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03.12.2025

Implementation of the new EU Urban Waste Water Directive

Ruhrverband calls for robust manufacturer responsibility and planning security

 

26.11.2025

Quagga mussel: Ruhrverband informs and announces protective measures

Changes to dam use set out in the 2026 recreational regulations

 

25.11.2025

Henne dam: Closure of the edge path for construction work

Electric lifting cylinder to be reinstalled after general overhaul on 27 November

24.11.2025

Möhne dam: equalising pond is emptied once again

Repair work on the auxiliary power station to continue this week

17.11.2025

Runoff year 2025: It was far too dry, especially from February to September

Calculated saving of more than two Ennepetal dams thanks to change in law

10.11.2025

Weather extremes as the "new normal": living with the consequences of climate change

The course set by the World Climate Conference has implications for us all

28.10.2025

Overhaul at the Sorpe power plant - ball valve removed

Maintenance measure secures operation of the power plant - Quagga mussels in pipeline

discovered

24.10.2025

Re-damming of the equalising pond at the Möhne dam begins at the end of October

Repair of the turbine inlet gates is still ongoing

Aerial view of the Lister dam
17.10.2025

Lister dam: deep water aeration is being discontinued

Risk of fish mortality averted thanks to stabilised oxygen levels

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