Billions More Needed for Water Management, but Even Then Not All Damage Can Be Prevented
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If we want to keep the Netherlands a safe and liveable delta, the money allocated to water management must at least double in the long term. This is the view of Delta Commissioner Co Verdaas, a key independent water advisor to the cabinet. Currently, about 1 percent of the gross domestic product goes to water management, amounting to over 11 billion euros. Because climate challenges have become more urgent and complex, this must increase to at l…
Major interventions are needed to deal with extreme weather in the future, advises Delta Commissioner Co Verdaas. To limit societal damage during very dry or particularly wet periods, the Netherlands must "step up its game considerably." In some areas, there is no alternative but to accept greater risks.
Extreme weather conditions will occur more frequently in the Netherlands, and we need to prepare better for this, says the National Delta Programme. ‘We are not ready for the future; we really need to get to work.’
Billions for larger pumps near the Afsluitdijk and IJmuiden, increasing the freshwater capacity of the IJsselmeer and research into the open sea connection of the Nieuwe Waterweg. These are some of the measures recommended by the Delta Commissioner in the six-yearly 'review' of the national delta programme presented on Monday.
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