In the international TOPSOIL project, the province of Drenthe, the Hunze and Aa district water board and the Noorderzijlvest district water board join partners from Denmark, Germany, Great Britain and Belgium to search for solutions to the consequences of climate change. In various subprojects, participants study the local effects of climate change on water, nature and agriculture and explore the …

The Wadden Islands, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and Safety Region Friesland collaborated to explore scenarios involving flooding risks and the reactions of residents and tourists during and after a flood. The ‘Wadden Island flooding’ scenario, a simulation of a huge flood on a fictitious Wadden island, makes parties aware of a flood situation and the necessity of …

The ‘Wide Green Dike’ project studies whether saline dredging products from the Eems-Dollard can be used to produce clay for dike reinforcements. Thus, the coastal strip is kept sustainably climate-resistant through ‘building with nature’. In order to realise the Wide Green Dike, many partners in the area collaborated including the province of Groningen, the Groningen Landscape Foundation and local tidal …

The Double Dike pilot project was developed as an alternative to the standard dike reinforcement between Eemshaven and Delfzijl. The dike no longer complies with safety standards due to earthquakes, soil subsidence and rising sea levels. Double Dike combines safety with nature, recreation and innovative agriculture. The project takes advantage of the opportunity to create cost-effective operational management of saline …

The IJkdijk Flood Control research project showed that application of modern measurement and monitoring systems in dikes and other dams should result in higher accuracy and efficiency as well as faster decision making. Based on these results, new measuring systems were used experimentally in real dikes. Efficiency and water safety proved to be verifiably better. Similar experiments throughout the Netherlands …