Case Study
Guarding The Safety Of Pubic Swimming
Main Challenges Every year, millions of Dutch residents and tourists go swimming in lakes, streams, and the ocean. Water plays an important role for Dutch tourism, as water covers 20% of the total surface of the country and the coastline has a length of 450 km or 1/3 of the country’s total borderline. The Dutch Rijkswaterstaat* government agency is tasked with protecting the public health of swimmers by taking preventative and controlling acti