Floodplain reconnection
Cologne Floodplain Reconnection
Niederrhein·WWF Deutschland
Health impact
Qty
+6
Qlt
+3
Hab
+14
Overall
+8
€ 3.2M · 480 haView
Basin
Rhine Basin
Western Europe · 198,735 km² · 58.0M people
Basin Health
47.5-2.9
Sentinel-2 imagerylast 90 days, lowest cloud cover
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Sentinel-2 RGB (B04/B03/B02)
Basin Health Score, pillars
Quantity, Quality, Habitat from Sentinel-2 plus ERA5 rain (SAR still out)Water quantity
EO
57.2-6.4
NDWI -0.487 (baseline -0.531) → 67/100 · NDMI 0.165 → 57/100 · Precip percentile 17th → 34/100
Water quality
EO
39.6flat
B04 reflectance 0.111 → turbidity 28/100 · B05/B04 ratio 1.78 → Chl-a proxy 51/100 · |NDWI−MNDWI| 0.114 → clarity 43/100
Riparian habitat
EO
39.4flat
Riparian NDVI 0.487 → 60/100 · Seasonal NDVI Δ -0.148 → 16/100 (stable=60) · Bare fraction 15.9% → 24/100
External context
Reference only, not in the three pillar scoreWithdrawal pressure
89-4
WRI Aqueduct 4.0: Low-Medium baseline water stress (0.55). Cooling-water demand rising with thermal generation fleet.
Regulatory alignment
82+2
Strong CSRD readiness; CSDDD value-chain mapping in progress.
Index time-series
Sentinel-2 L2A · 15-day aggregation · cloud-cover ≤ 40%NDWI (water content)
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NDVI (vegetation vigour)
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NDMI (canopy moisture)
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B04 turbidity proxy
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B05/B04 Chl-a proxy
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