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

Date

15 mai 2024

Crédit

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Notre référence

BRK25B01_491

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

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59,8Mo (4,9Mo) / 44,7cm x 33,5cm / 5280 x 3956 (300dpi)

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