Water Board Rivierenland

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Water Board Rivierenland

• Introduction about position, tasks and
  responsibilities
• Eric Kuindersma
• 15 december 2005

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Content of presentation

• Organisation of water management in general
• Water Board Rivierenland
• Tasks and responsibilities
• Organisation and finances
• Themes
• Water organisations in urban areas
• Policy planning
• Water management 21st Century
• Room for the river

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History of water boards

• Oldest democratic institutions in the Netherlands
• Arise by natural circumstances
• The need to organise
• Formal tasks more than water

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History of Water Boards

• Year 1850 3500 Water Boards
• Year 1950 2500 Water Boards
• Year 2003 48 Water Boards
• Year 2005 26 Water Boards

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Governmental organisation
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Dutch water authorities

• National
• Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water
  Management
• Provinces
• Water boards
• flood control
• water quantity
• water quality
• (inland waterways and roads)
• Not responsible for drink water management

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River area
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Water Board Rivierenland

• Local water authority
• Flood control
• Water management (quantity and quality)
• Wastewater treatment
• Musk rats

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Flood control
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