Heat Pushes Rhine Toward 36-Year Low in Risk to Energy Supplies
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The river is one of the most frequented waterways in the world. Every day, about 6,900 boats carry goods along its course of almost 800 miles. The drought has created a bottleneck of the industrial system of Central Europe. In suffering the German chemical pole, the steel industry and a significant part of the energy chain of Western Europe
Due to the persistent drought and the increasingly low water supply via the Rhine, salinization is increasing in the west of the Netherlands. Salty seawater is penetrating further and further inland. The Rijnland Water Board, which manages part of the coastal area in North and South Holland, expects to have to take ‘painful measures’ soon due to the water shortage.
In a few days, the Rhine is expected to fall short of its record low of 2018.
On the Rhine in Cologne this weekend a new negative record at the water level threatens. Experts are concerned.
Great heat and little rain lower the Rhine level. Low water endangers Germany's mini-growth.
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