On June 25, the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the European Union and Greenport, organized a symposium on water storage in the greenhouse sector. The event was attended by scientists, policy makers, consultants, advisors, growers, engineers and journalists.
Hans van Leeuwen (RHKDHV) brought up the societal challenges in water management in and around the Westland: a need to work together. Demokwekerij, TNO & RHKDHV work with a number of public and private partners in a pilot involving water storage in greenhouses. One of the goals is to reduce administrative costs by a delayed removal of precipitation from peak rainfall on the water system. Temporary storage makes possible a spread of the discharge capacity.
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Peter-Jules van Overloop (TU Delft) continued with a discussion on the Water Control project. (traject Regelwater). This project developed a system that can control basins based on information from measurements and (weather) forecasts. The so-called 'optimal control' can predict water levels up to a few days in the future.
Saskia Jouwersma (HH van Delfland) discussed the project ‘Dynamic deployment of rainwater basins’. Such basins collect rainwater and deliver it to the grower. This project investigates how these reservoirs can be deployed more effectively.
The plenary dialogue makes it clear that the presented projects approach similar water challenges from different perspectives. Each with their own expertise, and each with an eye for both the entire water system and the grower and his company.
