Jointly understanding and validating the system and challenges

Boundary conditions

  • Serving multiple goals, like ecosystem, water availability and use, tourism
  • Quality: use, reuse, discharge
  • Quantity: precipitation, groundwater flow, buffering
  • Sustainability: circular, safe, robust
  • Location: Land use, spatial planning, salt intrusion, land ownership, environment, access
  • Meeting local needs: safety, agriculture, industry, households
  • Acceptance

Stakeholders

  • Industry (Dow, North Sea Ports, Evides)
  • Agriculture, horticulture, livestock
  • Government (water board Scheldestromen, Province of Zeeland, municipality Terneuzen, …)
  • Consumers / community / households / nature / recreation

Contacts therein:

  • Dow Benelux / HZ: Niels Groot
  • Province of Zeeland: Thecla Westerhof
  • Water board Scheldestromen: Walter Oomen
  • Municipality Terneuzen: Jeannette Groeneveld
  • Evides: Piet de Boks / Wilbert van den Broek
  • North Sea Ports: n.t.b.