Stock Photo - PRODUCTION - 27 April 2023, Lower Saxony, Krummhörn: Reinhard Behrends, Chief Drainage Officer of the First Emden Drainage Association, stands at a construction site on a dike. In view of the threat of climate change, inland drainage systems in western East Frisia urgently need to be adapted, according to scientists and drainage associations. A research project concludes that, for example, the capacity of pumping stations must be increased and more areas found to store water. (to dpa-Korr: ""Where the water presses: East Frisia plans the drainage of tomorrow"") Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa. - Krummhörn/Lower Saxony/Germany