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Rain has raised water levels on the Rhine in Germany but most of the river remains too shallow for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, commodity traders said on Wednesday, following a bout of dry ...
BERLIN/LOBITH, Netherlands (Reuters) -Already bracing for recession and winter energy shortages, German businesses are grappling with the lack of another precious commodity: rain. Weeks of baking ...
Water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, German officials said Wednesday, making it increasingly difficult to transport goods — including coal and ...
The highest level of flood warning, at level four, was placed on the districts from Regensburg to Straubing. [15] In the meantime, heavy rainfall in Switzerland led to rising water levels in rivers and lakes, including the Sitter river at Goldach, Lake Constance, the High Rhine, and caused overflow at the Untersee and Lake Lauerz. [16]
The four line gauges of the station (two short ones, for lower water levels, are located in the ditch) The gauge is located at Rhine-kilometre 546.3 on the right side of the river (slightly downriver from Pfalzgrafenstein Castle), near the center of Kaub and adjacent to the Kaub ferry, signal mast and the former pilot station.
In December 2022, Yorkshire Water lifted the hosepipe ban after three months. [59] The Cornwall hosepipe ban continued to be active into 2023, and was extended to cover large parts of Devon on 25 April 2023. This was done in an attempt to replenish water levels at the Roadford Reservoir ahead of that year's summer. [60]
In 1572 near the North Sea the Water Authority had a canal built through the dunes to allow the Rhine water to flow into the sea, but due to war circumstances, it did silt. In 1807, a large water management system with locks was established to allow the water to flow out at low tide. In 1880 a steam driven mechanical pumping station was built. [2]
It may be small comfort for those along the Colorado River, but rapidly dwindling water levels across the globe offer a lesson for us all.