Caption

Dinslaken, Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Emscher estuary into the Rhine. Construction site of the new Emscher estuary in front of the decommissioned STEAG coal-fired power station in Voerde. The old Emscher on the left. The mouth of the Emscher into the Rhine will be moved almost 500 metres north from Dinslaken to Voerde. Fish will then be able to swim barrier-free up the new Emscher from the Rhine through a newly created floodplain area. Following the construction of a parallel sewer, the Emscher has been completely free of sewage since January 2022. The river was previously an open, above-ground combined sewer with rainwater and wastewater. The new Emscher main course on the right. Flood protection thanks to wide outlet areas in the new river delta, Europe

Date

Oct 12, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25C65_330

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Rights managed

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120,8Mb (8,4Mb) / 26,5in x 17,7in / 7955 x 5306 (300dpi)

Keywords

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