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Vallei and Veluwe Water Authority What the Water Authority is and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Vallei and Veluwe Water Authority What the Water Authority is and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Vallei and Veluwe Water Authority What the Water Authority is and does Reindert Stellingwerff, policy advisor in floodprotection, levee specialist Wageningen, 5 March 2019 The VVWAs field of operations The history of water authorities 1200
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The history of water authorities
1200 1500 1300 1400 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100
1200 – foundation of the first water authority 1850 – 3,500 water authorities 1950 – 2,500 water authorities 2019 - 21 water
authorities
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Key figures
Area
245,644 hectares 1,1 million Residents 24,009 Businesses 1,534,000 Pollution units 37 municipalities Provinces Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel Organisation 489 full-time employees 1 head-office 6 regional offices
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Key figures
Water
A-watercourses: 2,283 km B-watercourses: 958 km C-watercourses: 12,765 km Primary dikes: 141 km Regional dikes: 48 km Other dikes: 61 km Technology Large polder pumping stations: 22 Wastewater treatment plants: 16
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Contour map
Lowest point: 0.8 m – NAP (Normal Amsterdam Level)
Municipality of Oldebroek, Noordeinde
Highest point: 103 m + NAP
Municipality of Apeldoorn, Hoog Soeren, Torenberg
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Water authority is government
Daily administration
Chairperson and three other members
Official organisation General administration
30 members
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Budget
Budget for 2019 - € 149.5 million
- Budget 2019 water system - € 64.6 million
- Budget 2019 waste water treatment - € 84.9 million
- Investments water system in the next 5 years € 146.9 million
- Investments waste water treatment in the next 5 years € 96.5 million
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Water Authority tax
Two taxes
- Purification levy/Pollution levy
- Water system levy
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The core tasks of Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe
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The symbol of our core tasks
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Safe and secure dikes
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Sufficient and clean surface water
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Regulating the water level
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Purifying waste water
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20 March 2019 elections https://www.waterschapsverkiezingen.nl/
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Focus: Circular economy
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Focus: Urban water management
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Climate adaptation/adjustment
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Focus: Soils and water
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Energy and raw materials plant
- Energy-neutral water purification.
- Energy-producing water purification
in the future.
- Focus on recovering raw materials.
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Innovation
NEREDA technology for sewage processing plants
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Working together in the water chain
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Healthy quality of life
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Stimulating recreational joint use
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Cultural history
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Education
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