STORY: The warning at the edge of the pool should be taken seriously. Because in the Nordostbad in Nuremberg there is almost no water left. The city’s three indoor swimming pools are closed this summer due to the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Udo Binöder is the technical director of the Nuremberg swimming pools: “And the city of Nuremberg has decided to close part of our indoor pools because the indoor pools consume a lot of energy and it was calculated that a few thousand households could be supplied with energy, if the indoor pools are temporarily shut down.” Instead of simply draining the water, it is pumped into tankers and used to water the trees. According to those responsible, the chlorine breaks down before the pool water gets to the plants. A total of one million liters of water can be used for The watering is urgently needed in view of the heat waves, says Karl Peßler from the Nuremberg Public Space Service: “We can’t do without it, we have to keep the trees alive. We have to keep the greenery alive because that yes acts like an air conditioner, the green, if we don’t run the air conditioner, if we don’t feed it, so to speak, it dries up, it breaks down, and it gets hotter, warmer, warmer and warmer. And then no one wants to end up living in the city. That wouldn’t be so great either.” Florian Hechtel is also on board. The farmer from the Nuremberg area provides the city with technical equipment. Because he is also affected by the hot summer. His vehicle is actually used for mowing meadows and pastures. However, since these have hardly grown back due to the long-lasting drought, they cannot be mowed at the moment. And so Hechtel converted his trailer for tree watering.