About the episode
In the Netherlands, no one has to think about drinking water. No one, except the ten members of the Vewin interest group. And those ten drinking water companies are sounding the alarm: the drinking water supply is not going well. In ‘The Top of the Netherlands’ an extensive conversation with Pieter Litjens, chairman of the Association of Water Companies in the Netherlands. Presenter Thomas van Zijl asks him if…
– there is enough water in the Netherlands;
– where the biggest bottlenecks are;
– nature conservation and water pumping go together;
– the water shortages are the next grid congestion or nitrogen crisis;
– he sometimes looks back on his career as a politician.
About Vewin
Vewin stands for Association of Water Companies in the Netherlands, and represents the interests of the ten drinking water companies in the Netherlands.
About Thomas van Zijl
Thomas van Zijl is a financial journalist and presenter at BNR. He presents ‘BNR Zakendoen’ every day, the Dutch radio program for economic news and business insight, of which ‘The Top of the Netherlands’ is part. He is also one of the creators of the podcast ‘Onder curators’.
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