Ships with a mast higher than 6.90 metres may only sail through Amsterdam at night. The Standing Mast Route has been created especially for this purpo...

In winter, the water in your pipes may freeze. This will prevent water from coming out of the tap, and pipes may break. These tips will help you preve...

We will be developing Centrumeiland on IJburg to make it resistant to heavy rain and drought. This is how we are preparing Amsterdam for the consequen...

Summers in the Netherlands are becoming wetter and wetter. It is raining more often and harder. What happens to all that rainwater?

People sometimes flush the strangest things down the toilet. Driver's licences, nappies, tampons, sanitary pads and even tools. Things that do not...

From collecting faeces door-to-door to the first sewage treatment plant.

100 years ago, the city of Amsterdam decided to install a separate public sewer system. The municipality also decided to treat the wastewater in a sew...

In recent years, you have received your water authority tax assessment later than usual. This was due to problems with the update of our computer syst...

Do you want to pass under a bridge or through a lock with your boat?