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[[File:Benthemplein terrain basket gestion eau.jpg|thumb|Rotterdam's Benthemplein Square. Basketball court used for water management in the city (fills up in case of risk of flooding).]]
 
[[File:Benthemplein terrain basket gestion eau.jpg|thumb|Rotterdam's Benthemplein Square. Basketball court used for water management in the city (fills up in case of risk of flooding).]]
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[[File:Benthemplein terrain skate gestion eau.jpg|thumb|Playground used for water management in the city: it fills up when there is a risk of flooding and the water is pumped into the river to be evacuated. Rotterdam]]
  
 
A waterplein (water square) is a landscape structure designed to flood and provide temporary detention of surface stormwater in an highly urbanized context.  
 
A waterplein (water square) is a landscape structure designed to flood and provide temporary detention of surface stormwater in an highly urbanized context.  
They are similar in function to a concrete or paved [[dry pond]].  
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They are similar in function to a concrete or paved [[detention basin]].  
  
 
They have been designed and constructed in several large cities of the Netherlands including:
 
They have been designed and constructed in several large cities of the Netherlands including:
 
*Rotterdam - [https://www.rotterdam.nl/wonen-leven/benthemplein/ Benthemplein]
 
*Rotterdam - [https://www.rotterdam.nl/wonen-leven/benthemplein/ Benthemplein]
 
*Tiel - [https://www.dutchwatersector.com/news-events/news/20463-de-urbanisten-realises-second-iconic-water-square-in-tiel-the-netherlands.html Tiel 'snake' water square]
 
*Tiel - [https://www.dutchwatersector.com/news-events/news/20463-de-urbanisten-realises-second-iconic-water-square-in-tiel-the-netherlands.html Tiel 'snake' water square]
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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Visit this dutch site to see how they manage both frequent and infrequent events by having infiltration crates beneath a floodable landscape.
 
https://www.rainproof.nl/toolbox/maatregelen/waterpleinen
 
https://www.rainproof.nl/toolbox/maatregelen/waterpleinen

Latest revision as of 21:33, 31 January 2019

Rotterdam's Benthemplein Square. Basketball court used for water management in the city (fills up in case of risk of flooding).
Playground used for water management in the city: it fills up when there is a risk of flooding and the water is pumped into the river to be evacuated. Rotterdam

A waterplein (water square) is a landscape structure designed to flood and provide temporary detention of surface stormwater in an highly urbanized context.

They are similar in function to a concrete or paved detention basin.

They have been designed and constructed in several large cities of the Netherlands including:

See also[edit]

Visit this dutch site to see how they manage both frequent and infrequent events by having infiltration crates beneath a floodable landscape. https://www.rainproof.nl/toolbox/maatregelen/waterpleinen