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.