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Emscher Region – Germany
Introduction
The river Emscher is located in Western Germany in one of Europe's most densely populated and industrialized areas. Due to the impact of mining activities from the beginning of the 19th century onwards and the related subsidence of extensive areas the Emscher system was developed as an open sewer system in which freshwater as well as wastewater flows.
With the ceasing of the mining activities in the 1980's the opportunity for a restoration of the Emscher catchment was given. The Emschergenossenschaft as the regional water board started this €4.4 billion project in the 1990's and it is expected to last at least two more decades. Major components of the new Emscher system will be treatment plants and large trunk sewer parallel to the rehabilitated rivers.
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SWITCH Demonstration Project: Emscher Region poster
Resources
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