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News januari 2004

Analysis of Effects of Adjustable Weirs: Opportunities to Retain and Store Water

With this pilot project Waterboard Zuiderzeeland implements the principles of the Dutch policy "WB21" (Water Policy 21st Century): first retain, second store, and finally discharge of water.

The project concluded that

• adjustable weirs can reduce and delay peak discharges without agicultural crop growth reduction due to increased soil moisture content upstream of the weirs;
• adjustable weirs offer an excellent opportunity to store water in the soil as well as in the surface water.

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The uniqueness of water is that you can neither create nor destroy it.

The problem with water is that some parts of the world have too much, others too little.

The challenge of water is to manage it properly to ensure a sustainable future.