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We are leasing the beach pavilions in Castricum aan Zee authorisation so they can remain there year-round.

From September 21–24, we will be organizing various hands-on exercises for employees, focused on preventing water damage or flooding.

The multi-year research and development program "The Water Treatment of the Future" has won a Water Innovation Award.

The Sammerspolder Water Storage Facility has been officially completed. The resilience of the drainage system has been increased, and the vulnerability of the water system has been reduced.

Waternet is working around the clock to repair the broken pressure pipe in Amsterdam-Noord. This is expected to take at least two weeks.

The Netherlands must adapt more quickly to the effects of climate change. That is the conclusion of the second review of the Delta Program.

We have begun the fall inspection. We will be inspecting all primary flood defenses through mid-October. This year, we are paying special attention to drought damage.

Our executive committee has adopted the draft Aquatic Ecosystem Policy and released it for public comment. You may submit your comments by October 15.

Today marks the start of the second round of mowing for the approximately 6,000 km of ditches in our management area. This will continue through the end of October.

Our Executive Committee has approved the draft amendments to the HHNK 2027 Water Board Regulation. The draft is available for public review through October 6.

By 2100, we’ll be growing reeds and cattails in Noorderkwartier, and there won’t be any cows there anymore—just water buffalo.

We have developed a new draft of the Vision for the Future 2050+. It will be available for public review through September 30, 2026.

In the first episode of our new podcast series “Water for Later,” Dike Commissioner Remco Bosma argues that we need to break our addiction to freshwater.

The construction of the North Sea Canal is a fine example of the “titanic effort” undertaken in the second half of the 19th century.

Together with the municipality of Schagen, we’re putting the West Frisian Omringdijk in the spotlight. There’s an extensive and interactive programme all ages.