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Water boards in the Netherlands
Rijnland a case
(F. van Kruiningen)
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Laws and Regulations water management

• National level
• Pollution of Surface Waters act
• flood defence law
• provincial level
• Regulations of prescription waterboard
• regional flood defence regulation
• water boards
• water level directives
• by-laws (maintenance water system)
• licences (water quality, water quantity)

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Water Boards
56 water boards traditionally high grade of farme
rs participation
farmers republics
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Water Board tasks

• Flood defence
• Water management
• water quantity
• Water quality
• Waste water treatment

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Financial Foundation Water Boards

• profit principle
• interest,
• taxation,
• representation
• polluters pay
• waste water treatment

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Taxes Water Board

• water board charge
• flood protection
• water quantity management
• pollution levy
• water quality management

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Rijnland water board area 100.000 ha 170 polders

storage basin 1.130.000 inhabitants
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Rijnland Water boardOrganization Chart

• Represented Groups
• house-owners
• land-owners
• waste water treatment
• -representatives of business

United Assembly
36 members
Executive board
6 members
Management Team
Sector Water
Sector Works
Sector Finance
Financial Planning tax levy
Water management Licenses Control
waste water treatment Maintenance
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• Rijnland budget 2001
• us dollar
• flood control 6 million
• water quantity 14 million
• water quality and
• waste water treatment 64 million
• investments coming 5 years 94 million

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Taxes Rijnland water board

• Taxes average situation
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  average tax of income
  
• Common household US 120/year 0.5
• house owner US 135/year 0.6
• dairy farm 40 hectare US 1700/year 5

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Land use and size of farms in Rijnland water board
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participation

• General level and policy
• United assembly and executive board
• Operational level
• maintenance canal system
• level control

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Participation general level and policy

• United assembly and executive board
• subjects (decision making)
• general policy
• budgets
• tax rates
• investments

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participation operational level

• water level directive
• for each water control unit (20-500 ha)
• water board guarantees specified water levels
• high levels during dry (summer) season
• low levels during wet (winter) season
• new development more flexible levels
• evaluation of directive every 10 years

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participation operational level

• water level directive
• water level conflict of interests
• agricultural (crop yields, trafficabillity)
• infrastructure/houses (foundations, groundwater
  table)
  
• nature preservation (natural levels)
• (navigation with draught, bridges)

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water level directive

• establishment of directive
• consultations of all parties concerned
• draft directive open for public inspection (4
  weeks)
  
• adjustment of draft
• final decision on directive by United Assembly
• possibility to submit objection on the decision
  by Court
  

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Participation operational level

• maintenance
• primairy canal system by water board
• secundary canal system by land owners
• obligation of removal of plant growth (yearly)
• dredging (water depths are prescribed)
• yearly survey (autumn) by water board
• Operational level control
• only by water board
• level control by farmers not permitted
• exceptions permitted by licence

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developments

• Town and Country planning Struggle for space
• device more space for water
• climate change more space for water storage
• urbanisation
• more nature (water)
• more space for recreation (water)
• at the cost of rural area
• estimated decrease in Rijnland water board area
• 30.000 ha ( 30) within 25-50 years?

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developments

• Merging of water boards
• 20.000 ha boards merge to 100.000 ha boards
• advantages
• more efficient
• more professional water management
• disadvantages
• less direct participation (steering committee,
  operational level)
  
• more bureaucratic organizations
• European Community
• up scaling to catchment basin areas ( 500.000
  ha)
  

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developments

• changes in interests
• more influence
• urban population
• nature preservation groups
• less influence
• farmers
• water boards no longer farmers republics
• question will be
• How to organize the proper participation