WDOD and HHNK strengthen the Verdygo Community
On October 29, Jos Kerssens, representing HHNK, and Maarten Boersen, Director of Water at the Drents Overijsselse Delta Water Authority, signed the cooperation agreement with Verdygo, thereby confirming the partnership with the community. With this addition, the Verdygo community has grown from seven to nine water authorities.
The water sector faces major challenges in the areas of climate change, innovation, sustainability, and circularity. Traditional sewage treatment plants are often uniquely designed and difficult to adapt to new requirements. With changing legislation and regulations, labour market shortages labour market a scarcity of contractors, a modular standard offers a solution for the future. Uniformity in design and working methods enables rapid innovation and large-scale adaptations, which is crucial to keeping the sector agile for the future.
What is Verdygo?
Verdygo is an important development in the field of sewage treatment. We use standard components to build flexible and compact treatment plants. The concept involves the affiliated water authorities working with the market (contractors and engineering firms) to develop and apply a modular design and construction system for sewage treatment plants. As the initiators put it: "Standardization and modular thinking are the cornerstones of future treatment." In other words, the Verdygo concept is set to become the new standard for water treatment in the Netherlands. This development emphasizes the importance of standardization in the water sector and heralds a new phase of sector-wide collaboration.
Why is it important for HHNK to join Verdygo?
HHNK faces the same challenge. We must continue to comply with legal guidelines and regulations, both now and in the future. Market capacity is limited and technologies are changing, so it is beneficial to tackle the challenge in a phased and structured manner by introducing new standards and modular construction.
