Drents Overijsselse Delta Water Board

Everything You Need to Know About Your Water Authority Tax

The Drents Overijsselse Delta Water Authority ensures safe dikes and an adequate supply of clean water for farmers and businesses, in urban areas and in nature. For living, residing, and working with water. For you!

What does the water board do with your money?

With your water board tax, the water board ensures strong dikes, clean and sufficient water, and good water quality. This allows you to live, work, and enjoy the water safely.

Strong dikes

A dike is sturdy and strong and protects against high water. To keep it that way, the water board inspects and reinforces it. That’s how you keep your feet dry.

Clean water

The water board treats your household wastewater, such as toilet and shower runoff. It does this at wastewater treatment plants. Afterward, the water flows back into rivers and canals.

Sufficient Water

When there’s a prolonged dry spell, the water board supplies water. During heavy rainstorms, the water board either stores water in a retention basin or diverts it. This way, under normal conditions, the water board ensures there’s enough water for agriculture, nature, and the city. Under exceptional circumstances, the water authority works to prevent flooding or drought.

Enjoying water

The water authority ensures good water quality so that you can enjoy the water and so that fish and aquatic plants can thrive.

The service area of the Drents Overijsselse Delta Water Board

The service area is located in Southwest and Central Drenthe and West Overijssel, stretching from Assen to Deventer and from Kampen to Hoogeveen. You live in the service area of the Drents Overijsselse Delta Water Board if you live in one of the following municipalities:

Aa en Hunze, Assen, Coevorden, Dalfsen, De Wolden, Deventer, Hardenberg, Hellendoorn, Hoogeveen, Kampen, Meppel, Midden-Drenthe, Olst-Wijhe, Ommen, Raalte, Rijssen-Holten, Staphorst, Steenwijkerland, Westerveld, Zwartewaterland, or Zwolle.

Not all of the municipalities listed are located entirely within the water board’s service area.