H3O-De Voorkempen Project successfully completed

(Hydro)geology of border area De Voorkempen in 3D

On 28 and 29 September, a webinar and field trip successfully concluded the H3O project De Voorkempen.
Launched in 2020, this is the fifth project to be completed within the H3O programme. This project focuses on the border area between West Brabant (Netherlands) and De Voorkempen (Belgium). The aim of the project is to 3D map the subsurface (hydro)geology of that border area.

Project H3O-De Voorkempen is a collaboration between the Geological Survey of the Netherlands (GDN), the Province of North Brabant, Brabant Water, the Geological Survey of Belgium, Vlaams Planbureau voor Omgeving, Flanders Environment Agency and VITO. The end result is a unified, 3D (hydro)geological subsurface model, which was presented during the webinar on 28 September.

The field trip on 29 September included a nature walk in the Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide nature reserve. Participants learned about the measures taken to protect the area and preserve its natural values. Some of these measures include controlling desiccation and promoting active drifting sands. In the afternoon, participants visited the PIDPA Water Production Centre (Essen, Belgium) and made two explanatory ‘geological’ stops on the east and west sides of the Brabantse Wal

Unique to this project is the new way of working, which was deliberately chosen by the collaboration partners. Their aim was to align the results with existing national reference models and the 3D models of other H3O projects.

Would you like more information?
The results from the project (the final report, 3D model datasets, and final presentations presented during the webinar) can be downloaded from DINOloket. On our website, you can read more about the H3O-De Voorkempen Project, one of the projects within the H3O programme.