Eicherscheid flood retention basin
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 31 '33 " N , 6 ° 46' 58" E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | -1975 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 16 m | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 18 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 145 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 175 m | ||||||||
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| Storage space | 0.9 million m³ | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 42 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Eicherscheid flood retention basin is a flood retention basin of the Erftverband on the upper Erft in Bad Münstereifel , Eicherscheid district , in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The retention basin located about 3 km south of Bad Münstereifel protects the cities of Bad Münstereifel and Euskirchen . The dam was planned by the Großer Erftverband . It creates storage space of around 900,000 m³. This is sufficient to absorb the flood expected once in 100 years . The maximum amount that is discharged from the basin is 7 m³ / s. In this way, a maximum flood inflow to the pool of up to 42 m³ / s is reduced by around 35 m³ / s.
So that the basin is available with all of its storage space in the event of a flood, only 30,000 m³ of 900,000 m³ of storage space are filled in permanent backlogs. The small water area is constantly dammed for operational reasons.
A slope overflow structure was built as flood relief .
leisure
The small reservoir of the retention basin is popular with anglers and those looking for relaxation. In the summer there are many waterfowl and picnics on the banks.
See also
Web links
- Werner Lindner: The large Erftverband - report from the planning period 1966. Accessed on January 21, 2016 .
- Flood retention basin (HRB) Eicherscheid - technical data. Erftverband, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 .