Interim Environment Regulation, Conservation and restoration of water systems

The scope “Conservation and restoration of water systems” is based on the Provincial Environmental and Water Plan. This is based on: —watercourses with the function water nature, —(wet) ecological connection zones and areas identified in the past in the reconstruction and area plans as “space for brook and creek restoration”. In these areas, policy is aimed at preserving, improving and restoring the natural water system from a regional interest. Within the areas, measures have been or are being implemented in the field of morphology, such as the reclamation of streams, the creation of plas-dras zones and the recovery of torment. Therefore, space is also needed in addition to the watercourse in order to be able to carry out the measures properly. Many of the measures are also an obligation arising from the European Water Framework Directive