Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, has been transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection through newly designed flooding areas, the Boye is now free of wastewater following the construction of a parallel sewer, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater channel, mixed water channel with surface water and wastewater. Wind turbine on the Mottbruch spoil tip at the back
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Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, has been transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection through newly designed flooding areas, the Boye is now free of wastewater following the construction of a parallel sewer, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater channel, mixed water channel with surface water and wastewater. Wind turbine on the Mottbruch spoil tip at the back

Date

Jun 24, 2025

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

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BRK25H99_058

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