The «International Network on Traditional Water Use» (INTWater) is an open and international communication forum. The objective of the network is to document and preserve items and knowledge of traditional water use. Be it the exploitation of (potable) water from springs and galleries, the establishment of marvelous fountains, the construction of intricate, sophistic irrigation systems or the use of water power in various water mills like sawmills and hammermills, the traditional knowledge and skill were complex and usually committed to ecological and social sustainability.
Agricultural irrigation systems have created unique historic landscapes all over Europe, which survived at most as relic features. Their restoration could preserve a historically interlinking cultural heritage for the whole of Europe. 

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Due to the international framework English is the preferred language of the website. Hence you will find the most recent version including all contributions primarily on the English version of the site. We constantly try to  provide translations to supplement the other versions.