Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I ngā tau 1920 i tono te kāwanatanga Pirihimana kia whakakapia te Canal mā Zuid-Beveland, hei pupuri i te tauranga o Antwerp e wātea ana mō te tauhokohoko Rhine whai hua. E ai ki te mahere taketake, i whakaarohia te awa hou ki te hono tika ki Antwerp ki Moerdijk i runga i te Hollands Diep, engari i muri i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao me te waipuke o te Moana o te Raki o 1953
i whakatau te kāwanatanga o te Netherlands kia uru te awa hou ki roto i te Delta Works me te tono i tetahi huarahi ki te hauauru, i te mea ka whai i te huarahi ano o te awa o Striene tawhito. I muri i te whakaaetanga a te kāwanatanga o Belgium i te 1963, ka tīmata te mahi i te awaawa.