Kees Bons
Expert on Integrated Water Resources Management
+31(0)6 2030 2371
Kees.Bons@deltares.nl LinkedIn profileMr. Bons is an experienced environmental hydrologist and manager who can rely on a sound background in hydrology and earth sciences. His research experience in both surface and groundwater hydrology forms a good foundation for the integrated approach to solving water management problems, which has been his key occupation.
He addressed all aspects of water balance and distribution, pollution load estimation and calculation, transport of pollutants through the river system and water quality processes. His key qualifications relate to the analysis of the natural system and its relation with human activities, the translation thereof into mathematical models, the analysis of cause and effect relationships regarding environmental aspects and the set-up and implementation of water management information systems.
Mr. Bons was involved in many projects related to National Water Resources policy development and monitoring, data presentation and analysis. This concerned also the update of monitoring systems for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Besides his European experience, Mr. Bons has five years experience in the Arid zone (National Water Resources Plan Egypt) in water quality planning and monitoring in addition to several months in Botswana and Saudi Arabia and many years experience in the tropics (Indonesia) regarding integral impact assessment of forestry activities and recently Strategic Planning of the Coastal Defense and Improved Water Sector Planning, Management and Development.
From 2003 and 2007 Mr Bons was the director of the Inland Water Systems Unit of WL | Delft Hydraulics. With the merger into Deltares he became director of the new Scenarios and Policy Analysis Unit focusing on policy development and IWRM. Since 2010 he managed the Unit Subsurface and Groundwater systems. His management experience makes him an effective Project manager with a broad international experience. In 2012 he was appointed as specialist advisor for South East Asia and Deltares’ representative in Indonesia. In 2015 he moved to Delhi as team leader of the Ganga Strategic Planning Project.
Working experience
| 2008-present | Deltares | Manager/Expert advisor, IWRM specialist |
| 1991-2007 | WL|Delft Hydraulics | Researcher/advisor/manager, senior environmental hydrologist |
| 1985-1988 | Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research | Researcher stationed in West-Java, Indonesia |
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Interactive Flood Management and Landscape Planning in River Systems: development of a Decision Support System and analysis of retention options along the Lower Rhine river
The Netherlands, 1999-2002
Project leader Interactive Flood Management and Landscape Planning in River Systems: development of a Decision Support System and analysis of retention options along the Lower Rhine river
Activities
| 2015-present | Resident Team Leader Strategic River Basin Planning for the Ganga River Basin in India Project | India |
| 2013-2015 | Resident Team Leader Improving Water Sector Planning, Management and Developments (ADB TA 8432 INO) | Indonesia |
| 2006-2008 | Project leader Development of an Integrated Water Monitoring Programme and development of associated databases supporting the implementation of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC in Cyprus | Cyprus |
| 2005 | member of mission to define contours of future project cooperation between Lebanon and The Netherlands on the economic value of water | Lebanon |
| 2004 | member of Water and Environment mission to define contours of future development cooperation between Egypt and The Netherlands | Egypt |
| 2001 | Head of delegation identifying bi-lateral cooperation between Syria and the Netherlands in the field of water resources management. | Syria |
| 2000 | Consultant to METAP on strategy and project development for regional water quality management. | Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, W.Bank&Gaza |
| 1999-2000 | Advisor to the Task Force on Water Quality Priorities and Strategies at the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources | Egypt |
| 1996-1999 | Resident team leader and Water Quality Expert of the Monitoring and Analysis of Drainage Water Quality Project at the Drainage Research Institute, Delta Barrage, Cairo. | Egypt |
| 1994-1996 | Resident Water Quality Expert at the Strengthening the Planning Sector Project at the Planning Sector of the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources in Egypt | Egypt |