Water
Sufficient clean freshwater and usable, reliable information about the water in The Netherlands. Rijkswaterstaat works 24/7 to maintain this situation.
Water safety
Rijkswaterstaat carefully monitors water levels in the Netherlands. Whenever there is a flood risk, we issue flood warnings as early as possible.
Water management
We swing into action whenever there is a threat of drought and work to improve the quality of the water in our country.
Projects
China-EU Water Platform
The China Europe Water Platform (CEWP) is a network for water co-operation between European countries (including the EU) with the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources.
Read more about CEWP
DIWA: digitisation of inland-waterway transport
Inland-waterway transport (IWT) plays a substantial role in the transportation of goods within Europe. This has many advantages.
Read more about DIWA masterplan