos, for example.
Background Information
The village of Pyrgos (approx. 150 inhabitants), where the MANI production is located, previously had no source of its own and depended on three sources from neighboring villages. In these neighboring villages, there is a storage tank for each source, which is fed by the respective spring. Until now, only the overflow from these storage tanks went to Pyrgos.
Particularly in the dry summer months, when tourism increases the number of people in the region by about three times, water shortages occur. During this time, there is also no water overflow towards Pyrgos, and the village suffers from a lack of water.
The water from Mani comes from the 2,400m-high Taygetos Mountains. A special feature is the freshwater springs in Kalogria Bay. The water source was discovered and developed above Stoupa. Using a solar pump (made in Germany), the spring water is extracted and pumped to Pyrgos via a newly laid 8 km pipeline along the road.
Facts and Figures
- Timeframe: Construction from October 2021 to August 2022, with final tests completed in spring 2023
- Costs: ~€200,000, 100% financed through loans
- Total water extracted: 25 m³/day* (*on sunny days ☀️)
- The factory's efficient water consumption is equivalent to that of 28 households in Pyrgos
- By the end of 2023, more than 50 truckloads of water have already been saved for the village of Pyrgos and our production
