What does truly integrated water management mean?

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Integrated water management

The way we view our work on water is changing. Slowly but surely, we are daring to engage in conversation with each other about fundamental choices: 

• other land use
• other forms of nature and agriculture
• thinking differently about living safely with water
• working differently for future-proof added value in our region.

So we are taking action. Are we doing it right? Or are the steps we are taking still too small? Do we have a clear understanding of what integrated water management really means?

Where water and soil really want to be decisive factors, interests clash. We noticed this during our own research on 'water and soil as decisive factors'. The Noorderzijlvest Water Authority wants to keep the discussion on this topic going.

We would therefore like to invite you to a networking event. There, we want to inspire you with the process we are going through to shape the broad Groningen coastal zone in the future. We will also be focusing on the climate landscape of the northern Netherlands.

We hope that many of those involved in our (future) work on water and ongoing research will meet each other this evening.

Location

The evening will take place at the Waterschapshuis at Stedumermaar 1, Groningen.
We will guide you inside via our service entrance. The main entrance is currently under construction, but parking is available on our premises.

Noorderzijlvest Water Authority
Stedumermaar 1, 9735 AC Groningen

The program April 9 

• 7:00 p.m.: doors open
• 7:30 p.m.: Dijkgraaf Roeland van der Schaaf on our view of the necessity of integrated water management in which water and soil are the guiding factors.
• 7:45 p.m.: Jeroen Veraart, climate researcher at Wageningen University and involved in the creation of the railway timetable for the Broad Coastal Zone of Groningen: a process that is as integrated as possible.
• 8:15 p.m.: Mathijs Dijkstra, landscape architect at LAOS, on the climate landscape of the northern Netherlands and the unique position of the Lauwersmeer area.
• 8:40 p.m.: Executive committee member Annette van Velde on a Broad Coastal Zone that must continue to provide safety, for which we must already make tough choices.