Ida de Groot-Wallast
(Ir.) Ida de Groot-Wallast is our team’s contact for all issues relating to hydraulic aspects of structures, such as locks, sluices, and weirs. She oversees the relationships between projects and translates the technical aspects into a clear advice. Furthermore she links the different fields of expertise on hydraulic structures within Deltares. As a result her approach provides for an integrated advice on hydraulic structures.
The Hydraulic Structures Team deals with issues like:
· Salt intrusion through locks,
· Filling and emptying systems of locks
· Hydraulic design of weirs
· Dimensions of bed protection around structures
· Forces on ships (in locks)
Working experience
| 2012-present | Deltares | Senior advisor Hydraulic Structures |
| 2008-2012 | Planmaat | Senior Planning Economist (financial planning of urban developments) |
| 2004-2007 | Pijnacker-Nootdorp | Planning Economist (financial planning of urban developments) |
| 1999-2003 | Delft Hydraulics | Advisor hydraulic engineering |
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Study on the required knowledge/expertise regarding hydraulic structures to facilitate the replacement or renovation of hydraulic structures
NL, 2014
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Development of a decision support system for the Volkerak Zoommeer
NL, 2014
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Decision framework on mitigation measures against salt intrusion through locks
NL, 2013
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Vision on the future of Krammer Locks, Renovation or Innovative mitigating measures against salt intrusion
NL, 2013
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NL Handbook on Hydraulic design criteria for locks, weirs and sluices
NL, 2012-2013
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MultiWaterWerk; Advice on how to combine innovation and repetition in an efficient replacement of structures.
NL, 2012
Activities
| Present | chairman | NCK |
| 2010 | invited lecturer | Cambridge university |
| 2007 | invited lecturer | Dredging and Port Commission |