Caption

Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Excavator in the construction site of the new Emscher estuary into the Rhine. The mouth of the Emscher into the Rhine is being 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, Europe

Date

Jan 06, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Caro / Oberhaeuser

Reference

BRK25C68_068

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

128,1Mb (7,9Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty new newly meter meters metre metres excavator excavators digger dredger backhoe construction site construction sites building site building sites modification modifications alteration conversion machine machines maschinery vehicle vehicles car flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater flood floods vegetation vegetations soil soils water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes river rivers waters water body body of water Pisces Fish wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife animal animals ecological conservation nature protection ecological conservation environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation season seasons nature open air Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Rhine German wildlife fauna flora flora Europe Europe's construction work construction works building estuary estuaries river mouth river mouths confluence cold open opened ground grounds bottom riverbed riverbeds river bed river bank river banks shore shores watershore water shore watershores banks of waterfront riverbank river bank riverbanks riverside waterway waterways canal canals water canal water canals channel water treatment water purification water treatments landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo construction machine construction machines Construction machinery Construction machineries ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly flooded construction industry construction industries european sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents five hundred 500 burden burdens stress water animal water animals River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view accessible barrier-free handicapped access disabled friendly disabled handicapped accessible water protection water protection contamination contaminations pollution polluting preparation preparations northern north 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 seminatural semi-natural close to nature natural near-natural overground above-ground wildlife photography wildlife photography Voerde Dinslaken contaminated dirty polluted Emscher natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments course of a river river course course of the river natural environment natural surrounding Central Europe Middle Europe Emscher sewer state sector Public services Services of general interest Wastewater treatment Emscher Estuary River system wastewater-free Emscher conversion Sewer