Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Emscher-Weg, cycle and footpath along the Emscher. The Emscher has been completely free of sewage since January 2022 following the construction of a parallel sewer. The river was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, combined sewer with surface water and wastewater

Date

Sep 18, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25C69_012

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

128,1Mb (10,8Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty construction site construction sites building site building sites construction area modification modifications alteration conversion construction constructions Construction site city cities town urban urban municipal urban environment clear clean cycle cycles bicycle bicycles bike bikes footpath footpaths footway foot path grass grasses vegetation vegetations water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes lawn lawns grass turf river rivers 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 German flora flora plant life Europe Europe's lawn lawns Greenspace construction work construction works building bicycle lane bicycle lanes bike lane bike path bicycle path bicycle pathes cycle path cycle pathes bike pathes lane for bicycle cycle lane cycle lanes cycle route bike way cycle track cycle tracks open opened riverbed riverbeds river bed road roads street streets Straße 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 renovate renovating renovates bicycle bicycling bicycles cycle cycling cycles ride a bicycle riding a bicycle rides a bicycle bike biking bikes riding bicycle cycling ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly european sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents renaturation renaturation burden burdens stress repair repairs way ways path paths River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view water protection water protection suburb outskirts 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 renaturated renaturalised canalized canalised overground above-ground travel photography Bottrop contaminated dirty polluted Emscher course of a river river course course of the river Central Europe Middle Europe Emscher sewer state sector Public services Services of general interest Wastewater treatment Conversion work Conversion works River system Surface water wastewater-free Emscher conversion Sewer Infrastructure project River dyke