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On this page you will find an overview of current projects being carried out by Deltares.

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152 projects found

  1. Availability of national groundwater reserves

    Freshwater is vital for our drinking water, agriculture, shipping, nature, energy and industry. Longer periods of drought and higher temperatures are increasing the demand for fresh water, while salt water is increasingly penetrating the country. Deltares plays an important role in addressing the increasing demand for fresh water and finding…     Water supply Drought

  2. Water Resilience Tracker: towards water-resilient societies

    By 2030, global freshwater shortages are expected to reach 40%, exacerbating issues in water access, sanitation, and biodiversity loss. Climate change accelerates these threats, with increasing floods, droughts, and rising water demand. Current approaches to water management are insufficient, yet innovative strategies – such as an integrated…

  3. Healthy soil with Nature-based Solutions

    The European Horizon project PHISHES (PHysically-based Integrated Soil Health Simulation Platform) was launched in September 2024. Deltares cooperates with other European partners on a platform calculating the effects of climate and measures on soil and ecosystem vitality. In cooperation with the PHISHES partners and the municipality of Rotterdam…     Resilient cities Health water, soil Water supply

  4. Living Labs for living soils

    A healthy soil-water system provides important services to people and the planet. Healthy soils provide a good foundation for crops, making them important for food security. They store and retain water, so they contribute to climate resilience. They provide habitat for plants, fungi, bacteria and animals, thus contributing to biodiversity. This…     Resilient cities Drought Subsidence

  5. ISLANDR runs land remediation

    Europe deals with a vast number of contaminated areas which are in many cases difficult to remediate and redevelop, because the costs exceed the benefits. Especially portfolios of sites, diffuse contamination and areas impacted by the consequences of the green transition, such as former mining areas, are difficult to tackle. To support the Eu…     Health water, soil

  6. Spatial planning and design with soils

    Climate change, demographic pressures, and resource overconsumption impact the soil-sediment-water system, undermining ecosystem stability and human wellbeing. With 60-70% of Europe’s soils are classified as unhealthy, urgent intervention is needed for societal and ecological resilience. The EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ is committed to…

  7. How to make our soil healthy

    It's estimated that between 60% and 70% of all soils in the EU are unhealthy due to erosion, compaction, sealing, pollution, loss of organic carbon, nutrients, water, and biodiversity. To put the importance of healthy soils on the map, the European Commission has launched the mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe' with the aim of establishing 100…     Health water, soil

  8. Water as Leverage

    Water is crucial to our lives; it shapes our environment, allows us to grow food, impacts our health, fosters biodiversity, and fuels our economies. Yet global developments such as climate change and rapid urbanisation put this precious resource under pressure. Cities around the world feel the effects of these challenges, yet they can also help…

  9. Singapore adopts Dutch polder concept as new land reclamation method at Pulau Tekong

    Singapore is reclaiming land through the development of a polder at the north-western tip of Pulau Tekong, an island north-east of mainland Singapore. This cost-saving method, used for the first time in Singapore, will be adopted by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) for the upcoming land reclamation project. When the polder is completed…     Future proof infrastructure

  10. Sufficient freshwater in adaptive delta

    The Dutch government's Delta Program works to ensure the availability of sufficient freshwater, also in the future. The Delta Decision Freshwater, part of the Delta Program, must ensure that sufficient fresh water is available for essential applications such as drinking water and agriculture. Deltares contributes to the quantitative…     Water supply

  11. Sustainable decommissioning of offshore wind turbine foundations

    The current lifetime of offshore wind farms in the North Sea is, in general, limited to 25 years. At the end of its life, turbine owners have the responsibility to completely decommission the wind turbine structure, including its monopile foundation. In this project, hydraulic pile extraction, which allows for the complete removal of the monopile…     Energy transition

  12. Smart dike reinforcement using smooth block revetments

    Dozens of kilometres of dike are strengthened every year in the Netherlands. In collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat, the local water authorities and commercial parties, Deltares is looking at whether smooth block revetments are a smart solution to protect dikes against wave action.