Water in cellars

13 Kaprun residents hope for compensation from Verbund

The water level of the Kapruner Ache was unusually high in the winter months, the water is still cloudy. Clear: the difference in color when it flows into the Salzach.(Bild: EXPA/ JFK)

Problem case Kapruner Ache: The mountain stream in the Pinzgau tourist resort carried an unusually large amount of water during the winter months and did so for weeks - leading to puzzlement and damage in some cellars.

Residents, i.e. house owners, hoteliers and apartment operators, couldn't believe their eyes shortly after the New Year: water was leaking into their cellars. In the middle of Kaprun in Salzburg, in the middle of winter. How could that happen?