Flussbad Berlin is a project that aims to transform the Spree Canal in the downtown Berlin district of Mitte. The idea is to filter the water entering the canal in an ecological manner and have it flow into a "Flussbad" or river pool further downstream. The project was conceived by a group of architects and artists known as "realities:united", and it began receiving support from Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment as part of their "National Urban Development Projects" programme and Berlin's Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment in 2014. Since 2012, the non-profit association known as "Flussbad Berlin”, manages the project and fosters its realization. The Flussbad Berlin endeavour has enjoyed increasing popularity and publicity over the past several years an