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You are in the apartment Lake TEKAPO.

DEAR VISITOR:

The source of life on planet Earth is water. Only 1% of this water is SWEET WATER.

The largest reserve of fresh water is in the lakes. It is so commonplace in our lives that we do not pay attention to it.

8 lacus wants to pay homage to water.

Remind all your visitors, guests and friends of the importance of your existence. The increasing lack of water on the planet, the so-called “water deficit”, should make us aware of nature’s greatest asset.

For this reason, we have chosen 8 lakes of the world to identify our apartments. Each of them has been illustrated with photographs by renowned artists. We would like you to enjoy looking at them and help you remember how important water is.

Did you know that…

Lake Tekapo has light turquoise blue waters, the result of glacial flour from the ice tongues that feed it. This flour is nothing more than ground rock whose particles float on the water and give it that peculiar appearance.

Lake Tekapo is one of three lakes located north of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. With an area of 83 Km2 and an altitude of 700 meters. It has a maximum depth of 120 meters, and in times of thaw it can contain some 8,300 million liters of fresh water.

Despite its enormous volume, with the current consumption (in Spain) of 140 liters per person per day, and assuming a complete annual replenishment, it could supply the needs of a city of only 18,000 inhabitants.