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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


HAMBURG, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Heavy rain has raised water on the river Rhine in Germany to levels allowing cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, data from German inland waterways agency WSA said on Wednesday.

Data from the WSA’s website Pegelonline showed that the last shallow sectors of the river around Cologne had now reached levels generally permitting full vessel loads.

Water at the chokepoint of Kaub had risen sharply allowing sailings with normal loads earlier this week.

“You cannot rule out low water problems again if the summer turns dry but I would not expect serious difficulties for the next few weeks,” one commodity trader said.

German companies faced supply bottlenecks and production problems in the summer of 2022 after a drought and heat wave led to unusually low water levels on the Rhine.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The water should go into the ground, not down the rivers!

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reporting from north eastern Germany: there's tons of water going in the ground here. More than I personally like. It's been raining on/off for two weeks straight.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but its not filling up the Groundwater sufficiently, it stays pretty much at the top and doesn't go deeper

[–] SevFTW@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

I read recently that Germany is missing so much groundwater in some regions, that it would have to rain constantly for a year and a half just to get refilled.

ZDF Article (German)

[–] ahornsirup@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Which is long overdue. Yeah, it's not exactly inviting "let's spend the day outside" summer weather, but we've effectively had several years of drought, the rain is desperately needed.