In the Netherlands, a water board, water council or water authority (Dutch: waterschap or heemraadschap) is a regional governing body solely charged with...
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located below mean sea level. The Netherlands has a coastline that is constantly changing with erosion caused by wind and water. The Dutch people inhabiting...
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range from flood control and water resources management at the regional or local level (the Netherlands, Germany), water charging and financing at the...
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General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation on 12 December 2006. On 10 October 2010, Willem-Alexander and Máxima went to the Netherlands Antilles' capital...
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The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the...
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General Water Board Party (Dutch: Algemene Waterschapspartij, AWP) is a political party in the Netherlands that focuses exclusively on water board politics...
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subdivided into 21 water districts, governed by a water board (waterschap or hoogheemraadschap), each having authority in matters concerning water management...
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Water Natuurlijk (lit. 'Water Naturally' or 'Water Of Course') is a political party in the Netherlands that focuses exclusively on water board politics...
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Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding,...
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Water supply and sanitation in the Netherlands is provided in good quality and at a reasonable price to the entire population. Water consumption is one...
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Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 15 March 2023 to elect 518 of the 602 resident members of the country's water boards. As...
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relating to water supply and sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the Municipal Council to the Board of Water Supply and...
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Hoofddorp (redirect from Hoofddorp, Netherlands)
Hoofddorp. The Netherlands Aviation Safety Board, during its existence, had its head office in Hoofddorp. The Dutch Transport Safety Board, the successor...
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history of the Netherlands Military ranks of the Dutch armed forces Politics in the Netherlands Provincial politics in the Netherlands Water board Municipal...
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Meuse. Two thirds of all inland water freight shipping within the EU, and 40% of containers, pass through the Netherlands. Additionally, the port of Amsterdam...
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Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 20 March 2019 to elect the resident members of the country's twenty-one water boards (442...
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municipalities and water authorities". government.nl. Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 April 2013. OECD E-Government Studies: Netherlands 2007. Paris:...
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the Netherlands. It is based in The Hague. The DSB was created in 2005 after the Enschede fireworks disaster and the Volendam café fire. The board was...
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Board of Health, nineteenth-century UK local government body General board (Dutch water boards), Netherlands water administrative body General Board of...
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Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years...
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province, a municipality or a water board. These types of political entities are defined by the Constitution of the Netherlands. In addition, Article 134...
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Haarlemmermeer (redirect from Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands)
in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer...
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Holland (category Regions of the Netherlands)
geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political...
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(also called biocremation, resomation, flameless cremation, aquamation or water cremation) is a process for the disposal of human and pet remains using...
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in India, He made his World Cup debut on 6 October 2023 against the Netherlands in which he scored 68 runs in 52 balls, and received man of the match...
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The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was founded on 8 January 1488...
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Giethoorn (category Car-free zones in the Netherlands)
pronunciation: [ˈɣitɦoːr(ə)n]) is a village in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, with a population of 2,795 in 2020. It is located in the municipality...
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The Shape of Water and the 2015 short film "The Space Between Us", the latter of which was created as a student project at the Netherlands Film Academy...
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Zeeland (redirect from Zealand (The Netherlands))
exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North...
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Groninger Interest (category Regionalist parties in the Netherlands)
of the general management of the water board. The Elections of the members of the general management of the water board Noorderzijlvest] (PDF). Noorderzijlvest...
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