Water tower in Kolín

The city of Kolín was the first of the larger towns on the Elbe River that did not use Elbe water for its municipal water supply. From 1896 to 1904, the Štítarecký water supply system was constructed according to the design of J. V. Hráský, which drew water from the valley of the Štítarecký stream through thirteen drilled wells 10 to 25 meters deep. The water was channeled to the pump station below Štítary (a suburb of Kolín) and pumped into ground water tanks. The small performance of the water supply system and the low-lying ground water tanks necessitated the construction of another water supply for Kolín, the so-called new water supply, which was completed in 1930. Above two partially drilled wells with depths of 28 and 35 m, a pumping station was built that transported water to a 45 m tall tower water tank with a volume of 450 m³. The water tank was constructed in 1928 according to the design of J. V. Hráský and architect František Janda. The construction was managed by builders from Pečky, F. Uher and engineer Pucek, and the pumping machines were supplied by the company Českomoravská–Kolben–Daněk.
Another water source was created in 1945 by a third drilled well, 40 m deep, located about 200 m from the main pumping station. The later post-war development of the city and new technologies prompted further measures aimed at reliable and sufficient drinking water supply for both residents and industrial enterprises, rendering the tower water tank no longer functional. It is now awaiting new utilization.