NEWS ABOUT Approach Agniesenbuurt
Vijverhofstraat is climate adaptive
With the changing weather, extreme amounts of rain fall more often in a short period of time. This is already happening and will become more common in the future. With such heavy rain, the sewage system cannot immediately process the large amount of water. This leads to nuisance, such as puddles of water on the street and damage to buildings. That is why Vijverhofstraat…
ZOHO: expert table presents advice
On Monday evening, May 13, 2019, the Expertise Table presented its advice to the Neighborhood Community Agniesebuurt (the Wijkraad, Municipality of Rotterdam, HHSK or Havensteder). The Expertise Table has set to work with the wishes, requirements and criteria that exist when it comes to new sewage systems (waste water) and the prevention of nuisance caused by (rain) water. These points are…
ZOHO: Working together on climate adaptation
The intended plans aim to make the district more climate-adaptive and to prevent nuisance caused by extreme precipitation. However, residents have reservations about the approach and fear leaking basements and swampy gardens because the groundwater level will rise permanently as a result of the measures. That is why we are now jointly looking for a solution that ...
VIDEO: Water in your neighborhood?
Sometimes it rains so hard that the sewers can't handle it. Fortunately, we have a solution for that in Rotterdam. Watch the video about rainwater and sewage in the ZoHo/Agniesebuurt: