Rhine Water Sinks to Another Record Low and Transport Shifts to Land
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Record-low Rhine deepens Dutch fresh water shortage as salt water threatens nature areas
Dutch water boards are taking emergency action to protect nature and farmland. Extreme drought has driven the Rhine to its lowest discharge on record. Fresh water is growing critically scarce, Omroep Gelderland reports.The Amstel, Gooi and Vecht water board is among those responding. Stronger climate policy is still needed.
Due to the drought and the low level of the Rhine, stations in eastern France were considered "in difficulty" and at least one fuel was broken on Friday, 14 August. The Haut-Rhin and the territory of Belfort had unavailability rates between 25 and 50%.
The prolonged drought has already seriously disrupted river freight traffic in most of the country.
In the Rhine, the water level dropped to a historic low In Germany, the water level in the Rhine near Kaub fell to 6 cm, breaking the record of 2018. This disrupted river freight, causing supply disruptions and rising costs.
The level of water on the Rhine has dropped to a new record minimum, on the bottom of the prolonged heat wave in Europe, affecting one of the most important freight routes on the continent, according to Reuters. At Kaub, near Koblenz, the level indicated by the measuring station reached Friday night at only 6 centimeters.
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