De Nederlandse watersector anno

2009: trends en ontwikkelingen

Jeroen van der Sommen

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How long until water recycling

is the only option?

Annual non-renewable groundwater depletion

in India, China, The United States, North Africa

and the Arabian Peninsula totals 160bn m3 a

year, wich is equivalent to the total annual flow

of 2 Nile riversGroundwater Overdraft

How much embodied water is

in your laptop?

A typical 6 inch wafer fabrication plant

processing 40 000 wafers a month reportedly

consumes 2-3M gallons of water per day. This

equivalent into over 1500 gallons per wafer.

Virtual Water

How many leaks are you

paying for?

In 1998, more than 600km of pipes in Berlin

were inspected via video camera vehicles as

part of routine maintenance policy has reduced

the percentage of unaccounted water to 5%

Distribution Efficiency

How secure is your

water supply?

61M people depend on dams and reservoirs for

their water, making them a potentially

significant terrorist targetSupply Vulnerability

How can we increase the

productivity of water?

Global annual water use by industry is expected

to rise from an estimated 725km3 in 1995 to

about 1170km3 by 2025, by which time

industrial usage will represent 24% of all water

abstractionsIndustrial Demands

Are you watering your

plants too much?

It is estimated that salinisation reduces the

world’s irrigated area by 1-2% every year, hitting

the hardest in arid and semi-arid regions

Irrigation Efficiency

Is there Prozac in your water?

In 2003, scientists discovered that male fish

living downstream from a cattle feedlot in the

Elkhorn River had 1/3 less testosterone than

normal & females had 20% less estrogen, but

45% more testosterone than normalPharma Water

Where would you get

water without taps?

Children are 12% more likely to attend school if

water is available within a 15 minute walk rather

than an hour. The weight of water carried by

women in Africa and Asia is commonly 20kg

each day. Water Access

Is desalination the solution, or

the problem?

In the United Arab Emirates 24M m3 of

desalinated water are produced each day

(approximately 70% of total water used). 40% of

desalinated water demand in the Middle East

comes from industrial and municipal sectors.Desalination

Is your business climate

ready?

2005 was a record year for investment in the

renewable energy sector at US 38bn, 27% up on

the previous year

Business Opportunity

Where else could you live?

Tuvalu, an island in the South Pacific has made

requests to Australia to unconditionally accept

its population of 12000 people if rising sea levels

make evacuation necessary. So far without

succesRising Sea Level

NEDERLAND ALS PROEFTUIN

KANSEN HERKENNEN EN AANGRIJPEN

VERBINDEN NATIONALE PLANNEN

WERK IN UITVOERING

Resultaat Kwantiteit Oplossing voor/

Versterkt

Meer studenten wateropleidingen 12.000 Vergrijzing, uitstroom, groei sector

Waterprofessionals bezoeken NL 100.000 Naamsbekendheid, omzet, autoriteit

Verhoging omzet sector 2x huidig in 3 jaar Rationalisatie deelname bedrijfsleven

Naamsbekendheid 80% in 2012 bij doelgroep In NL moet je zijn´

Meer toeristen naar NL 1.000.000/jaar extra tegen 2012 Naamsbekendheid, autoriteit

NL als patentleider in voor sector patenten Min. 1 meer dan nr. 2 Autoriteit

Vestiging bedrijven in NL 10 uit top 25

50 totaal

Magneetfunctie, positie als #1

Eye-catcher projecten Min. 2 per jaar Zichtbaarheid, autoriteit

Demosite Harlingen

Waternet

Water re-use Dow Chemical

Floriade

Maeslant Keering

Neeltje Jans

Afsluitdijk

Ruimte voor de Rivier

Zandmotor

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