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Thermal Water
Waterpower from Styria
The spring supplying the spa is one of the largest in Austria. The water is 10,000 years old and rises up from the aquifer (the underground reservoir) from a depth of 1,200m and at an average temperature of 62C. As much as 2 million litres flow up every day which is more than enough for continuous water exchange in the 7 spa pools.
This thermal (hot) water is cooled down to a range between 28C and 37C depending on the individual pool requirements. It is enriched with sodium hydrogen carbonate chloride and does not only have anti-inflammatory effects, but it also encourages the detoxification and purification process. The high content of mineral salts in the thermal water supports the purification of our biggest organ, the skin, thus making it extremely soft. Additionally, when relaxing or swimming in thermal water, muscles and joints are loosened, the skin and tissues tighten and circulation and metabolism is stimulated.
Health-Related Aspects
With its thermal, physical and chemical stimuli, the water – which has a high mineral content and is particularly soft - deeply affects the whole organism. The thermal water has a relaxing effect on body and soul, is good for the skin, strengthens muscles, tones connective tissue and activates the body’s self-healing powers and its own protective mechanisms in the face of numerous illnesses.
Thermal Waters as Treatment Support for
- physical changes, especially due to rheumatic ailments
- rheumatoid arthritis and degenerative rheumatism
- soft-tissue rheumatism
- exercise therapy: primarily as a rehabilitation measure or in support of other forms of physiotherapy
- swimming therapy
- vegetative conditions of exhaustion
- hyperthermia as used in general adjustment therapy and to enhance function of the immune system.
Analysis of the Therapeutic Waters
Conducted by Dr. Raber of the Chemistry Institute at Graz University in 2000, it concludes that the thermal waters consist of “sodium bicarbonate-chloride in hypotonic concentrations“. Per kg, the thermal waters are made up as listed below:
| Cations | per kg | equivalent/kg | equivalent/% |
| Ammonia | 1,65 | 0,092 | 0,49 |
| Sodium | 410,00 | 17,80 | 94,70 |
| Magnesium | 2,90 | 0,24 | 1,27 |
| Calcium | 9,20 | 0,46 | 2,44 |
| Iron | 0,14 | 0,0050 | 0,027 |
| Manganese | 0,003 | 0,0001 | 0,0010 |
| Potassium | 6,90 | 0,176 | 0,94 |
| Lithium | 0,06 | 0,009 | 0,046 |
| Rubidium | 0,019 | 0,0002 | 0,0010 |
| Strontium | 0,60 | 0,014 | 0,073 |
| Barium | 0,55 | 0,0080 | 0,0043 |
| Totals | 432,00 | 18,80 | 100,00 |
| Anions | per kg | equivalent/kg | equivalent/% |
| Chloride | 191,00 | 5,39 | 28,40 |
| Hydrogen Carbonate | 805,00 | 13,19 | 69,40 |
| Sulfate | 14,80 | 0,31 | 1,62 |
| Nitrite | 0,05 | 0,001 | 0,006 |
| Nitrate | 0,20 | 0,003 | 0,02 |
| Iodide | 0,05 | 0,0004 | 0,00200 |
| Fluoride | 2,00 | 0,11 | 0,55 |
| o-Phosphate | 0,05 | 0,001 | 0,005 |
| Totals | 1.013,00 | 19,00 | 100,00 |
Total/Electrolytes: 1,445.00 mg/kg. Due to absence of major quantities of earth alkalis, the waters are very soft.
