• Waterschap Hollandse Delta (WSHD) is a Dutch regional water authority covering the south of South Holland with its seat in Ridderkerk. The area it encompasses...
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    Water board (Waterschap) was in governmental terms the equivalent of a city (Stad), and thus also the highest form of government. Dijkgraaf definition (Dutch)...
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    Netherlands, a water board, water council or water authority (Dutch: waterschap or heemraadschap) is a regional governing body solely charged with the...
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    "Algemeen Bestuur Noorderzijlvest draagt Bert Middel opnieuw voor als dijkgraaf". Waterschap Noorderzijlvest. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018. "Beheergebied...
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    11th century. As a result of flooding disasters, water boards called waterschap (when situated more inland) or hoogheemraadschap (near the sea, mainly...
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    administrative body and an executive board (college van dijkgraaf en heemraden) consisting of a chairperson (dijkgraaf) and other members ((hoog)heemraad, pl. (hoog)heemraden)...
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  • (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022. "Proces-verbaal uitslag verkiezing waterschap Rivierenland 2023" [Records of the election results of the Rivierenland...
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