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Waterschap Hollandse Delta (WSHD) is a Dutch regional water authority covering the south of South Holland with its seat in Ridderkerk.The area it encompasses includes Rotterdam (south of the Nieuwe Maas) as well as the (former) islands Goeree-Overflakkee, Hoeksche Waard, Voorne-Putten, the Island of Dordrecht, IJsselmonde, Rozenburg and Tiengemeten.
South Holland is located at (41.60, -87.60 It is bordered by Harvey and Phoenix to the west, Dolton to the north, Thornton to the south, and Calumet City and Lansing to the east. According to the 2010 census, South Holland has a total area of 7.286 square miles (18.87 km 2 ), of which 7.27 square miles (18.83 km 2 ) (or 99.78%) is land and 0. ...
The Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland is the oldest water authority in the Netherlands, having received commission to coordinate protection of the land from flooding in 1248 from Count William II of Holland and Zeeland. The council conducts surface water management activities in the area known as Rijnland in the province of South Holland.
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It covers the municipalities of Delft, Midden-Delfland and The Hague, and is fully located in the province of South Holland. The organization was established in 1289 when William I, Duke of Bavaria (As William V, Count of Holland) authorized the "Heemraden of Delft" to manage water and serve as a court. [3]
The Holland Board of Public Works Water Treatment Plant has served Holland with safe drinking water for decades, but it can only manage so much demand.
The first recorded steam-powered pumping station in the Fens was erected there in 1817, to pump water into the South Holland Main Drain. It was a double-acting machine, of 10 or 12 hp (7.5 or 8.9 kW), but was removed in 1834/5, when the North Level Main Drain was constructed and it was no longer needed.
Leidschendam-Voorburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlɛitsə(n)dɑɱˈvoːrbʏr(ə)x] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, just northeast of The Hague. It had a population of 76,433 in 2021, and covers an area of 35.62 km 2 (13.75 sq mi) of which 3.07 km 2 (1.19 sq mi) is water.