Summary
Nowhere in the world the dikes are so robust and carefully designed as in the Netherlands.” Still, the almost 18.000 kilometres of dike that protect the Netherlands against the rising water levels need to be monitored closely. Weaknesses should be spotted and dealt with swiftly. An answer for this could be Aguilar’s research into the use of fiber optic sensors to measure dike stability. A fiber optics-based sensor can measure the water pressure and detect breaches in a dike.