Caption

Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, New Emscher estuary into the Rhine. Excavator in the construction site of the new Emscher estuary in front of the decommissioned STEAG Voerde coal-fired power station. 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

BRK25E23_287

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Rights managed

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122,0Mb (8,0Mb) / 27,1in x 17,5in / 8116 x 5252 (300dpi)

Keywords

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