CLEAN

TO GET POINTS

HELP SPRING CLEAN THE

FACTORIES’ SURROUNDINGS AND

EARN HEALTH BENEFITS POINTS

O

n 6 April, illegal landfills will start to

disappear, as the carmaker and its

employees will participate in the national

“Ukliďme svět, ukliďme Česko” (Clean the

world, clean the Czech Republic) campaign

again. Last year, a total of 134,854 volunteers

participated in cleaning up an impressive

2,113 tonnes of waste at 3,296 sites across

the Czech Republic. Over 300 ŠKODA

AUTO employees helped to rid parks and

forests of illegal landfills and waste. They

collected more than 7 tonnes of waste in the

Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí areas.

Do not hesitate to participate in the

cleaning this year, as well. The events take

place at three areas in the vicinity of our fac‑

tories (see Overview of events below). Send

the applications with the chosen place of

cleaning and the number of adults and chil‑

dren who will participate to e­‑mail address

at the bottom of the page. If you choose

Kvasiny or Vrchlabí, please state wheth‑

er you are interested in using bus transpor‑

tation (from Mladá Boleslav or Kvasiny).

This is the first year when you can earn 100

points for your Health Benefits account for

participating in the event. Don’t forget your

MFA card at home, as you will have to use it

to register on the spot in order to add points

automatically to your account. RED

Overview of events

Mladá Boleslav region

Surrounding area of the Jizera River and Radouč

Park, 6 April, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The meeting takes place at 9 a.m. at the ŠKODA

Customer Centre (Václava Klimenta 869)

Kvasiny region

Bike route, vicinity of the railway station and

the factory, 7 April, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Meet up at 9 a.m. at gate no. 1 of the parking lot

Vrchlabí region

Krkonoše National Park

18 May, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Meet up at 9:30 a.m. at the Hromovka P2

parking lot

SEND YOUR APPLICATION VIA E-MAIL TO

csr@skoda-auto.cz

10

ŠKODA MOBIL MARCH 2019

CONSTANT

BATTLE WITH

WATER LEAKAGE

ŠKO-ENERGO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES ANNUAL LOSS OF WATER

THANKS TO ACTIVE SEARCH FOR PLACES WITH WATER LEAKS

T

he production of new by new ones made from higher­

cars at the Mladá Bole‑ ‑quality materials. “Whenev‑

slav factory, including er building or reconstruction

the ŠKO-ENERGO heat produc‑ takes place in the main facto‑

tion plant, uses

ry, we immedi‑

2 million cu‑

ately try to re‑

During a period of

bic metres of

p l a c e t h e o ld

drought, the supply in

water per year.

networks with

the water towers, which

The good news

new ones”, says

contain 26,000 cubic

i s t h a t , e ve n

Jiří Mach from

metres of industrial

t h o u g h m o re

­ŠKO­‑ENERGO.

water, can cover three

and more cars

He also be‑

and a half days in the

are being pro‑

lieves that it is

summer months.

duced, their wa‑

essential to car‑

ter consumption

ry out an active

is not increasing. It is also the re‑ search for places with pipes that

sult of their exclusive supplier, leak water. “There are two water

ŠKO­‑ENERGO, having focused inflows into the Mladá Boleslav

on carefully checking the grids factory. Thus, we can split the

since 2013. Approximately 40 water distribution network into

kilometres of pipes with drinking smaller sections. Based on the

amount of water consumption,

water fall under its supervision.

Some of the parts for the we can identify the point where

water distribution networks the water is leaking”, Mach ex‑

were created in 1960s, others plains. The results show that,

in 1970s. This is why the pipes since 2014, the drinking wa‑

need to be gradually replaced ter leakage has decreased by

more than a half to 30,000 cu‑

bic metres per year and the non­

‑drinking water leakage to ap‑

proximately 70,000 instead of

103,000 as before. However, he

admits the water leakage issue

is a never­‑ ending story. They

barely get “out of the flood‑

ed woods” before the situation

changes as water consumption

points to another problem.

Obvious accidents, such as

when – metaphorically speak‑

ing – it is raining cats and dogs,

are not as big of a problem be‑

cause ŠKO­‑ENERGO solves

them immediately, and the total

loss is not as significant. Seem‑

ingly small leaks are more dan‑

gerous because the water is ab‑

sorbed and vanishes into the

ground. If such fluctuations add

up, the total number of days is

very high. And that is why these

leaks have been a major point of

interest for ŠKO­‑ENERGO over

the past five years. HANA SLÍVOVÁ

WORLD

WATER DAY

More than 2 billion people live without

access to drinking water. World Water

Day, which takes place on 22 March,

reminds us of this fact with this

year’s motto, “Water for everyone –

no one shall be left behind”. What

does it mean in practice? UNICEF

has committed itself to getting a safe

drinking water source to everyone in

the world by 2030. Among others,

the “Water for Watoto” challenge

was started in London in support of

the idea.