RIONED Foundation: Urban Drainage in the Netherlands

(latest update: June 6, 2009)

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 an 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 bibligraphical information on their publications.

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'.
• Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning, Housing 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)

About the Netherlands in general
 

• Holland information on Hollandtrade.com
• Netherlands (Wikipedia)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Dutch government websites (Overheid.nl)
• Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
• Local government in the Netherlands (Association of Netherlands Municipalities)

• www.sewerhistory.org
• www.riool.info (Public education, in Dutch)
• Sanitation was voted the most important medical milestone since 1840 by the British Medical Journal. Read the nomination by Professor of Public Health Johan P. Mackenbach.