{"id":9364,"date":"2025-08-05T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herik.nl\/artikelen\/first-water-flows-into-the-juliana-canal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:00:27","slug":"first-water-flows-into-the-juliana-canal","status":"publish","type":"artikelen","link":"https:\/\/herik.nl\/en\/artikelen\/first-water-flows-into-the-juliana-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST WATER FLOWS INTO THE JULIANA CANAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section-afbeelding-met-golfscheiding\">\n    \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"9448\" class=\"elementor elementor-9448 elementor-1442\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c557bc e-con-full e-flex aw-backgroundnormal e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c557bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"aw-hero-img\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc8102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dc8102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-1024x324.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-768x243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-1536x486.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-2048x649.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-574x182.jpg 574w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RWS250327PvBJuKa035-1-e1754403210130-1918x607.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<section class=\"section-titel-met-tekst-en-button-volledige-breedte\">\n    \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"9541\" class=\"elementor elementor-9541 elementor-297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15b6c7 e-con-full aw-kleur-wit  e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a15b6c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b1760 aw-subtext-container awBlok1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61b1760\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5de06c titel-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5de06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FIRST WATER FLOWS INTO THE JULIANA CANAL<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b12747 contentBlok1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b12747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This morning at 8:00 am it was time &#8230; it was up to Jens op het Veld of Rijkswaterstaat and colleagues Gerard Boon and Roel van Gerwen to jointly open the &#8216;tap&#8217; to let the first water flow back into the canal. In the end, no less than 2 billion liters of water must flow back into the drained section. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Four siphon lines across the temporary dam at Berg aan de Maas draw water through a vacuum installation. This consists of a vacuum pump. This pump sucks all the air out of the pipe which creates a vacuum. When a vacuum is created, the water flows through the pipe without the help of a pump.   <\/p>\n<p>The pipes have a diameter of 1 meter. By means of valves we can regulate the water. That way we can precisely control the flow per pipe.  <\/p>\n<p>To give the new soil additional protection from the force of the water, we reinforced the soil on the north side of the dam with concrete. We have also placed three containers there where the pipes come out. The containers are intended to break the force of the water. 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