We are pleased to invite members of KIVI Construction and Hydraulic Engineering to attend the Combi-Tour 'Delta Works for the Coast and Watery Zealand, which will be organised on Thursday 25 April 2024 by the Blue Line Foundation as part of the Year of Johannis de Rijke, with international students and PhDs joining in.

The "Practical Study" Society will host 30 international students and - part of the interantional programme - they may also experience this tour. This will be joined by the board of The Society "Practical Study". In addition, 5 PhD - researchers involved in water issues and landscape architecture are expected to go along. Among them is Yuka Yoshida who will conduct research in the Netherlands and Japan on 'Floodrisk management from a landscape approach', among others

Stichting Blauwe Lijn organises more frequent tour trips for education, experts in the water world and interested citizens. In doing so, they look back at our water history and the great water masters of the past. The knowledge and stories, but also the lessons can be inspiring for the new generation: the so-called New Water Masters.

The Foundation's mission is to bring together young people, students and experts to come up with ideas and projects that may contribute to water problems now and in the future.

In the tour on 25 April, Johannis de Rijke will get extra attention. This is because of the Johannis de Rijke themed year organised by the Blue Line Foundation from 5 December 2023 to 6 December 2024. Johannis de Rijke still inspires, 110 years after his death, in Japan and the Netherlands, because of his extraordinary achievements in Japan in the 19th century. Johannis, along with other watermen, was very active in Japan and helped Japan with major works to stop flooding of rivers and the sea. For more information on this themed year, see link.

During the tour, other water masters (such as Johan van Veen, Cornelis Lely, Johannis de Rijke and Jan Agema) will also be featured. They will reflect on the construction of the Delta Works, the management and maintenance of the coast and dykes, future tasks and future plans in the South West Delta.

More information about the Blue Line Foundation: www.stichtingblauwelijn.nl and tours: https://www.stichtingblauwelijn.nl/projecten/tourtochten/

Boarding point and return: Hampshire Hotel Delft

Route along Delta works, waterworks and coast of Zeeland/South Holland:

Delft - Haringvlietsluizen - Brouwersdam - Schelphoek/Plompe Toren - Oosterscheldekering - Colijnsplaat - Uitkijkpunt Krammersluizen

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Bus: 50 people, including 35 Tu Delft (international students), PhDs from Delta Waelth and TU Delft,

Places available for KIVI members: 6 persons

Guides Blue Line Foundation:

Karen van Burg (coordinator), Leo van Gelder, Roeland Hillen

(Experts at Rijkswaterstaat and former Hollandsche Delta Water Board, Flooting Farm Rotterdam)

Special guests: Yuka Yoshida, Johan Sturm (Johannis de Rijke Foundation)

Language: English

Organised and offered by:

Blue Line Foundation(www.stichtingblauwelijn.nl) in close cooperation with the Society "Practical Study" of Civil Engineering at TUDelft.

Sign up at:

Application date (deadline): 23-4-2024

Subsidised by: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management