TORUŃSKIE WODOCIĄGI Sp. z o.o.

Toruń came into existence by the Vistula River with a foundation charter for the new town in 1233 called the Privilege Chełmiński (because two cities were being deposited with it: Chełmno and Toruń). The privilege guaranteed considerably greater autonomy for the inhabitants of Toruń than had been accepted in cities founded on the so-called Magdeburg Law of those days. The authority to decide city matters was in the hands of the city council. It also concerned the water supply and sewage and rubbish removal. A 1594 written statute of the city council of Toruń includes mention of public urban wells. 200 years later the care of wells and waterworks were defined in the special Rules.