Freshwater - Why care? (Netherlands)

SOER 2010 Common environmental theme (Deprecated)

Topics: Water and marine environment

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SOER Common environmental theme from Netherlands

Topic: Freshwater

Published: 26 Nov 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020

The availability of water and well-functioning freshwater ecosystems is essential to both humankind and nature. Large-scale use of groundwater is one of the causes of desiccation of nature in the Netherlands. Because of climate change, the risk of river flooding has increased.

Link to Water Management Policy in the 21^st Century:

http://www.waterland.net/showdownload.cfm?objecttype=mark.hive.contentobjects.download.pdf&objectid=9802A380-C264-EF55-F34F273A01FEB696

Due to climate change, the current strategies to cope with water shortage and freshwater supply in the Netherlands need to be revised. This is very complex because of the combination of technical and social aspects, e.g. the relationship between different regions within the Netherlands (Lake IJssel and the southwestern delta area), the relationship between the so-called regional goals and regional usages of water, and the consequences of the national strategy for river water discharge. In the ’National Waterplan’, various policy principles are stated with respect to water supply in the Netherlands.

http://www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl/onderwerpen/water/water_en_toekomst/nationaal_waterplan/