Hurricane Katrina made Americans all too aware of the importance of effective water management. And the US today faces more hurricanes as well as floods, droughts and challenges of water shortages, contamination and storage. The Netherlands is an expert in water management, more specifically pioneers in water and delta technology, having survived centuries of struggle with water. In fact, two-thirds of the country is at or below sea level.
By sharing experiences and effective water policies, and by working together to create innovative technologies and techniques, the Dutch are finding new, more effective ways to manage water in both the Netherlands and the US.
Within hours after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Dutch government dispatched mobile pumps, civil engineers, and a Royal Navy frigate. Dutch water management companies shared their expertise to help the people of New Orleans rebuild their levees. In addition to Louisiana and Mississippi, the Netherlands is also helping California, Florida and New York with their water challenges. Sharing best practices in water system management, emergency planning, disaster response and environmental restoration ensures a safer future for all.
Global climate change and its effect on water levels (flooding and droughts) will create new challenges. The Netherlands is working together with the US to find solutions to climate change and its impact.
If you are interested in Dutch Water Management, you might be interested in the following:
EVENTS
H209 The H209 International Water Forum will commemorate the pioneering spirit of Henry Hudson by bringing today’s water experts together with future engineers and managers to explore sustainable solutions to the real challenges facing the Netherlands and the NYC/New Jersey metropolitan region. Cities worldwide stand to benefit from what happens here.
PUBLICATIONS
Pioneering water will give you a more in-depth look at Dutch water expertise and our common challenges today.
Dutch Water Sector 2009-2010 This 120-page issue provides an overview of the modern Dutch developments and innovations that offer solutions to many global water and delta dilemmas. More than 80 public and private Dutch organizations introduce themselves in the new issue, and the extensive business directory helps you to locate any of the 175 internationally active Dutch water organizations.
Dutch Delta Technology / Made in Holland This issue of Made in Holland gives you insight in integrated flood management in which nature is a friend, beautiful water fronts also form flood protection barriers and high-tech systems provide valuable information on our current safety.
Spatial Planning Key Decision ‘Room for the River’ To give the rivers more space, the Dutch Cabinet has created a package of measures called the Spatial Planning Key Decision ‘Room for the River’. The main objectives are flood protection by 2015 and improved overall environmental quality in the river basin region.
Rotterdam Climate Proof is the climate adaptation programme of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative. The measures make the city more attractive for residents, safer, while remaining accessible and stimulating the economy.
Louisiana should look at the Dutch for well-planned canals. Associate Editor Autumn C. Giusti writes about the Dutch model of intgrated flood control.
LINKS
The “Dutch Dialogues” workshops are the outgrowth of extended interactions between Dutch engineers, urban designers, landscape architects, city planners and soils/hydrology experts and, primarily, their Louisiana counterparts.
Deltawerken online: The site, an initiative of the Deltaworks Online Foundation, is one of the biggest and most complete online resources of information about the deltaworks and water management in the Netherlands.
Deltares has a unique combination of knowledge and experience in the field of water, soil and the subsurface. It is frontrunner in the development, distribution and application of knowledge for meeting the challenges in the physical planning, design and management of vulnerable deltas, coastal areas and river basins.
Facts & figures related to water in the Netherlands.
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Under the motto ‘An expert on water, with a revolutionary approach to connections’, the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is working on methods of sustainable protection against water and on safe connections of an international quality.
Losing Louisiana, A Tale of Two Coasts This website explores the cause of the Louisiana hurricanes and wetlands loss, potential solutions, including what Louisiana can learn from the Dutch.
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