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Regional Association VI, Forum Hydrology, Koblenz May 8 – 10, 2012

Regional Association VI, Forum Hydrology, Koblenz May 8 – 10, 2012. Statements of the regional hydrological service s of Belgium. Collected by Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. Organization, role and main tasks. Regionalized hydrological services: Flanders Brussels-Capital

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Regional Association VI, Forum Hydrology, Koblenz May 8 – 10, 2012

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  1. Regional Association VI, Forum Hydrology, Koblenz May 8 – 10, 2012 Statements of the regional hydrological services of Belgium Collected by Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012

  2. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Brussels-Capital • Wallonia

  3. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Navigable waterways: FlandersHydraulics-Hydrological Information Centre (HIC) • Non-navigable waterways: FlemishEnvironmental Agency (VMM) • Brussels-Capital • Wallonia

  4. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Navigable waterways: FlandersHydraulics-Hydrological Information Centre (HIC) • Measurements (water level, flow, sediment concentration, rainfall) • Flood forecasting and tidal predictions • Hydrologicalresearch • Non-navigable waterways: FlemishEnvironmental Agency (VMM)

  5. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Navigable waterways: FlandersHydraulics-Hydrological Information Centre (HIC) • Non-navigable waterways: FlemishEnvironmental Agency (VMM) • Operational Flood (Crisis) Management • Flood Risk Management (cf EU Floods Directive) • Support of R&D

  6. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Brussels-Capital • Brussels Water Management Society (SBGE/BMWB) • Wallonia

  7. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Brussels-Capital • Brussels Water Management Society (SBGE/BMWB) • Mainlyurbanhydrology (storm basins, sewer network, treatment plans) • But alsomeasurement network (precipitation, surface water) • Wallonia

  8. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Brussels-Capital • Wallonia: • DG03 (General Direction of Mobility and Navigable Waterways) • DG02 (Agriculture and Environment): non-navigable waterways (rivers with area > 50 km^2)

  9. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Brussels-Capital • Wallonia: • DG03 (General Direction of Mobility and Navigable Waterways) • Hydrological monitoring (measurement network, flood forecasting, control, flood warnings) • Hydrological studies (river basin, EU Directives)

  10. Organization, role and main tasks Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 Regionalizedhydrological services: • Flanders • Brussels-Capital • Wallonia: • DG03 • DG02 (Agriculture and Environment): non-navigable waterways (rivers with area > 50 km^2) • AQUALIM streamgauge network (160 sites), database and statistical tools for hydrological studies • Monitoring of floods and low flows

  11. Biggest success Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 • HIC: Available flood forecasting system for all navigable waterways in Flanders to be used as decision support system for water managers • VMM: issued in November 2010 a first official national flood warning 48 hoursbefore a damagingfloodingstarted over wide areas in Flanders. Whatmakesyou happy atwork? • HIC: achieving goals

  12. Biggest failure Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 • HIC: staff reduction • VMM: not being able to communicatetowards the general public with one voice and slower speed whenworkingtogetherwith more organisations. • VMM(2): lateaccess to the NWP and now-casting productsfromneighbouring countries Whatmakesyouunhappyatwork? • HIC: staff reduction

  13. Expectations Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 • At the regional level • VMM: integrated web-publishing of all content with regard to flooding (geo-portal). • At the national level • HIC: free, high quality and quickly validated meteorological data from Royal Meteorological Institute • VMM: balanced agreement on «data-costs» when meteorological and hydrological services make use of each others data and products

  14. Expectations Hydrology Forum Koblenz, May 8-10, 2012 • At international level • HIC: availability of realtime and validated data for transnational catchments in France (Météo-France) and the Netherlands (KNMI); easy access to weather forecasts of several European models • VMM: access to real-time observed rainfall intensities (mm/10’) in neighbouring areas of Flanders with a time-delay less then 4 minutes

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