Caption

Dinslaken, Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - New Emscher estuary into the Rhine. Renaturalisation of the Emscher. Flood protection through land expansion. The decommissioned STEAG Voerde coal-fired power station in the background. The mouth of the Emscher into the Rhine was moved almost 500 metres north from Dinslaken to Voerde. Fish can now 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

Date

Feb 19, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25C66_154

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Rights managed

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59,8Mb (5,2Mb) / 17,6in x 13,2in / 5280 x 3956 (300dpi)

Keywords

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