diff --git a/avaframe/com4FlowPy/rasterIo.py b/avaframe/com4FlowPy/rasterIo.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-    Functions to handle raster files.
-"""
-
-import rasterio
-import sys
-import logging
-
-# create local logger
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def read_header(input_file):
-    """
-    Reads the header of the raster file
-    raster file should be readable by rasterio (e.g. .tif, .asc)
-
-    Parameters
-    -----------
-    input_file: str
-        path to raster file
-
-    Returns
-    -----------
-    header: dict
-        header of raster file in style of ASCII-Rasters
-    """
-
-    log.warning("This function is deprecated. Look at avaframe.in2Trans.rasterUtils for replacements.")
-    raster = rasterio.open(input_file)
-    if raster is None:
-        print("Unable to open {}".format(input_file))
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    header = {}
-    header["ncols"] = raster.width
-    header["nrows"] = raster.height
-    header["xllcorner"] = (raster.transform * (0, 0))[0]
-    header["yllcorner"] = (raster.transform * (0, raster.height))[1]
-    header["cellsize"] = raster.transform[0]
-    header["noDataValue"] = raster.nodata
-    return header
-
-
-def read_raster(input_file):
-    """
-    Reads in a raster file
-
-    Parameters
-    -----------
-    input_file: str
-        path to raster file
-
-    Returns
-    -----------
-    my_array: np.array
-        numpy array with values read in from the raster file
-    header: dict
-        header of raster file in style of ASCII-Rasters
-    """
-
-    log.warning("This function is deprecated. Look at avaframe.in2Trans.rasterUtils for replacements.")
-    header = read_header(input_file)
-    raster = rasterio.open(input_file)
-    my_array = raster.read(1)
-
-    return my_array, header
-
-
-def output_raster(referenceFile, file_out, raster):
-    """
-    Saves raster
-
-    Parameters
-    -----------
-    referenceFile: str
-        path to raster file to reference on, mostly DEM
-    file_out: str
-        path for the outputfile, possible extends are .asc or .tif
-    raster: np.array
-        raster (array) that is saved
-    """
-
-    log.warning("This function is deprecated. Look at avaframe.in2Trans.rasterUtils for replacements.")
-    raster_trans = rasterio.open(referenceFile)
-    try:
-        crs = rasterio.crs.CRS.from_dict(raster_trans.crs.data)
-    except:
-        # crs = rasterio.crs.CRS.from_epsg(4326)
-        crs = None
-
-    _success = True
-
-    if file_out.suffix == ".asc":
-        _driver = "AAIGrid"
-    elif file_out.suffix == ".tif":
-        _driver = "GTiff"
-
-    try:
-        with rasterio.open(
-            file_out,
-            "w",
-            driver=_driver,
-            height=raster.shape[0],
-            width=raster.shape[1],
-            count=1,
-            dtype=raster.dtype,
-            crs=crs,
-            transform=raster_trans.transform,
-            nodata=-9999,
-        ) as new_dataset:
-            new_dataset.write(raster, 1)
-    except:
-        _success = False
-        log.error("could not write {} to {}".format(raster, file_out))
-
-    try:
-        if _success is True:
-            log.info("wrote file: {}".format(file_out))
-        else:
-            log.info("failed to write file: {}".format(file_out))
-    except:
-        pass