Ministrie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, Rijkswaterstaat, Waterdienst - Limburg

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Tasks in the AMICE project

Rijkwaterstaat is responsible for the water management of the river Meuse in the Netherlands.
WP1:
- provide data for the bibliography on the Meuse in the Netherlands,
- translation & publication of VAN REGEN TOT MAAS,
- involved in all scientific works of WP1,
- Reference Partner for the Action 9: elaboration of the Strategy of Adaptation.
WP2: provide data on the Volkerak-Zoommeer lake for the dimensioning of the Steenbergse Vliet natural water retention zone.
WP3: Rijkswaterstaat is the water manager of the Dutch part of the Meuse and has direct interest in the possibilities of influencing water quantities (floods & low flows). It will follow closely the works done in the 3 sub-projects of WP3.
WP4: Rijkswaterstaat is responsible for the development of FLIWAS and for the operational flood & low-flow forecasting on the Dutch part of the Meuse. Rijkswaterstaat will be the coordinator in the Netherlands for the flood crisis management exercise & return of experience.

Rijkswaterstaat will also participate to all communication actions of WP5.

Rijkswaterstaat is member of the International Meuse Commission and will participate to the sharing of works between AMICE and the IMC.
It is also Project Leader in two other INTERREG IV B projects: ALFA and FloodResilientCity, and Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst will facilitate cooperation with them and AMICE.
Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst was involved in INTERREG III B project FAR and will ensure that the acquired experience on the Rhine is transferred to the AMICE project on the Meuse.
Rijkwaterstaat is represented by two departments: Limburg and Waterdienst. Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst is the main partner and Rijkwaterstaat Limburg will be associated automatically.