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NedWater
is an active market
place. Bringing together supply and demand for water related
business, activities or operations.
Science, research, development, consultancy services,
engineering, contracting, supply of equipment, components or
technology, design-build-operate, financing, project management,
interim management.
Anything, as long as it is water related and
can be supplied from the Netherlands or achieved together with a
Dutch business partner.
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market knowledge and
network by using the
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organization.
The business culture
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Groundwater and the Netherlands
The Netherlands has developed
significant experience in the field of groundwater. The Dutch
Groundwater Sector is a frontrunner in many technical and
managerial aspects of this precious resource. The Dutch
Groundwater Sector has contributed worldwide to sustainable
solutions in groundwater development and management and is
pleased to present its broad, united expertise.
Groundwater
is an exceptional resource because it can be found almost
everywhere on earth. Groundwater provides security against
droughts and fulfills a crucial role in the hydrological cycle,
providing baseflow for rivers and maintaining fragile
ecosystems. Due to growing global population and economic
development the proper exploitation and management of
groundwater resources becomes more and more important. Read all
about it in:
Dutch
Groundwater, fact sheets of expertise on groundwater,
January 2007.
Click here
to download.
Surface water and the
Netherlands
The Netherlands: 34,000 square
kilometers on the frontier between land and water. In large part,
man-made land. Cultivated by man and made fit for habitation,
development, agriculture and horticulture, industry and
recreation. We take all these activities for granted and rarely
consider that 25% of the Netherlands lies under average sea
level.
More than half of the Netherlands would be flooded
if there were
no dunes and water barriers, structures which provide good
protection against storm floods from the sea and high water in
the rivers.
The many dikes, sluices, pumping stations, dams, canals and
drainage ditches keep the Netherlands habitable. Without this
infrastructure more than half of the Netherlands, where more
than nine million people live and work, would simply not exist!
In a country like the
Netherlands, the geography of which is dominated by the sea and
the mouths of four great rivers, water and natural space are
inextricably bound to one another. For centuries, spatial
planning in the low-lying Netherlands has been a matter of
separating and maintaining the separation between land and
water.
But changes are brewing. Climatic changes are increasing the
likelihood of flooding and water-related problems. In addition,
population density continues to grow, as does the potential of
the economy and, consequently, the vulnerability of the economy
and society to disaster. Two undesirable developments that, in
terms of safety, boosting one another – a growing risk with
even larger consequences.
As such, the safety risk is growing at
an accelerated pace:
safety risk =
chance multiplied by consequence.
"Much
achieved, even more to be done"
A centuries-long battle against
water has made the Netherlands the world experts on water
management. Climate change is forcing the Dutch to rethink their
strategies Elevating dikes will not offer long-term protection
against rising sea levels and greater volumes of water being
discharged by the country's largest rivers. The Netherlands has
decided to chart a new course in water management: instead of
battling against the water, the Dutch are learning to live with
it.
Interested
to know the surface level of
a certain place in the Netherlands? Type the
postal code (zip code) in the calculating box on this
website. Try for
instance 3833ZA. Or surf to
www.zeeniveau.nl (in
Dutch)
More information: download below and read!
Book Water in the Netherlands,
managing checks and balances, written by Peter Huisman. ISBN
90-803565-6-5.
Click here
to download the
table of
contents and chapter 4
Genesis of
the man-made environment
Or order the book directly from the
NHV, Mr. Bert van Ee, c/o Tauw,
P.O. Box 133, NL-7400 AC Deventer, fax: +31.570.699666,
e-mail: gee@tauw.nl. Price
(including packing and postage): € 25.00
To help to address the problems we face, the Netherlands relies
on a highly developed institutional setting and detailed plans
for sustainable water management : knowledge on hydraulics,
subsidence, salt water intrusion, and aquatic ecology. Hydraulic
engineering is one of the most prominent sectors in the Dutch
economy. It includes disciplines such as flood control and
protection, coastal development, land reclamation and offshore
civil engineering. Dutch dredging companies, contractors,
engineering consultants, and knowledge institutes are globally
devising high-quality and creative solutions and applying their
unique expertise in construction on soft soils, sandy sea beds
and peat soils. Read all about it:
Dutch Delta Technology, Fact Sheets of Expertise on Water
Management & Flood Control, October 2006, Click
here to download.
Dutch Delta Technology, Fact Sheets of Expertise on Water
Management & Flood Control, May 2006, Click
here to download.
Dutch Water Expertise, Water
Management & Flood Control, November 2005, provides
information on the Dutch flood management system and other
related systems. The document shares ‘lessons learned’ and
provide an overview of Dutch expertise and policies. Click
here
to download.
A Different Approach to Water,
Water Management Policy in the 21st Century, December
2000, outlines the Dutch government’s position on water
management policy in the 21st century. Click
here to download.
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