Greenports underground storage 1st aquifer package — 2014

This map shows the location of priority areas for the storage of water in the first aquifer package for greenhouse horticulture and tree cultivation. The areas are included in the Vision Space and Mobility Province of South Holland Because of the importance of a sustainable water supply in the greenports, underground storage in the first aquifer has priority over other uses in this part of the subsurface. This prioritisation may be derogated from if an integral consideration of underground and above-ground interests has taken place in a plan adopted by the municipality and creates space in that plan for another function in the first aquifer package, e.g. heat-cold storage). The province wants municipalities with intensive greenhouse horticulture to reserve sufficient space in zoning plans for underground storage in the first aquifer package. As a tool, the province has created an “opportunities map underground rainwater storage” for six concentration areas in the greenports.