Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - The Emscher has been completely free of wastewater since January 2022 following the construction of a parallel sewer. The river, shown here next to the A42 motorway, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, mixed sewer with surface water and wastewater. Left Tank farm in Bottrop harbour

Date

Sep 18, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25C67_081

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,8Mb (4,9Mb) / 18,2in x 12,1in / 5458 x 3639 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel panorama panoramas panoramic view panoramic image panoramic images panorama shot panoramic shot panoramic scenic view View from above high-angle view top down view from above overhead top view top views Top angle elevated view bird's eye view birds eyes view Bird eye view bird view bird perspective top down bird's eye view high-angle shot deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty line lines construction site construction sites building site building sites construction area modification modifications alteration conversion construction constructions Construction site highway highways freeway motorway passenger car car passenger cars cars Motor vehicle Motor vehicles vehicle vehicles car road traffic road traffic road transport street traffic traffic traffic industry industries grass grasses vegetation vegetations water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes lawn lawns grass turf river rivers waters water body body of water environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation season seasons Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German flora flora plant life panorama view Europe Europe's lawn lawns Greenspace construction work construction works building harbor harbors port harbour open opened long distance traffic long distance traffic riverbed riverbeds river bed Aerial Aerials aerial view aerial shot aerial photography Aerial landscape aerial photograph aerial photo aerial photos flight photo flight photos flight shot flight shots from the sky from the air airshot highway highways freeway Motorway road roads street streets Straße waterway waterways canal canals water canal water canals channel water treatment water purification water treatments renovate renovating renovates industrial commercial area commercial areas industrial estate ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly european sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents renaturation renaturation industrial area industrial areas industrial zone industrial zones Industrial district graphic graphical graphically graphic graphics burden burdens stress repair repairs River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view water protection water protection contamination contaminations pollution polluting renovation renovations restoration restorations renewal redevelopment restructuring restructurings overhaul refurbishment preparation preparations Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD sewerage sewerages sewerage system sewer flood control flood control flood protection flood prevention flood water control project projects looking down view down renaturated renaturalised canalized canalised oil depot oil depots tank farm overground above-ground Bottrop A 42 A42 contaminated dirty polluted Emscher course of a river river course course of the river Car traffic car automobile cars automobiles Central Europe Middle Europe drone photography drone image drone shot photo with drone drone photograph drone recording drone photo drone photos drone view with a drone from a drone aerial drone Industry landscape Industrial landscape Emscher sewer state sector Public services Services of general interest Wastewater treatment Sewer Wast water channel Wast water Dirty water Wastewater Conversion work Conversion works River system Federal motorway Federal motorways Surface water wastewater-free Emscher conversion Sewer Infrastructure project River dyke