Return pumping station
Pump-back stations are used, similar to dams, to regulate the amount of water, especially in summer for the production of drinking water. In summer, water can be pumped back to the higher side of a weir here.
The Ruhr has eight such return pumping stations.
Web links
- Erich Knop: On the question of water compensation through dams and return pumping stations - in: Die Wasserwirtschaft (1955)