Case study:Seseke Remodelling
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Project overview
Status | Complete |
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Themes | Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology |
Country | Germany |
Main contact forename | Mechthild |
Main contact surname | Semrau |
Main contact user ID | User:EGLV |
Contact organisation | Lippeverband |
Contact organisation web site | http://eglv.de |
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Project summary
Part of the integrated river basin management for the Seseke Region (315 km2) is the revitalization of the river Seseke and its tributaries. Due to industrialization the waterbodies were systematically developed as open wastewater sewers at the beginning of the 20th century. Economic and technical alternatives such as closed sewer systems could not be implemented due to constant subsidence caused by mining.
The river system will be restructured, so that the Seseke will become a fully functioning, continous water-based ecosystem with typical topologies and vegetation.
Studies on the feasibility of restructuring the Seseke show, that due to coal mining, industrial and population changes the “original” conditions can never be reached again. It will not be possible to return the Seseke to its original, meandering state. So the reference conditions are no direct goals for the river restoration, but they give orientation in the planning procedure.
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