THE RUHR-AREA AS A GLOBAL NODE FOR FUTURE WATER MANAGEMENT
Dr. Uli Paetzel, CEO of EMSCHERGENOSSENSCHAFT & LIPPEVERBAND Dr. Lars Günther, operation manager wwtp Bottrop June 20th, 2017 EMSCHERGENOSSENSCHAFT / LIPPEVERBAND Public water associations for over a 100 years
COOPERATIVE AREA LV
COOPERATIVE AREA EG
EUROPE GERMANY NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA OUR COOPERATION PARTNER
Emschergenossenschaft
Commercial & Municipalities industrial companies
Mining industry WATER MANAGEMENT: KEY FIGURES Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband 2016
Stream network 736 km Sewer network 1,321 km Pumping stations 352 Polder areas 842 km² Wastewater treatment plants 59 Design capacity 7.27 Mill. PE Volume of treated wastewater 0.85 Billion m 3/a Stormwater treatment Lippeverband Facilities 438 Installed volume 1,161,183 m3 Flood protection Flood retention basins 57 Installed retention volume 5.0 Mill. m 3 Dykes 193 km Emschergenossenschaft ECONOMIC KEY FIGURES Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband 2015
Lippeverband Turnover 409 Mill. EUR
Investments 443 Mill. EUR
Total balance 4.7 Billion EUR
Fixed assets 4.3 Billion EUR
Operative cash flow 130 Mill. EUR
Profit non profit Emschergenossenschaft Employees 1,598 OUR MOTIVATION …
KEY FACTS
− We manage the natural river catchments of Emscher and Lippe
− We are service providers around the water cycle
− Together we are the largest water board in Germany
− We are water board cooperatives in the form of public sector entities
− We are a water board since 1899 INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE COMPLETE WATER CYCLE
Stormwater management Water extraction
River maintenance
Waste disposal Flood protection Renaturation
Waste water treatment Polder management THE EMSCHER VALLEY IN TIMES OF INDUSTRIALIZATION Booming economy – increasing population
Population development and coal production 1850 to 1920
Coal production Population
Geografische Rundschau 7-8/2013 THE EMSCHER VALLEY AROUND 1900 Flooding caused epidemics and diseases THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TECHNICAL EMSCHER SYSTEM 1900 – 1940 1992 – START OF THE EMSCHER CONVERSION Biggest infrastructural project in Europe FROM GREY TO BLUE – EMSCHER CONVERSION From mining and steel production to a modern and eco-friendly region THE EMSCHER CONVERSION The largest infrastructure project in the region
− Budget frame: > 5 billion Euros
− Construction of 4 decentral wastewater treatment plants
− 423 km of sewers
− 326 km of renatured waterways
WASTEWATER-FREE IN 2020/21 EMSCHER WASTEWATER SEWER „Wastewater motorway“ for the new Emscher system
DINSLAKEN
OBER- HAUSEN
GELSEN- BOTTROP DUISBURG KIRCHEN DORTMUND
HOLZ- WICKEDE
− Length: 51 km − Depth: 10 – 40 m − Sewers: 73 km − Shafts: 113 − Pipe elements: 35.000 − Pumping stations: 3 − Diameter: DN 1600 – DN 2800 − Construction period: 2009 – 2019 CHALLENGING CONDITIONS ALONG THE EMSCHER High population density CHALLENGING CONDITIONS ALONG THE EMSCHER Infrastructural change
Stahlwerk Phoenix Ost, DO-Hörde Phoenix See, DO-Hörde CHALLENGING CONDITIONS ALONG THE EMSCHER Climate Change
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WW- Jahr 2016 120-jähr. Mittel WW- Jahr 2016 120-jähr. Mittel THE EMSCHER CONSTRUCTION: A TECHNICALLY AND ENGINEERING MASTERSTROKE
THE TRANSFORMATION OF A REGION From mining and steel production to a modern and eco-friendly region A PERMANENT VALUE FOR PEOPLE AND REGION Creating jobs and economic benefits
BaustellePrimary sedimentation AKE in Bottrop tanks in Dinslaken A PERMANENT VALUE FOR PEOPLE AND REGION Urban Development
BorbeckerLake Phoenix Mühlenbach, in Dortmund Essen A PERMANENT VALUE FOR PEOPLE AND REGION Giving back diversity to the region
Brandheide, Recklinghausen A PERMANENT VALUE FOR PEOPLE AND REGION Increasing biodiversity
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1990: 170 species 2016: 450 species A PERMANENT VALUE FOR PEOPLE AND REGION Discovering and learning
Dortmund-Aplerbeck MORE THAN ENGINEERING AND ECOLOGY: THE MASTERPLAN EMSCHER-ZUKUNFT 2884 single projects for urban development and landscape planning
Script for the Emscher reconstruction and the structural transformation of the New Emscher Valley
Water economy Ecology Urban development Design and Construction URBAN DEVELOPMENT Lake Phoenix in Dortmund
− Floodwater retention basin for 250,000 m³
− Lake ecosystem and leisure facilities URBAN DEVELOPMENT BernePark: Subsequent use of a former wastewater treatment plant
Berne Park in Bottrop URBAN DEVELOPMENT Rainwater decoupling as a designing element – urban area Bausemshorst in Essen (Vivawest) PARTICIPATION Precondition for the success THE EMSCHER TRANSFORMATION A great chance for the whole region
− Modernization of the technical wastewater infrastructure − Designing of landscape and the urban shape
− Development of the Emscher as linear habitat with new − Improving the quality of life ecological areas and leisure facilities − Economic improvement of the Emscher region THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!