A water board (Dutch: waterschap or hoogheemraadschap, Flanders and Northern France: watringue, France: agence de l'eau, German: Wasserverband) is a regional organisation charged with the supply of water and care of water levels in its area.
In the Netherlands, water boards were one of the earliest forms of government. Due to mergers, there are 27 of them (2006). Their borders don't coincide with municipal borders. Water boards are headed by dijkgraven. There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ...
They raise taxes, and elections for the boards are held every four years, although there isn't much interest in those among the general populace. A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (for example, tribes, secessionist movements or revolutionary movements). ...
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales. ...
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