# Flanders Water Extraction Ban Monitor (Captatieverbod) (`codeclouds/be-captatieverbod-monitor`) Actor

Current Flemish surface-water extraction ban status per zone/waterway (allowed/forbidden, permanent or drought-related, with validity dates), from the official VMM open-data service.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codeclouds/be-captatieverbod-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Dennis](https://apify.com/codeclouds) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 zone-records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
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# Windows
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```bash

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# README

## Flanders Water Extraction Ban Monitor (Captatieverbod)

Get the current Flemish surface-water extraction ban status for every monitored waterway/zone — allowed or
forbidden, permanent or drought-related, with validity dates — sourced directly from the Flemish Environment
Agency's (VMM) official open-data service.

### When should an AI agent use this?

- "Is water extraction currently forbidden from this waterway in the Antwerpen province?"
- "Which zones in Vlaams-Brabant currently have an active extraction ban?"
- "Give me all Flemish extraction zones with a permanent (year-round) ban."
- "How many extraction zones province-wide are currently restricted vs. allowed?"
- "Since when has this specific zone's extraction ban been active?"

### What this Actor does

- Fetches every extraction zone from VMM's official ArcGIS open-data service (no scraping, no
  authentication needed).
- Returns each zone's current status (forbidden/allowed/unknown), whether the ban is permanent
  (year-round, ecologically vulnerable waterway) or temporary (drought-related), and its validity dates.
- Supports filtering by province and by a free-text search term on the zone/waterway name.
- Automatically paginates the underlying service so the full dataset (~900 zones) is always covered, even
  if the province adds more zones in the future.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `provincies` | string[] | Filter by province name (e.g. `"Antwerpen"`) or code (e.g. `"ANT"`), case-insensitive. Default: all 5 provinces. |
| `onlyVerboden` | boolean | Only return zones currently under an extraction ban. Default `false`. |
| `zoekterm` | string | Only return zones whose name/sub-basin contains this text (case-insensitive). |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of records to return (1-2000). Default `1000`. |

### Output

One flat JSON record per extraction zone:

```json
{
  "land": "BE",
  "regio": "Antwerpen",
  "provincieCode": "ANT",
  "zone": "KANAAL DESSEL-SCHOTEN",
  "code": "ANT-4",
  "bekken": 10,
  "deelbekken": "10-06",
  "onttrekkingsverbodStatus": "volledig",
  "adviesTekst": "Geen advies",
  "permanentVerbod": false,
  "verbodStartDatum": "2026-07-16T22:00:00.000Z",
  "verbodEindDatum": null,
  "bronDatum": "2026-07-18T18:28:12.000Z",
  "bronUrl": "https://inspirepub.waterinfo.be/arcgis/...",
  "datumOpgehaald": "2026-07-19T08:00:00.000Z"
}
````

### Use cases

- Agricultural/irrigation planning for farms drawing water from Flemish waterways.
- Advisory/legal support for clients holding a water extraction permit.
- Insurance/reinsurance risk screening for Belgian agricultural portfolios.
- Feeding a scheduled monitoring pipeline that alerts when a specific zone's ban status changes.

### Pricing

This Actor uses Apify's Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model.

- **Actor Start:** $0.00005 (Apify default)
- **`zone-record`:** $0.004 per delivered zone record
- **`captatieverbod-signaal`:** $0.015 per zone record currently under an active extraction ban

### Legal

Data sourced exclusively from the Flemish Environment Agency's (VMM) official public open-data service
(`inspirepub.waterinfo.be`). No personal data is processed. This Actor reports the latest officially
published extraction ban status; it does not provide legal advice or predict future bans.

### FAQ

**Q: Does this cover Wallonia or Brussels?**
A: No — Flanders (Vlaanderen) is the only Belgian region with a comparable structured, machine-readable
status source. Wallonia handles extraction restrictions via ad-hoc provincial governor decrees (PDF/press
releases) without a central API, and Brussels has essentially no local extraction restrictions.

**Q: What does "permanent" mean?**
A: A permanent ban applies year-round to ecologically vulnerable waterways, independent of the current
drought situation. A non-permanent (temporary) ban is drought-related and has a start date (and sometimes
an end date).

**Q: How current is this data?**
A: The source service is updated by VMM as decisions change; each record includes the underlying edit
timestamp (`bronDatum`).

***

*Zoekwoorden: captatieverbod Vlaanderen, onttrekkingsverbod, wateronttrekking verboden, VMM, droogte
Vlaanderen, waterloop onttrekking.*

### Keywords

belgium, flanders, drought, water-extraction, captatieverbod, vmm, agriculture-risk, insurance-risk,
climate-risk, open-data, water-scarcity

### Changelog

#### 0.1.0

- Initial release: extraction ban status per zone/waterway for all Flemish provinces, from the VMM
  ArcGIS open-data service.

# Actor input Schema

## `provincies` (type: `array`):

Filter by Flemish province name (e.g. "Antwerpen") or code (e.g. "ANT"), case-insensitive. Leave empty for all 5 provinces.

## `onlyVerboden` (type: `boolean`):

When true, only return zones currently under an extraction ban (status = forbidden). When false, return all zones including those where extraction is currently allowed.

## `zoekterm` (type: `string`):

Only return zones whose name or sub-basin contains this text (case-insensitive). Leave empty for no filter.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to return (1-2000). The full layer currently has ~900 zones.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "provincies": [],
  "onlyVerboden": false,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codeclouds/be-captatieverbod-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("codeclouds/be-captatieverbod-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call codeclouds/be-captatieverbod-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=codeclouds/be-captatieverbod-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Flanders Water Extraction Ban Monitor (Captatieverbod)",
        "description": "Current Flemish surface-water extraction ban status per zone/waterway (allowed/forbidden, permanent or drought-related, with validity dates), from the official VMM open-data service.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "6lIjVdtuwwGDcgXQI"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-codeclouds-be-captatieverbod-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/codeclouds~be-captatieverbod-monitor/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-codeclouds-be-captatieverbod-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/codeclouds~be-captatieverbod-monitor/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-codeclouds-be-captatieverbod-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "provincies": {
                        "title": "Provinces",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Filter by Flemish province name (e.g. \"Antwerpen\") or code (e.g. \"ANT\"), case-insensitive. Leave empty for all 5 provinces.",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "onlyVerboden": {
                        "title": "Only zones with an active extraction ban",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When true, only return zones currently under an extraction ban (status = forbidden). When false, return all zones including those where extraction is currently allowed.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "zoekterm": {
                        "title": "Search term",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Only return zones whose name or sub-basin contains this text (case-insensitive). Leave empty for no filter."
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 2000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of records to return (1-2000). The full layer currently has ~900 zones.",
                        "default": 1000
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
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                        "properties": {
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
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                                    "resurrectCount": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
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                                    "timeoutSecs": {
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                                    "memoryMbytes": {
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                                    "diskMbytes": {
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
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                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATASET_READS": {
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            }
        }
    }
}
```