What does truly integrated water management mean?

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Integrated water management

The way we consider our water-management work is changing. Slowly but surely, we are beginning to have open discussions with each another about fundamental choices: 

• Alternative land use
• Other forms of nature and agriculture
• A New Approach to waterproofing the future
• Working differently to create future-proof value in our region.

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

Where water and soil are truly intended to guide decision-making, competing interests come into play. We’ve observed this during our own research on “water and soil as guiding principles.” Noorderzijlvest Water Authority would like to keep the conversation on this topic moving forward.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to a networking event. There, we hope to inspire you with the process we are undertaking to shape the future of the broad coastal zone of Groningen. We will also focus on the climate landscape of the northern Netherlands.

We hope that many of the people involved in our current and future water-management work and ongoing research will have the opportunity to meet each another this evening.

Location

The event will take place at the Water-authority office at Stedumermaar 1, Groningen.
We will guide you inside through our service entrance. The main entrance is currently under construction. Parking is available on our premises.

Noorderzijlvest Water Authority
Stedumermaar 1, 9735 AC Groningen

The programme for 9 April 

• 19:0: Doors open
• 19:30: Dyke Reeve Roeland van der Schaaf on our perspective on the need for integrated water management in which water and soil play a guiding role.
• 19:45: Jeroen Veraart, a (climate) researcher at Wageningen University who was involved in developing the “Broad Coastal Zone Groningen” roadmap: a process designed to be as comprehensive as possible.
• 20:15: Mathijs Dijkstra, landscape architect at LAOS, on the climate landscape of the northern Netherlands and the unique position of the lake Lauwersmeer area.
• 20:40: Executive Board member Annette van Velde discusses the Broad Coastal Zone, which must continue to provide safety and requires us to make tough decisions now.