Informatiehuis Water

Name

Informatiehuis Water

Legal name

Informatiehuis Water

Website

https://ihw.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Informatiehuis Water is a Dutch government collaboration program that standardizes and facilitates the exchange of water quality, safety, and drought data among Rijkswaterstaat, 21 water boards, and 12 provinces through mandatory open standards, APIs, and web portals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Data Management / Water Information Systems

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Quality Monitoring, Compliance & Reporting (Sampling, Lab, Regulatory) (EUANAAAG), Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH)

Keywords

• Water data exchange
• Water management standards
• Water quality portal
• Flood safety assessment
• Drought monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Amersfoort

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Service Funding: Informatiehuis Water is a collaboration program funded by Dutch water managers (Rijkswaterstaat, waterschappen, provincies). Services are provided as public sector information infrastructure. The program has no revenue model in the commercial sense—it operates under a cooperation agreement between government partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Informatiehuis Water operates a collaborative program providing standardized data exchange infrastructure for Dutch water management. Its core offerings include the Aquo-standaard (mandatory open standard for water data) and the Digitale Delta API (open vendor-neutral interface), supported by web portals for water quality (Waterkwaliteitsportaal), flood safety (Waterveiligheidsportaal), and drought (Droogteportaal) used by water boards, provinces, and Rijkswaterstaat.

Product overview

Informatiehuis Water operates as a collaboration program managing a portfolio of information portals, standards, and services for Dutch water management. The core offerings include the Waterkwaliteitsportaal (WKP) with 5 modules (Kaartviewer, Download Data, KRW Dataviewer, Databeheer, and Aquo-kit) for water quality data; the Waterveiligheidsportaal (WVP) for primary water barrier assessment; and the Droogteportaal for drought monitoring. These are supported by key standards: the Aquo-standaard (mandatory open standard for water data exchange) and the Digitale Delta API (open interface for water data systems). Additional services include KRW-informatievoorziening coordination, the Landelijke Enquête Waterkwaliteit (LEW) data collection, and initiatives like Slim Watermanagement. The organization facilitates data exchange for water quality, water safety, and drought across Dutch water managers, provinces, and Rijkswaterstaat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aquo-standaard: The Dutch standard for efficient and automated exchange of water data, developed and managed by Informatiehuis Water. It is a mandatory open standard listed on the Forum Standaardisatie's Pas-Toe-Of-Leg-Uit list.
• Digitale Delta API (DD API)
• Waterkwaliteitsportaal (WKP)
• Waterveiligheidsportaal (WVP)
• Droogteportaal
• Aquo-kit

Products and services

• Waterkwaliteitsportaal (WKP) A portal for collecting, validating, managing, and aggregating water quality data for Dutch surface water and groundwater. It contains five modules for data viewing, analysis, download, and management by water managers, supporting KRW reporting and the Landelijke Enquête Waterkwaliteit.
• Waterveiligheidsportaal (WVP) An application for information exchange between parties involved in the assessment and reinforcement of Dutch primary water barriers (dikes, dunes, dams). It supports exchange between water managers, ILT, HWBP, and the Ministry, and covers approximately 3,500 kilometers of primary water barriers.
• Droogteportaal A portal providing insight into current drought conditions in the Netherlands, with emphasis on sandy soils of southern, central, and eastern Netherlands. It uses standardized indices for precipitation, soil moisture, groundwater, and surface water to express drought conditions.
• Aquo-standaard (AQUO) The Dutch standard for efficient and automated exchange of water data. It contains information models, domain tables, and terminology definitions, and is placed on the Forum Standaardisatie's 'Pas-Toe-Of-Leg-Uit' list, making it mandatory for government organizations.
• Digitale Delta API (DD API) An open, vendor-neutral interface for exchanging water data between water information systems. It supports water quality and water quantity measurement data exchange based on OGC standards (OMS 19156:2023) and integrates OData, TimeseriesML, CoverageJSON, and OAuth2.0. Version 3.0 unifies various API variants into one specification.
• Aquo-kit An internet application for processing monitoring data of surface water, groundwater, and soil quality. Water managers use Aquo-kit to assess physical-chemical and biological monitoring data against national water quality standards; integrated as a module within the Waterkwaliteitsportaal.
• Landelijk Veiligheidsbeeld Primaire Waterkeringen A national information product presenting results of assessments of Dutch primary water barriers by water managers. It provides the current status of water barriers relative to legal safety standards.
• Nationaal Basisbestand Primaire Waterkeringen (NBPW) A national database containing the location and associated safety standards (dike trajectories) of Dutch primary water barriers. Used as the basis for legal safety assessments and dike reinforcement under the HWBP program.
• Informatievoorziening Kaderrichtlijn Water (KRW) A coordination and support service for Dutch water managers in monitoring water quality progress for the European Water Framework Directive. Includes process management, information systems, and reporting.
• Landelijke Enquête Waterkwaliteit (LEW) An annual collection of chemical and biological monitoring data from surface water managers for Dutch and European reporting on surface water quality. It follows the 'collect once, use multiple times' principle since 1985.

Quantifiable outcome

• One-time data collection, multiple use: Landelijke Enquête Waterkwaliteit data feeds into KRW reporting, Balans voor de Leefomgeving, Nitraatrapportage, European Environment Agency reporting, and pesticide atlas.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• RijkswaterstaatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Rijkswaterstaat is one of the three founding partners of the Informatiehuis Water collaboration program. As the national water management authority, it co-governs IHW through the Bestuurlijk Overleg and provides operational participation in water quality, water safety, and drought data systems.
• Unie van WaterschappencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011The Union of Water Boards represents the 21 Dutch water boards in IHW governance. Provides board representation in Bestuurlijk Overleg and is the primary interface for water board participation in IHW standards and systems.
• Interprovinciaal Overleg (IPO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011The Interprovincial Consultation represents the 12 Dutch provinces in IHW governance. Provides provincial representation in Bestuurlijk Overleg and coordinates provincial participation in groundwater quality monitoring and KRW reporting.
• Het WaterschapshuiscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFacilitates business operations for the IHW program, including HR, finance, and ICT infrastructure support. Located at same address in Amersfoort. Advises and facilitates on behalf of water boards in IHW Directieoverleg.
• Hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma (HWBP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational flood protection program for assessment and strengthening of Dutch primary water barriers. IHW Waterveiligheidsportaal supports HWBP project submission and tracking.
• Programma Digitale DeltamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram coordinating digital delta initiatives including the Digitale Delta API development and community. IHW manages the DD API specification.
• Informatiehuis MarienminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarine information house counterpart for Dutch marine data, similar collaboration structure for maritime water management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• STOWA: Stichting Toegepast Onderzoek Waterbeheer is the Dutch foundation for applied water management research funded by the water boards. Closely linked to IHW's constituency (water boards) and produces related water knowledge/data outputs, though focused on research rather than operational data exchange.
• Aquafin: Belgian/Flemish wastewater utility coordinating sewage treatment and water quality data across municipalities in Flanders. Comparable as a regional water data and infrastructure operator serving public-sector clients, though with an operational rather than coordination role.
• Stichting RIONED: Dutch umbrella foundation for urban water management that maintains the Gegevenswoordenboek Stedelijk Water (GWSW), an open standard for urban water data exchange. Directly comparable as a Dutch water-data standards body serving municipalities and partners with IHW.
• Stichting Infrastructuur Kwaliteitsborging Bodem (SIKB): Dutch network organization managing quality guidelines and data standards for soil and water, jointly managing Informatiemodel Metingen (IM Metingen) with IHW. Comparable as a domain-specific Dutch data standards body supporting government compliance workflows.
• Informatiehuis Marien: Dutch marine counterpart operating as a collaborative program for maritime/marine data exchange, explicitly modelled on IHW for water. Same structure, same data-exchange mandate, but for marine rather than freshwater/water-safety domains.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): U.S. federal agency operating the National Water Information System and standardized hydrologic data infrastructure. Comparable in operating large-scale national water data systems with standardized exchange, but on a vastly larger scale and as a science agency rather than coordination body.
• Environment Agency (UK): UK environmental regulator operating extensive water quality monitoring, flood forecasting, and water data infrastructure. Comparable in scope of water data coordination across a national jurisdiction, but functions as a full regulator rather than a standards/coordination body.
• European Environment Agency (EEA): EU-level agency coordinating environmental data reporting across member states, including water (WISE, WFD reporting). IHW feeds into EEA via KRW reporting. Comparable as a coordinator of standardized environmental data, though operating pan-European rather than nationally.
• Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG): German federal institute for hydrology that maintains national water data systems and standards. Comparable as a federally mandated water data authority, but with a much broader scientific mandate and significantly larger scale than IHW.

Others

• Geonovum: Dutch public foundation representing Dutch interests for geo-standards (INSPIRE, IM GEO, Observations & Measurements). Functions as an adjacent standards body that IHW actively partners with; not a direct peer but an enabling part of the same data-infrastructure ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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