Port of Amsterdam announced that the draft project plan for the Selective Abstraction measure is available for inspection. Rijkswaterstaat (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) aims to decrease the salination of the North Sea Canal, by using the new sealock at IJmuiden. For that reason, Rijkswaterstaat organizes a walk-in evening about selective withdrawal.
According to the port, realization of the measure is expected for the period 2020-2022.
By using the new sealock the water entering the North Sea Canal will increase in comparison to now. Therefore, specific extraction has to counteract the rise in salt water in the North Sea Canal, because this has fatal impact on nature, agriculture and the application of cooling and/or process water.
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Moreover, the realization of the measure was included in the draft project plan for the Water Act on selective abstraction.
The draft project plan consists of a description of how selective extraction is carried out, including the provisions to prevent adverse consequences.
The entry will take place on March 20 from 19.00 to 21.00 in Hotel Augusta, Oranjestraat 98 in IJmuiden. Interested parties who want to be informed can enter at any time. On this evening experts are available to answer questions.
Concluding, selective withdrawal is an application in which Rijkswaterstaat builds a construction in the Binnenspuikanaal, on the north side of the lock complex, with an opening at the bottom.
Through this opening, the salty water that collects at the bottom of the North Sea Canal is transported to the sea. The fresh water at the top of the North Sea Canal is stopped by the construction and remains in this way in the North Sea Canal.
