Beaufort master plan
Description
Introduction
Protecting our country now and in the future from high water and keeping the freshwater supply in order. That is the aim of the Delta Act, which was unanimously adopted by the House of Representatives on 28 June 2011.
The Delta Act forms the basis for the Delta Fund with which the freshwater supply and flood protection of the future can be financed [1 billion a year]. The Act also marks the role of the Delta Commissioner. This is to ensure that there is a second Delta Plan for which an implementation programme is drawn up every year and that progress is reported. State Secretary Atsma: (Infrastructure and Environment) ''Water safety and freshwater supply are matters of vital importance to the Netherlands. They require a long-term approach. The Delta Act guarantees this.''
'Masterplan Beaufort'
Gé Beaufort handed out 'Plan Beaufort' in 2010, on his retirement from Rijkswaterstaat. It is a 100-year master plan to prevent flooding/flooding and water shortages. He and Gerd Kamerling are so enthralled by it that they produce a second version. They feel the plan offers strategic and technical solutions that deserve attention. Would the Delta Commissioner arrive at the same solutions?
Goal of 'Masterplan Beaufort': 10 to 100 times safer Netherlands, major rivers can discharge 18,000 m3/s and dikes and dunes can withstand 2 m of sea level rise. In addition, there is sufficient freshwater everywhere and all that for 100 years. It is expandable according to the same principles for centuries to come.
One of the most interesting parts of 'Plan Beaufort' is a 'water exchange' or 'reduction valve' in the Pannerdensch Canal. By cutting off the water supply to the north, which means less water goes through the IJssel and Lower Rhine, more water is sent through the Waal. This idea has long existed within Rijkswaterstaat too.
N.B. The current regulatory works are also called taps. The one at the IJsselkop has been completed and another such work is coming at Pannerden. These cranes are only suitable and intended to be able to control the discharge distribution even at the extremely high river discharge of 16,000 m3/s to maintain the ratio of 1/3 to the north and 2/3 to the Waal (west). This prevents the dykes along the Waal from having to withstand excessively high water levels compared to the dykes along the northern river branches.
For the Stedendriehoek, such a 'reduction valve' has major consequences.
But also for the rest of the Netherlands and especially the IJsselmeer region and Dordrecht and Rotterdam can benefit. There are also difficult consequences.
Invitation
We cordially invite you to the meeting with a presentation and discussion on 12 June next. Critical questions are particularly appreciated. Gé and Gerd will speak as part of the monthly meeting of KIVI NIRIA Kring Stedendriehoek (Apeldoorn - Deventer - Zutphen)
18.00 - 18.30 Walk-in and Reception
18.30 - 18.40 Opening and welcome Dietmar Serbee (founding father kring Stedendriehoek)
18.40 - 19.30 Dinner (cost: 21.00 euro + drinks for own account)
19.30 - 20.30 Presentation Gé Beaufort and Gerd Kamerling
20.30 - 21.00 hrs Discussion
Details
If you are unable to come or if, on second thoughts, you do not wish to take part in the dinner, you MUST cancel yourself at the Roskam via info@deroskamgorssel.nl or by phone 0575 49 34 33. If you do not cancel, the Roskam will charge you 21 euros.
Kring Stedendriehoek
Afterwards there will be the opportunity to get acquainted with the approx. 20 KIVI NIRIA circle members (all engineers and members of KIVI NIRIA) and the possibility to become a member of the Kring Stedendriehoek (see link above).
Location
Restaurant De Roskam, Hoofdstraat 26 in Gorssel
Organiser
Land Use and Water Management
Kring Stedendriehoek
Name and contact details for information
Ernst Oosterveld, tel. 06-53304692 or via the e-mail address below Céline Bos, tel. 06-11640896, e-mail celine.bos@hetperspectief.eu