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Groundwater Governance and Societal Change

The Hague, 19th March 2013 Ebel Smidt and Bert Satijn

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• Increase of land, underground and water use
• Increase of attention for water management,

including the buffering function of groundwater

• Increased demand for integrated policies and actions

in the energy-food-water nexus

• Critical evaluation of the traditional “Dutch Polder

Model” aiming at reaching consensus between different interests Societal developments in the Netherlands

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• 1. Case history 1: Groundwater in the coastal area
• 2. Case history 2: Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage
• 3. Case history 3: Changes in groundwater remediation
• 4. Lessons learned concerning groundwater governance
• 5. International cooperation

Story line

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Case 1: Coastal Area

Case 1. History of water and land management in the Dune Area

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North Sea Haarlem Amsterdam Dune Area (9 x 4.5 km)

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• 1853 Start extraction by dug canals
• 1903 Start extraction by wells
• 1957 Start artificial recharge with pretreated river

water taken from the Rhine Branch near Utrecht, at 75 km distance. Drinking water from the dunes

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Origin from the drinking water produced from the dune area near Amsterdam (1853-1999)

Bron drinkwaterproductie Leiduin

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1850 1862 1874 1886 1898 1910 1922 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 mln m3/jaar

Geinfiltreerd rivierwater (sinds 1957) Diep duinwater (sinds 1903) Ondiep duinwater (sinds 1853)

River water Deep dune water Shallow dune water

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Merger between three organizations

• Water supply company
• Regional Water Authority
• Municipal water departments

> New organization Waternet manages the water system and the water chain of supply and waste water treatment. Recent changes: Amsterdam Water supply company to Waternet

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Case 2: Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage

5 34 214 271 353 438 485 537 679 829

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

Aantal projecten t/m 2005 (CBS, 2006 en 2007 is schatting)

End of 2012: > 1.500

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Case 3: Changes in remediation policy

• f groundwater pollution

How much more expensive is groundwater and soil remediation, compared with prevention ?

factor 100

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Protection Improvement Use of resources

From isolated solutions to integrated regional approaches

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Lesson 1: Integrate science and the five governance capacities

Earth Sciences on water and soil

Communication and participation capacities

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Lesson 2: Consider particular groundwater interests, perspectives and time

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• 1. Examples of innovative integrative approaches on

resilience strategies focusing on groundwater buffers as part of climate change adaptive capacity

• 2. Contribution to integration of food-energy-water

nexus with focus on groundwater

• 3. Cooperation in development of guidelines for

combining resilience techniques with management tools and good governance practices

• 4. Willingness to mobilize know-how and practical

experience in the Dutch groundwater sector What can WGC offer?

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• The learning curve in groundwater governance in the

Netherlands covers 150 years. It tends to better integration in resources governance with groundwater being a multifunctional buffer for energy, water and chemical constituents.

• Re-organization of institutions and innovation of

groundwater governance is a continuous process.

• The Dutch groundwater community is willing to share

its knowledge and experience with international initiatives via its Water Governance Centre. Main messages

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Further info:Groundwater governance: a decisive factor in resilience strategies

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Water Governance Centre (WGC)

• Visitors address:

Koningskade 40, The Hague, The Netherlands

• Postal address:

P.O. Box 93218, 2509 AE The Hague, The Netherlands

• Email : info@watergovernancecentre.nl
• Website: http://www.watergovernancecentre.nl

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