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Between 1683 and 1684, he had daily measurements taken of the water level of the adjacent sea arm, Het IJ, during high tide. The calculated averaged was called the Amsterdams Peil ("Amsterdam level", AP) and used to calculate the minimum height of the sea dykes, which he set at "9 feet and 5 inches" (2.67 m) above AP. [2]
Water board finances and wastewater treatment levy. Water boards have the authority to levy taxes and finance their activities mostly with revenues from these taxes. The three main taxes levied by the water boards are a charge for flood protection, a water resources management charge, and a water pollution levy for wastewater treatment.
12–18 February – 2024 ABN AMRO Open; 21 February – 2024 Lochem bridge collapse: A bridge under construction collapses in Lochem, killing two workers and wounding two more. [5] 27 February – The Marengo trial concludes after six years. Of the 17 prosecuted people three are sentenced to life imprisonment, including Ridouan Taghi and Saïd ...
2023 Dutch water board elections [2] 2023 Dutch electoral college elections [2] 2023 Dutch island council elections [2] 4 April – 2023 Voorschoten train crash: One person is killed and 50 others are injured, nineteen of them hospitalized, when a train derails in Voorschoten, South Holland. [3] 30 May – 2023 Dutch Senate election [4]
The old rule "Whom the water hurts, he the water stops" (Wie het water deert, die het water keert) meant that those living at the dike had to pay and care for it. This led to haphazard maintenance and it is believed that many floods would not have happened or would not have been as severe if the dikes had been in better condition. [ 7 ]
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998, the pumping station is also a Rijksmonument and is on the list of Top 100 Dutch heritage sites created by Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. The station centenary was commemorated with the issuance of a five euro commemorative coin featuring King Willem-Alexander .
2019 – The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead. [15] 2024 – The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. [16] [17]
The bridge names in parentheses are the unofficial names of bridges, names which have lapsed since April 2016. With the passage heights in the above table, take into account the fact that the Keizersgracht, like all other canals in the city center, is 0.40 metres (1 ft 4 in) below the Amsterdam Ordnance Datum.