New InterLink： June 2020 edition

The Corona crisis has of course made public health and ways of protecting ourselves the number-one topic on the agenda. Yet again, we are reminded of the importance of water to people’s health. Keep your distance and wash your hands often. But what good is soap without water? How do you keep your distance if you’re living with thousands of others in a crammed space in camps or slum districts and water is only available from a small dripping tap where people crowd?

The Corona crisis has of course made public health and ways of protecting ourselves the number-one topic on the agenda. Yet again, we are reminded of the importance of water to people’s health. Keep your distance and wash your hands often. But what good is soap without water? How do you keep your distance if you’re living with thousands of others in a crammed space in camps or slum districts and water is only available from a small dripping tap where people crowd?

Prior to launching the new AVK Smart Water business unit, 50 years of AVK history have passed. In 1970, the first AVK valve was developed and sold to the Danish water supply, which at the time lacked a functional, sustainable shut-off valve for the distribution network. Inside the magazine, you can read about Niels Aage Kjær’s 50 years jubilee as a manufacturer, and you can see one of the very first AVK valves manufactured back in the 70’s which, after a thorough clean-up, still works. Also, there is a lot of Smart Water on the agenda, and insights to where AVK contributes to climate adaptation projects around the world.