Caption

Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Emscher estuary into the Rhine. On the right, 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

Date

Sep 04, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK26G46_156

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

128.1Mb (42.7Mb) / 27.3in x 18.2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted new meter construction site modification building power generation power supply power plant factory industrial plant industry flood vegetation water dike river body of water Fish wild animal animal ecological conservation environment protection environmental pollution ecocide environment season nature Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia Rhine German wildlife flora Europe construction work factory site estuary open recreation area natural riverbed river bank riverbank waterway water treatment industrial disused ecofriendly flooded energy source european sewage renaturation recreational area power industry five hundred burden Rhineland water animal River landscape fossil energy source accessible water protection contamination preparation northern Germany sewerage coal-fired power plant flood control project industrial building environmental damage Bonn seminatural renaturated overground wildlife photography environmental issue Voerde Steag polluting Dinslaken contaminated Emscher Rheinaue natural environment river course Central Europe Emscher sewer state sector Public services Wastewater treatment Emscher Estuary River system wastewater-free Emscher conversion Sewer Infrastructure project River dyke no one newly metre building site alteration structure energy production electricity supply power station plant industrial facilities flooding waterfront dyke waters animals in the wild nature protection environmental protection pollution environmental destruction open air Ruhr area NRW fauna plant life river mouth opened original river bed shore canal water purification closed eco-friendly ecological damage effluent energy industry stress riverine landscape fossil fuel handicapped access German Federal Republic sewerage system flood protection semi-natural renaturalised above-ground harmful to the environment dirty habitat course of a river natural surrounding Middle Europe Services of general interest No People construction area conversion construction energy supply Factory plant high water embankment Wildlife environmental conservation pollution of the environment Ruhr Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia watershore riverside water canal out-of-service environmentally friendly wastewater 500 river scenery disabled friendly Republic of Germany flood prevention close to nature Environmentally harmful polluted natural habitat nobody floodwater environmental contamination Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia channel out of service Environmental friendly Riverscape barrier-free FRG near-natural uninhabited Ruhrgebiet abandoned disabled empty shut down handicapped accessible decommissionin meters construction sites modifications buildings power generations power supplies power plants factories industrial plants industries floods vegetations dikes rivers wild animals animals ecocides seasons construction works factory sites estuaries recreation areas riverbeds river banks riverbanks waterways water treatments energy sources environmental pollutions sewages recreational areas power industries burdens water animals River landscapes fossil energy sources contaminations preparations sewerages coal-fired power plants projects industrial buildings environmental damages environmental issues natural environments metres building sites power stations plants dykes river mouths originally shores canals effluents riverine landscapes fossil fuels constructions embankments watershores water canals Waste water river sceneries BRD water flood water body Water area open water Europe's confluence banks of River view north sewer flood water control course of the river water shore decommissioned