Water management system

Abstract

A water management system for providing cooling water and treating drilling slurry produced during operation of a core drilling machine, the water management system including the following: a collection device for collecting drilling slurry or dust produced during operation of a core drilling machine, the collection device having an extraction body with a drilling opening which extends through the extraction body and is designed to receive a drill bit; a treatment device for treating drilling slurry, the treatment device being fluidically connectable to the collection device in such a way that drilling slurry or dust, which is collected by the collection device, can be conveyed to the treatment device; and a vacuum pump, which is fluidically connectable to the collection device, wherein the water management system is designed in such a way that the vacuum pump can be releasably fastened either, in a first arrangement, to the collection device or, in a second arrangement, to the treatment device.

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