Drinking water supply in Berlin

Water is a natural product: We draw groundwater from underground and process it in the waterworks. And Berlin’s drinking water is ready. And through our well-maintained drinking water network, we supply high-quality drinking water to the residents, industry and trade.

Supply area

Berlin has an area of 880 km² and a population of 3.4 million. The largest distance from east to west is 45 km, from north to south 38 km. In east-west direction, the Spree flows through the city forming a roughly 7 km wide valley – bordered in the north and south by plateaus – that terminates in the valley of the Havel at Spandau. These valleys form part of the Berlin-Warsaw ancient river valley that provides the treasured groundwater under the city.