Spatial quality enhancement, Alleviation of flood damage and Nature enlargement by Development and redevelopment of mineral extraction sites along rivers

Partners

• Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management - Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management, East- Netherlands (RWS-ON) (Arnhem)
  RWS-ON has its office in Arnhem and covers the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel (total surface area of 7,893 km2) and parts of the main rivers in adjoining provinces. RWS-ON is part of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management; Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management. As part of that ministry, RWS-ON is responsible for safety on and along the main rivers (82 km2 of water surfaces and 50,000 ha (500 km2) of floodplains), as well as investment in the Afferdense and Deestse Waarden (floodplains) demonstration location near Druten along the river Waal in the province of Gelderland in the central Netherlands, covering 285 ha.
  

  Coordinator	acts as project coordinator
  Type
  Country	Netherlands
  Web site	http://www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl
  Contact	Mr. Henk Nijland, Position: SAND project manager Phone/fax: +31 (0)26 368 8797 ; (mobile): +31 (0) 6 53150261, +31 (0) 6 53150261 Email: henk.nijland@rws.nl

• Dienst Landelijk Gebied Regio Zuid (DLG Regio Zuid), Government Service for Land and Water Management Noord-Brabant

  DLG is part of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. DLG's mission is to develop attractive and economically viable rural areas. DLG projects strengthen the development of rural areas, focusing on agriculture, nature and recreation. DLG has been active in the Netherlands for a period of almost seventy years and has a head office in Utrecht and eleven provincial offices.

  In the Keent project, DLG Zuid cooperates closely with Rijkswaterstaat - Limburg. DLG Zuid has its office in Tilburg and covers the province of Noord-Brabant which has an area of 5082 km2. One of DLG's main tasks is redeveloping agricultural floodplain areas into multi-purpose nature areas.The entire Keent project covers 364 ha or 3.6 km2. Only Phase 1 (61 ha) will be part of the SAND project.

  Country	Netherlands
  Web site	http://www.keent.net
  Contact	, Position: Phone/fax: , Email:

• Institution Interdépartementale des Barrages - Reservoirs du Bassin de la Seine (Grands Lacs de Seine)

  IIBRBS is responsible for the Seine river basin (40,000 km2) upstream from the Paris Région (Ile-de-France), where one out of six French people live. IIBRBS is responsible for:

  reducing the impacts of floods for the Seine river and its main tributaries;
  maintaining a sufficient water flow in order to secure both the drinking water needs for the Paris region as well as an ecological equilibrium for the rivers;
  providing an on-going focus on the reduction of risks that takes into account management efficiency for the existing installations as well as the building of new ones.       
  The pilot project is located at the confluence of the Seine and the Yonne rivers. This hydrological project involves 12 municipalities and a total surface area covering 4,300 ha (20 km along the valley). The retention area extends across 2,500 ha. The spatial project involves 47 municipalities (over 100 km2).

  Type
  Country	France
  Web site	http://www.iibrbs.fr
  Contact	Mr. Pierre Yves Durand, Position: Phone/fax: +33 (0)1.44.75.29.37 ; (mobile): +33 (0)6.11.76.87.05, +33-(0)1.44.75.29.30 Email: pierreyves.durand@iibrbs.fr

• Agglomération de la Région de Compiègne (ARC)
  ARC Compiègne is a intercommunal association of 14 cities including Compiègne and several surrounding towns with a total area of 190 km2. The project itself has a total area of 700 ha and is located at the confluence of the Oise and Aisne rivers which eventually flow into the Seine.

  Type
  Country	France
  Web site	http://www.compiegne.fr
  Contact	Mr. Jean-Guy Hallo, Position: Phone/fax: +33 (0)3.44.40.76.10, +33-(0)3-44.40.25.90 Email: Jean-guy.hallo@agglo-compiegne.fr

• Erftverband

  Erftverband involves 43 cities and dozens of small towns and covers a total area of 1,918 km2, which is the above-ground catchment area of the Erft, as well as subsurface waters on an area of 2,298 km2. The main tasks of the Erftverband are:

  1.Groundwater and water supply

  research and observation of the water resources affected by lignite mining;
  measures to secure the private and industrial water supply;
  regulation of the groundwater level;
  compensation of negative ecological effects.
  2. Waste water management

  wastewater treatment and sludge removal;
  maintenance of sewer systems.
  3. Surface waters

  maintenance of surface water;
  flood prevention and mitigation;
  river restoration.
  The retention reservoir and "Boisdorfer See" are located in a former open lignite mining pit near Kerpen, about 20 km south-west of Cologne. The total project area is about 125 ha. The floodplain connects the retention reservoir with two branches of the Erft river which eventually flow into the Rhine.

  Type
  Country	Germany
  Web site	http://www.erftverband.de
  Contact	Mr. Ulrich Kern, Position: Phone/fax: +49(0)2271 88 1245, +49-(0)2271-88-1210 Email: ulrich.kern@erftverband.de