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Ruhr region uses coal mine rehab for water management

Craig Guthrie
The water balance in the Ruhr area is heavily influenced by mining - as here in the Kirchheller Heide in Bottrop. FZN researchers now want to optimize water management in the polder areas in order to be able to counter the effects of climate change more efficiently. Credit:THGA/Marcin Pawlik

The water balance in the Ruhr area is heavily influenced by mining - as here in the Kirchheller Heide in Bottrop. FZN researchers now want to optimize water management in the polder areas in order to be able to counter the effects of climate change more efficiently. Credit:THGA/Marcin Pawlik

Reclaiming the blue-green infrastructure of Germany's Ruhr region is at the heart of a new research project called "WaterSense". Led by the Post-Mining Research Centre at Georg Agricola University of...

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