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Lokeren Pumping Station

Lokeren Pumping Station

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Lokeren Pumping Station

Recommended by 46 hikers out of 50

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Nationaal Park Scheldevallei

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Location: Lokeren, Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Dominiek Van Dooren

October 25, 2022

The pumping station that De Vlaamse Waterweg nv completed in early 2016 on top of the dam in the Durme will put an end to the water problems in the area. During heavy rainfall, the pumping station pumps excess water from the Moervaart to the Durme at a flow rate of 7,500 liters of water per second. The water level in the Moervaart will then rise more slowly, so that there is less chance of flooding throughout the Waasland. Under normal weather conditions, the pumping station pumps much less, but sufficient water to prevent silting up on the tidal Durme.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

February 16, 2025

The pumping station is a built dam construction from the 1970s to protect the Waasland behind it from flooding. After the construction of the Dam, the silting became more than ever the Achilles heel of the Durme Valley. Now it is a crossroads of cycling and walking routes

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Elevation 50 m

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