Municipality of Schagen: Field hockey Water Field with Water Buffer
We have granted the municipality of Schagen €100,000 subsidy for climate adaptation measures in the Hockey water field with water buffer project. This is one of six projects to which HHNK has granted a subsidy from the KAN scheme.
Through this Klimaat Actief Noorderkwartier grant regulation, municipalities can receive subsidies for projects that make the living environment more climate-proof, up to 30% of the project costs. The scheme is intended to accelerate the implementation of these projects. On October 12, 2023 high water board Klazien Hartog symbolically handed over this amount to Alderman Hans Heddes of the municipality of Schagen.
Alderman Hans Heddes says, "We are very happy that we were able to make the field hockey water field climate adaptive with the help of the grant. Underneath the field is a water buffer with a total capacity of 1,700m3. This buffer is intended to cope with peak showers, which will become more common in the future. The water from the water buffer is drained in a delayed manner, giving the pumping stations more time to drain the water. In the future, the buildings at sports park will also drain rainwater into the water buffer."
Field hockey water field with water buffer
Schagen Municipality has used the grant to construct a field hockey water field with a water buffer at Sportpark Groenoord on the Wilgenlaan. The existing artificial turf field hockey field has been transformed into a water artificial turf field. Underneath the field is a water buffer made of plastic crates. From that water buffer comes the irrigation for the water field. There is also a new clubhouse with toilets that flush with rainwater. The project will be completed by mid-September 2023. The total cost of this innovative project is € 439,245.88 of which HHNK is contributing € 100,000 from the KAN scheme.
