Jointly understanding and validating the system and challenges

Boundary conditions

• Serving multiple goals, like ecosystem, water availability and use, tourism
• Quality: use, reuse, discharge
• Quantity: precipitation, groundwater flow, buffering
• Sustainability: circular, safe, robust
• Location: Land use, spatial planning, salt intrusion, land ownership, environment, access
• Meeting local needs: safety, agriculture, industry, households
• Acceptance

Stakeholders

• Industry (Dow, North Sea Ports, Evides)
• Agriculture, horticulture, livestock
• Government (water board Scheldestromen, Province of Zeeland, municipality Terneuzen, …)
• Consumers / community / households / nature / recreation

Contacts therein:

• Dow Benelux / HZ: Niels Groot
• Province of Zeeland: Thecla Westerhof
• Water board Scheldestromen: Walter Oomen
• Municipality Terneuzen: Jeannette Groeneveld
• Evides: Piet de Boks / Wilbert van den Broek
• North Sea Ports: n.t.b.