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Water board finances 1936 - 2024

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Data owner Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Rijksoverheid)
Updated 21-05-2026
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This table contains figures on revenues, expenditures and debts of water boards as of the year 1936, in millions of euros . The figures have been collected from previously published tables on water board finances and have been based on annual realisation figures. The data presented were taken from the annual accounts and the balance sheets of the respective water boards, and match as closely as possible the definitions and classifications used by the water boards themselves in their administration.

Important events: 2012 – Start of the second Flood Protection Program. Water boards will contribute 81 million euros to the Flood Protection Program. This amount will grow to 181 million euros in 2015 and from then on it will be indexed annually.

Data available from 1936 to 2024.

Status of the figures: The figures for the period 1936-2023 are definite. The figures for 2024 are provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of 8 March 2026: None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published? Not applicable anymore.

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