Paulien Hartog of Waternet presented the structure of water management agencies in the Amsterdam Region, the green infrastructure initiative called "Rainproof Amsterdam" and some Circular Economy project examples including the "Energy Factory" initiative

1. Paulien Hartog, strategic advisor Waternet
Amsterdam meets Boston
22-24 June 2016

2. 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

3. Resilient urban development
Liveability Energy & resources production
City marketing
New challenges: cross sectoral integration
Healthy living

4. Collaboration is the
key for innovation

5. From waste water to resource
Energy and Resource Factory in the Netherlands

6. Cloudburst Amsterdam 28 July 2014
60-70 mm in 2 hours

7. New initiative: Amsterdam Rainproof
• Dedicated team
• Network approach
• Main target: mainstreaming rainproof in urban network
• 2014-2017

8. 1 Aware
2 Like
3 Capable
4 Act
5 Persevere

9. Digital platform

10. Mainstreaming in city processes
Urban development (public+private)
Public assetmanagement
Private assetmanagement

11. 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

12. Entrepreneurs as intermediate to citizens
www.dakdokters.nl
www.rainaway.nl

13. • Finance by crowdsourcing
• Professional advice
• Neigbourhood helpers
Graphics: Alice Wielinga

14. ArgonautenstraatZuidas, Building P15 Ravel Tuin aan Zee

15. every drop counts
paulien.hartog@waternet.nl
paulien@rainproof.nl
www.rainproof.nl
(in Dutch)
Photo: Merlijn Michon

16. International cooperation about water
• Sharing knowledge (partner cities and utilities)
• Social responsibility (Millenium Development Goals)
• Aid and Trade (Amsterdam, region or NL)