Water management

Water management is a shared responsibility of the state, the province and the water board. The province is responsible for groundwater management and establishes protected areas for drinking water preparation. Drinking water company Brabant Water is responsible for the production and distribution of drinking water.

Water boards

The water boards De Dommel and Aa and Maas manage the surface water in the municipality. They are responsible for the quantity and quality of the water. They ensure that the rivers and streams can drain the water properly. The water boards are also responsible for the groundwater level in the undeveloped area. In the Water Management Plan, the water board states what its goals are and how it intends to achieve them. These include measures such as constructing, maintaining and managing dams, pumping stations and sewage treatment plants. 

Flooding

Climate change and subsidence increase the likelihood of flooding. To prevent flooding as much as possible, the policy of the municipality and water boards is to retain rain in the area where it falls. If this is not possible, the water is stored and later drained away. You can read more about this on the page Tackling flooding.

Groundwater

In places where there are groundwater problems, to the extent that the problems do not have a structural cause, the municipality shall investigate the cause of these problems. The municipality takes measures in the public area as far as possible to limit adverse effects of high groundwater levels. More information about groundwater can be found on the High Groundwater page.

Surface water

Besides the Kleine Dommel and the Beekloop, the De Dommel Water Board manages a large number of watercourses. You can see exactly which watercourses are managed by the Water Board on the Water Board's lay-out map.

The Eindhoven canal is managed by the municipality of Eindhoven. All bridges and roads and bike paths along the canal are also managed by Eindhoven municipality.