RIONED Foundation: Urban Drainage in the Netherlands
(latest update: 19 July 2010)
RIONED Foundation: centre of expertise
RIONED Foundation (Stichting RIONED) is the centre of expertise in sewer management and urban drainage in the Netherlands. General information about RIONED Foundation.
Publications of RIONED Foundation
- Urban Drainage Statistics - A rich collection of figures on urban drainage in the Netherlands. A printed version is also available via info@rioned.org.
- Papers and summaries of RIONED Foundation reports in English, includes information on the Benchmark Municipal Water Management.
- The Benchmark Municipal Water Management enables municipalities to assess and improve their sewer management. A recent letter to all Municipalities explains the methodology and future developments.
Urban Drainage International Research Database (UDIRD)
RIONED Foundation offers access (free of charge) to it's international research database on urban drainage: UDIRD. It contains the bibliographical information of publications on sewer management and urban drainage - international congresses, journals and dissertations. Titles, authors, and information on research centres are presented through a thematic interface.
UDIRD is updated regulary. Publicists are invited to submit bibliographical information on their publications.
Sewer Systems Module for Higher Professional Education
The Sewer Systems Module for HPE (free download) offers higher education material in the field of urban drainage and sewerage. It gives an overview of planning, technology, design, and management of Western urban drainage in the context of The Netherlands. Both the Dutch and the English version appeared under the responsibility of KIVI-NIRIA, in collaboration with RIONED Foundation and the Sewerage Working Group of NLingenieurs.
Urban drainage and water management in the Netherlands
Below are some links to related organisations and further reading (in English):
- Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management; read e.g. 'A different approach to water' and the Water Act.
- Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
- Water governance in the Netherlands, the Dutch waterschap model
- Waterland.net, general information on water in the Netherlands. This includes an extensive list of Dutch publications on water (topics listed: engineering, water management, environmental aspects, drinking water, wastewater, specials).
- The Dutch versus the water, an article overviewing measures against flooding.
- Effects of Climate Change on Water Management in the Netherlands (article)
- Effectiveness of urban wastewater treatment in the Netherlands and other European countries (study by the European Environment Agency)
- World Water Academy, a training institute for watermanagement. Established by the Dutch water sector, it offers very practical courses for all water related issues (e.g. integrated water resource management, production and distribution of drinking water, sewerage, waste water treatment and water-related communication).
About the Netherlands in general
Interesting other links on urban drainage