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Water accounts
of the
Netherlands
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Water
accounting in
the
Netherlands
Water issues in the Netherlands
Safety, protection against flooding
Water management: water
resources and water use
Water management: excess of water
Water pollution
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Water quality
Water economic benefits
Policy demands
– Main users: Ministry of infrastructure and environment, Ministry of economic affairs
water boards, water companies and Eurostat.
– Water Framework Directive
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Description of the economic importance / interests related to the use of water
Important as potential ground for derogation (disproportionate costs; socioeconomic reasons)
– Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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Initial Assessment asks for ‘Economic analysis of marine waters’
– Climate change policies  expenditure for climate change mitigation /
adaptation
– Indicators for green growth
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Water
accounting in
the
Netherlands
Dutch water accounts - overview
1. Physical water flow accounts (m3)
2. Emission accounts, based on emission registration (kg),
national and regional data
3. Economic accounts, based on the national and regional
accounts (euro’s, employment)
4. NAMWA matrix (National accounting Matrix including
water accounts), including water related monetary data
(taxes, subsidies etc.)
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Water
accounting in
the
Netherlands
Water use examples
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Decoupling between water use and
economic growth .
Volume change GDP, employment and tap water used for production
Water accounting in the Netherlands
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Water efficiency of most important water
users
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Water emissions and water quality:
examples
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Decoupling between emissions in
water and economic growth
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Regional differences in emission
intensity
Emission-intensity per river basin (only producers)
heavy metal equivalents
per million euro
nutrient equivalents per
million euro
0,35
70
0,30
60
0,25
50
0,20
40
0,15
30
0,10
20
0,05
10
0,00
0
Ems
Meuse
Rhine Central Rhine North
Emission
heavy
metals (left axis)
Water accounting
inofthe
Netherlands
Rhine East
Rhine West
Emission of nutrients (right axis)
Scheldt
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Water economic accounts example
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Economy in flood prone areas
Percentage of total
Flood prone area
Percentage of total
Flood prone area
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Employment
Value added
---------------------------- ---------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------x 1000 empl. % bil euro %
Economic sector -------------------- ------- ------------- ------Agriculture
Industry
Energy and water
Construction
Trade
Transprot
Services
Government
Other
43
220
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143
379
120
452
249
309
47%
27%
39%
38%
35%
32%
34%
31%
30%
5
18
4
11
27
11
48
18
19
50%
26%
39%
39%
36%
32%
34%
31%
29%
Total economy
1 926 33%
161 32%
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Water
accounting in
the
Netherlands