Usa (Germany)

In Neu-Anspach

A level at Friedberg

Mouth of the United States in the weather at Friedberg

The United States, also known as Usbach or Us, is a 34.1 km long, orographic right and western tributary of the weather in the Hoch-Taunus district and Wetterau district, in Hesse ( Germany ).

Course

The United States has its source in the Hoch-Taunus district in the Eastern Hintertaunus. Your source is located between the villages of Rod on the mountain in the north and Anspach in the south, 2.5 km west-southwest of the center of Neu-Anspach on the eastern flank of the Hardt ( 502.4 m above sea level. NN ) to about 458 m altitude.

At first traverses the United States Neu-Anspach. There ends the Arnsbach. On the way flows through the Usa Usingen and is amplified by the Eschbach. Accompanied by the federal highway 275 it breaks through a cross bar north of the Taunus mountains main ridge and reached top Moerlen. Here ends on the outskirts of a fire stream. Through low - Moerlen the Usa flows in Bad Nauheim area and passes through the local salt works; here it drives even today to a water wheel, whose movement was formerly used for the brine pump. In the course north of Friedberg joins the Seebach. In Friedberg is a level (see web link).

Finally, the United States, after every eastern by-passing of Friedberg and Fauerbach and passing under joins the B 275, south-southeast of Fauerbach to about 123 m altitude in the Nidda inflow weather.

Water

The United States with its 183.9 km ² large catchment area has largely to a water quality of stage II to III.

In the 1970s, the pollution of the receiving water body used as a creek peaked. To solve this problem today, in essence, the sewage treatment plants in Usingen, Bad Nauheim and Friedberg near. The pond treatment plant of the city of Butzbach parts Münster / Fauerbach is supplied via the Fauerbach the United States. The really neat Taunus water is affected yet by the introduction of Klärwässer. The treatment plant is located between the districts Usingen Usingen and upper Moerlen and cleans the wastewater of the city Usingen well as the communities Crane Mountain, Wernborn and Friedrich valley. The wastewater treatment plant of municipalities ( in flow direction ): Wiesentalstrasse ( Butzbach ), Long Grove Goat Mountain, Upper Moerlen, low - Moerlen and Bad Nauheim is located between the towns of Bad Nauheim and Friedberg. Immediately behind the town of Friedberg and before the confluence in the weather takes place, the introduction of the purified Friedberger wastewater treatment plant on the Friedberg.

However, the wastewater discharges from the treatment plants are not the only problem. Especially in the Taunus, where can incur a high amount of rainwater in the sewer within a very short time, give to storm water overflows quickly water in the United States from.

Inflows

Among the tributaries of the United States include ( downriver considered ):