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About the Water Board Amstel, Gooi and Vecht (AGV)

The Netherlands have had Water Boards from as early on as the thirteenth century. These governmental bodies have a vital and indispensable task: the protection of people, animals and plants against flooding, as well as providing sufficient surface water of good quality.

Water Boards are independent and have their own areas of authority. They can draw up regulations and they levy taxes. Their responsibilities cover a lot more than just laying dykes and building pumping stations. Water Boards are now much more closely involved in land use, planning, nature conservation, protection of the environment, recreation etc. Water Boards draw up long term water plans.

The Water Board Amstel, Gooi and Vecht (AGV) is one of these bodies. In fact, it is one of the largest Water Boards in the Netherlands, working around the Amsterdam area. AGV has the following tasks:

• to provide protection against flooding by building and maintaining dykes and canals;
• to ensure that the water levels are kept at the right level;
• to improve the quality of surface water (such as rivers, canals etc.), and to combat water pollution.

AGV has delegated the actual execution of its tasks to Waternet. 

Contact us

If you have any questions, or in case of an emergency, please contact Waternet's customer service at 0900 93 94. From outside the Netherlands please dial +31 889 39 40 00. Our staff is there to answer your questions from Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.

Postal address

AGV
Postbus 94370
1090 GJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands