keren

17:49 Aug 6, 2013 

'keren en beheren waterkwantiteit'

'keren' can both mean keeping the water in and keeping the water out, normally it would mean keeping the water out.

'beheren' refers to keeping the water at the desired level

so it would be

'stemming/damming (whatever) water and water quantity management'

or just 'water quantity management' (since (see below) 'stemming/damming water' can be and is considered as a task pertaining to water quantity)

perhaps best 'diking and water quantity management'

dike - to provide, protect, or enclose with a dike or dikes
dike - Engineering / Civil Engineering) an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc.

17:02 Aug 6, 2013 

@ Barend. I agree that 'stemming' isn't that great either. Damming is, I think, closer to what the Dutch says, and retaining is related, but we don't really speak about damming water QUANTITY, simply about damming water. TBH, I think too that keren would be included in water quantity management.

16:52 Aug 6, 2013 

You mentioned a translation, namely 'Stemming and control of water quantity'

Although it is used and I believe I understand what is meant, I think 'keren van waterkwantiteit' is peculiar Dutch.

I would like to ask you, what do you think of

'stemming of water quantity' or 'stemming of quantity' in English?

Does this sound good to you?

16:39 Aug 6, 2013 

I would say that 'water keren' certainly can be considered as one of the activities involved in 'water quantity management'

16:34 Aug 6, 2013 

this is what 'keren en beheren van waterkwantiteit' comes down to in practice:

Dit betekent dat het Hoogheemraadschap zich bezighoudt met het uitvoeren van taken, die zowel verband houden met
de waterkwantiteit als met de waterkwaliteit in het beheersgebied van het Hoogheemraadschap.
De taken met betrekking tot de waterkwantiteit bestaan in hoofdzaak uit het keren van het zeewater en het water van het IJsselmeer door dijken en tevens te zorgen voor een waterpeil dat zoveel mogelijk tegemoet komt aan de verschillende belangen die in het beheersgebied spelen.

http://tinyurl.com/m7l5sd8

16:29 Aug 6, 2013 

It simply refers to the retention (storage) and management of water volumes. "waterkering" => damming is to keep out water - a protective measure, not management.

15:49 Aug 6, 2013 

it is related to 'waterkering' and 'waterkerend'

'een waterkering' is a dam, dike or weir for example

'waterkerend' or 'keren van water' would be 'damming', for example

the problem here is that they say 'keren van waterkwantiteit' rather than 'keren van water'

'keren van waterkwantiteit' would imply, I think, keeping the amount of water within acceptable limits

so 'water quantity management' might be an useful option

I think 'keren van waterkwantiteit' is something of a peculiar and confusing Dutch expression, for how can you 'kwantiteit keren', I mean, what is 'keren van kwantiteit' supposed to mean?

Het doel van het beheer van de waterkwantiteit is dan ook het voorkomen van wateroverlast en watertekort door het uitwerken van de trits vasthouden, bergen en afvoeren. De waterkwantiteit wordt gereguleerd door het afvoeren of vasthouden van het regenwater en kwelwater met behulp van gemalen en stuwen.

http://water.nl/waterkwantiteit.htm

15:32 Aug 6, 2013 

... he knows something about it!

Finally an excuse to meet Him!

15:22 Aug 6, 2013 

I think the word you're looking for is "barrier". As in "water barrier" or "Thames Barrier".

15:17 Aug 6, 2013 

Should have checked Eurlex before posting. Apologies. For the record, the translation given there is 'Stemming (and control of water quantity)'

15:14 Aug 6, 2013 

Hi Phil. Divert sounds plausible - have taken a further look and come up with references on wikipedia which seem to suggest stemming, although that isn't really the same as 'keren'. Will continue looking.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_infrastructure
water supply (drinking water, waste water/sewage, stemming of surface water (e.g. dikes and sluices));

15:05 Aug 6, 2013 

As you've probably discovered, all the hits for "keren en beheren" relate to water. I think "keren" may mean "divert".