Caption

Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, renaturalisation of the Emscher in the Holtener Bruch. The currently straightened Emscher, shown here at flood level, has been given curves again and can meander through its new floodplain. The ecological conversion of the Emscher system consists of the construction of a centralised wastewater treatment system in the Ruhr region, the construction of sewers and the renaturation of the Emscher and its tributaries. 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

Jun 23, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25C81_441

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128,1Mb (10,7Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty new newly water level water levels excavator excavators digger dredger backhoe construction site construction sites building site building sites modification modifications alteration conversion construction constructions Construction site cleaning cleanings cleanliness tidiness machine machines maschinery vehicle vehicles car curve bend curves bends turn turns investment investments money money capital market financial market capital markets flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater catastrophe catastrophes disaster flood floods misfortune misfortunes vegetation vegetations water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes river rivers wetland wetlands wet land wetland biotope waters water body body of water climate climates meadow meadows Grass field lawn field biotope biotopes environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation global warming global warming ecological organic ecologically 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 Europe Europe's construction work construction works building climate protection climate control climate protection clean cleaning cleans cleanse cleansing cleanses purify open opened climate change climate change ground grounds bottom natural original originally riverbed riverbeds river bed river bank river banks shore shores watershore water shore watershores banks of waterfront riverbank river bank riverbanks riverside 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 global world-wide worldwide construction machine construction machines Construction machinery Construction machineries ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly flooded ecology ecology infrastructure infrastructures construction industry construction industries european sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents renaturation renaturation burden burdens stress capitalism River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view organic water protection water protection finance finances contamination contaminations pollution polluting preparation preparations invest investing invests creep creeping creeps meandering meander winding winds Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD sewerage sewerages sewerage system sewer excavation excavations preen preening preens plume pluming plumes flood control flood control flood protection flood prevention flood water control project projects species conservation species conservation species protection renaturated renaturalised overground above-ground travel photography Oberhausen contaminated dirty polluted Emscher course of a river river course course of the river wetland landscape meadow landscape meander meandering meanders Central Europe Middle Europe climate crisis meadow landscape grassland landscape Emscher sewer state sector Public services Services of general interest Wastewater treatment Biodiversity species diversity flood plain wetland floodplain floodplains Biodiversity River system Tributary Tributaries Heating warming wastewater-free Major project Emscher conversion Sewer Shire Climate catastrophe Flood level