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Amsterdam Agreements Overview

Smart Blue-Green Rooftops

Smart Blue-Green Rooftops

To anticipate climate change, Blue-Green Roofs can help reduce the stormwater build-up, heat stress, and droughts. When combined with micro water management techniques, they can optimize storage capability in anticipation of short and medium-term weather forecasts. In the RESILIO-project the Municipality of Amsterdam is developing blue-green roof systems combined with a centralized Decision Support System to create an active sponge layer on the cityscape in a combination of modern IoT-techniques and nature-based solutions

Drinkable Rivers

Drinkable Rivers

Cities depend on freshwater sources, in many cases rivers. However, most rivers have become undrinkable, due to pollution and waste. The low water quality of the rivers affects all life within its watershed and changes our connection with the river. Restoring the connection with the river and changing our mindset and actions towards balanced river management we can improve the quality and life in the watershed.

Blue Deal

Blue Deal

Blue Deal combines the national policy of three Dutch ministries with the hands-on implementing power of the Dutch regional water authorities. These authorities want to share their expertise in regional water management with countries that face similar challenges. In addition, the Dutch water authorities believe that Blue Deal will increase their ambitions to contribute to a safer, cleaner, and healthier world.

River Based Management

River Based Management

Following discussion between the Senegal River Basin Development Authority (OMVS) and Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) around establishing a long-term collaboration benefiting both the West-African (with a focus on Senegal) and Dutch water sectors; more specifically linking between the networks of OMVS -and indirect the AMBO- and the network of NWP, a Letter of Intent (LoI) was co-developed to cement the mutual interest in growing a relevant international network.

Values-Based Action

Values-Based Action

Water is a source of life, a symbol of purity but also a threatening force of nature that humans have to struggle with. Since time immemorial and across the globe this ambiguous relationship with water has resonated in religious narratives and technological innovations alike. The aim of the Amsterdam Agreement Values-Based Action is to bring together narratives and innovations and with the integral approach deliver concrete collaborations and actions. The collaboration of the Watersymposium and the AIWW strengthens relationships between the universities of Amsterdam, Jakarta and CapeTown and is the basis for a longterm relationship together with governments, religions, companies and the financial sector.

Smart Water Metering System

Smart Water Metering System

The Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water (KIFFWA), one of the project it invests in and co-develops: led by Earthview Management Limited, and the Water Resources Authority of Kenya intend to sign an implementation agreement to develop, finance and deploy services, hardware, and software for the development of a Smart Water Metering System (SWMS). Once developed, the system will be able to manage close to 30.000 water abstraction and effluent discharge points across Kenya on behalf of the Water Resources Authority.

Amsterdam Utility Agreement

Amsterdam Utility Agreement

The Amsterdam Utility Agreement (proposition: change it to International Committee of Wastewater Resource Recovery Leaders) is a community of practice composed by lead utilities in Berlin (BWB), Paris (SIAAP), Amsterdam (Waternet), New York City (NYCDEP) and Singapore (PUB). The purpose of this community is to foster knowledge, innovation, expertise and experience exchange on a wide range of water-related challenges with the aim of finding sustainable solutions. Ultimately, the essence of this community is the idea of collaborative learning, meaning that all partners involved can learn and benefit from working together by learning from each other’s strengths, know-how as well as shortcomings.  

Living Labs

Living Labs

In this bilateral agreement, the parties of Waternet and the AMS institute commit time and expertise to unlock talent for Waternet and contribute to the “educational activities” of the AMS institute. The parties offer living lab cases relevant for Waternet, participating in events where matchmaking occurs between students and partners, stimulating access to the job market, and co-developing professional education that targets professionals, such as engineers, architects, and policymakers. Moreover, they will amplify and enhance the value proposition of each party in the field of “urban data” related to water and the needed data infrastructure and core competences.

Upscale Water Resource Recovery

Upscale Water Resource Recovery

Drinking water treatment yields – apart from drinking water itself – are very usable side products, including lime pellets from central softening processes and iron sludge resulting from the aeration of groundwater. The joint ambition of Aquaminerals and KWR is to introduce and implement the concept of ‘up-cycling and share residuals management’ in three new countries, and stimulate further innovation through a ‘revolving fund’ in order to fund further research, development, and innovation.
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