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In the SW delta, the agricultural sector is confronted with growing impacts of water shortage and salinization. The Province of Zeeland is aware of the negative influence on the socio-economic development. The agricultural sector (ZLTO) and municipalities (e.g. Schouwen-Duiveland) consider a reliable freshwater supply as one of the key issues for future development and sustainable growth. On a national level, strategies to reduce freshwater demand and increasing freshwater supply are being developed within the Delta Programme..
Our project's project’s main goal is to improve the use of existing fresh groundwater resources and create new freshwater reserves, thereby increasing regional self-sufficiency and reducing dependence on external freshwater supply. Research already takes place on theoretical feasibility of possible measures. Building on this knowledge, the research goals are:
- to investigate which measures actually 'work' ‘work’ in practice, and
- to analyse whether such measures are economically feasible.
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