Légende

Essen, 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 at the mouth of the Schwarzbach, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, mixed sewer with surface water and wastewater

Date

13 sept. 2021

Crédit

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Notre référence

BRK25C78_273

Model release

NA

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

127.7Mo (8.2Mo) / 69.3cm x 46.2cm / 8181 x 5457 (300dpi)

Mots clés

parallel deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty construction site construction sites building site building sites construction area modification modifications alteration conversion construction constructions Construction site clear clean industry industries vegetation vegetations water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes creek creeks brook brooks stream little River small river river rivers waters water body body of water ecological conservation nature protection ecological conservation environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation environment environment season seasons nature open air Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German flora flora plant life Europe Europe's construction work construction works building estuary estuaries river mouth river mouths confluence open opened natural original originally riverbed riverbeds river bed waterway waterways canal canals water canal water canals channel water treatment water purification water treatments renovate renovating renovates industrial commercial area commercial areas industrial estate ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly european sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents renaturation renaturation industrial area industrial areas industrial zone industrial zones Industrial district burden burdens stress repair repairs system systems River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view water protection water protection contamination contaminations pollution polluting renovation renovations restoration restorations renewal redevelopment restructuring restructurings overhaul refurbishment preparation preparations Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD sewerage sewerages sewerage system sewer flood control flood control flood protection flood prevention flood water control project projects seminatural semi-natural close to nature near-natural renaturated renaturalised canalized canalised overground above-ground Essen contaminated dirty polluted Emscher course of a river river course course of the river natural environment natural surrounding Central Europe Middle Europe Industry landscape Industrial landscape Emscher sewer state sector Public services Services of general interest Wastewater treatment Sewer Wast water channel Wast water Dirty water Wastewater Shoreline stabilization Bank reinforcement Seawall Bank stabilisation Conversion work Conversion works River system Surface water wastewater-free Schwarzbach Emscher conversion Sewer Infrastructure project River dyke