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

12 sept. 2021

Crédit

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Notre référence

BRK26J17_129

Model release

NA

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

124.2Mo (41.4Mo) / 68.3cm x 45.6cm / 8066 x 5380 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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