Place spring/lake Monte Funchal
Tornos
Monte · Funchal
springs in the Montado do Barreiro, municipality of Funchal
Tornos is a group of abundant springs in the municipality of Funchal, in the Montado do Barreiro, yielding about 900 litres per minute. They swell the Santa Luzia stream and were captured for the city's drinking water, including the Largo do Poço fountain. Their waters were analysed in 1900.
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- Levadas — Abundant springs that swell the Santa Luzia stream.
- Levadas — Important springs sought for Funchal's drinking water supply.
- Water supply of the city — Springs captured to supply the city.
- Poço (square) — Source of the water now supplying the square's fountain.
- Barreiro (Montado do) — Springs of 900 litres per minute in the montado, assigned to Funchal's water supply.
- Water analyses — Springs whose waters were analysed in 1900.
2Chronology
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Works capturing the Tornos springs and channelling them to a reservoir at Saltos were completed for Funchal's water supply.
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The fountain of Largo do Poço, previously supplied only by pumped groundwater, began receiving Tornos water.
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The Funchal Câmara reached an agreement with the Levada de Santa Luzia over the Tornos springs, gaining the right to 18 litres per second.