Paulien Hartog, strategic advisor Waternet

Amsterdam meets Boston

22-24 June 2016

Amsterdam region: watercycle cooperation

City of Amsterdam

• Drinking water

• Sewerage

• Storm water

• Groundwater

• Shipping and inland waterways

Regional Water Authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht

• Flood protection

• Water level management

• Water quality control

• Waste water treatment

Waternet foundation

Resilient urban development

Liveability Energy & resources production

City marketing

New challenges: cross sectoral integration

Healthy living

Collaboration is the key for innovation

From waste water to resource

Energy and Resource Factory in the Netherlands

Cloudburst Amsterdam 28 July 2014

60-70 mm in 2 hours

New initiative: Amsterdam Rainproof

• Dedicated team

• Network approach

• Main target: mainstreaming rainproof in urban network

• 2014-2017

1 Aware

2 Like

3 Capable

4 Act

5 Persevere

Digital platform

Mainstreaming in city processes

Urban development (public+private)

Public assetmanagement

Private assetmanagement

Building “enveloppe”: 70 mm storage/48 h

Asset management framework: Rainproof materials and profiles

Policy mainstreaming

Sewerage Plan: Ambition 60 mm/h event without damage

Green Agenda: Rainproof criterium for funding

Entrepreneurs as intermediate to citizens

www.dakdokters.nl

www.rainaway.nl

• Finance by crowdsourcing • Professional advice • Neigbourhood helpers

Graphics: Alice Wielinga

Argonautenstraat Zuidas, Building P15 Ravel Tuin aan Zee

every drop counts

paulien.hartog@waternet.nl

paulien@rainproof.nl

www.rainproof.nl

(in Dutch) Photo: Merlijn Michon

International cooperation about water

• Sharing knowledge (partner cities and utilities)

• Social responsibility (Millenium Development Goals)

• Aid and Trade (Amsterdam, region or NL)