Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - The Emscher has been completely free of wastewater since January 2022 following the construction of a parallel sewer. The river, shown here next to the A42 motorway, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, mixed sewer with surface water and wastewater. On the left of the Rhine-Herne Canal, Bottrop harbour and Essen city harbour

Date

Sep 17, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK26J20_428

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.1Mb (19.0Mb) / 18.2in x 12.2in / 5472 x 3648 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel panorama View from above deserted line construction site modification construction highway passenger car boat inland port Boat trip vehicle road traffic traffic industry grass vegetation water dike lawn river body of water environment protection season Rhine-Herne-Canal Ruhr Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German flora panorama view Europe construction work harbor open long distance traffic riverbed Aerial road waterway water treatment renovate industrial commercial area ecofriendly european sewage renaturation industrial area inland navigation graphic burden repair River landscape water protection contamination renovation preparation Germany sewerage flood control project looking down renaturated canalized overground Essen Bottrop A 42 contaminated city port Emscher river course Car traffic car Central Europe drone photography Industry landscape Emscher sewer state sector Public services Wastewater treatment Sewer Wast water Conversion work River system Federal motorway Surface water wastewater-free Emscher conversion Infrastructure project River dyke panoramic view high-angle view no one building site alteration Construction site freeway inland harbour road transport waterfront dyke waters environmental protection Rhine-Herne Canal Ruhr area NRW plant life Greenspace port opened river bed aerial photography street canal water purification industrial estate eco-friendly effluent industrial zone inland water transportation graphical stress riverine landscape pollution restoration German Federal Republic sewerage system flood protection view down renaturalised canalised above-ground dirty city harbour course of a river automobile Middle Europe drone image Industrial landscape Services of general interest Wast water channel Dirty water panoramic image top down view No People construction area conversion motorway Motor vehicle inland harbor street traffic embankment turf environmental conservation Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia harbour Motorway water canal environmentally friendly wastewater Industrial district IWT river scenery polluting renewal Republic of Germany flood prevention A42 polluted Wastewater panorama shot nobody inner port Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia channel Environmental friendly inland shipping Riverscape FRG panoramic uninhabited Ruhrgebiet scenic view empty panoramas elevated view lines construction sites modifications constructions highways passenger cars boats inland ports Boat trips vehicles industries grasses vegetations dikes lawns rivers seasons construction works harbors riverbeds Aerials aerial view aerial shot roads waterways water treatments renovating commercial areas sewages industrial areas inland navigations graphics burdens repairs River landscapes contaminations renovations preparations sewerages projects city ports cars Conversion works Federal motorways high-angle shot building sites dykes airshot streets canals effluents industrial zones graphically riverine landscapes restorations city harbours automobiles drone shot photo with drone panoramic images Motor vehicles embankments water canals Waste water river sceneries overhaul panoramic shot bird's eye view restructuring restructurings BRD from above overhead water body Water area open water Europe's building aerial photo aerial photos Straße renovates industrial park industrial parks River view redevelopment sewer flood water control with a drone from a drone aerial drone top view top views Top angle Aerial landscape aerial photograph refurbishment course of the river drone photograph drone recording top down flight photo flight photos flight shot flight shots from the sky from the air drone photo drone photos drone view birds eyes view Bird eye view bird view bird perspective