Human health needs knowledge about water and the subsurface

Environment

The environment and our health are intimately linked, both directly and indirectly. The work of Deltares has impacts on human health as interventions in the environment may bring benefits for health and well-being, but could…

Groundwater as a source of drinking water

Drinking contaminated groundwater can have adverse effects on health. For example, salinized water can cause kidney malfunction. A high intake of nitrate as a result of drinking water with high nitrate concentrations is particularly risky…

Participatory information systems for water security

Water & subsurface resources

The Global Water partnership (GWP) defines water security as: harnessing the potential of water so that every person has enough safe, affordable water to lead a clean, healthy and productive life, while, at the same…

Nexus water-energy-food

Water & subsurface resources

Trade-offs between competing claims on scarce water resources are nothing new. The water-energy-food nexus centers on the interaction between the two factors that have most impact on the availability of freshwater: energy and food production….

Nature-based flood defenses

Environment

When disaster strikes… It is 5 December 2015 in the North West of Great Britain. Outside, storm Desmond is raging. It is pouring down and it is not about to stop anytime soon. Dikes have…

Pipelines & Cables Sector

Increasing demand for offshore energy and communication is resulting in an increasingly dense network of offshore line infrastructure. Pipelines for oil and gas, and for communication and electricity cables, need protection against a variety of…

Offshore Renewable Energy Sector

Cost reduction is a key factor in the transition towards a larger share of renewable energy. Like many governments, the Dutch government has set ambitious targets: the installation of an additional 4GW in offshore wind…

Oil & Gas Sector

Scour prediction and mitigating measures One Deltares area of expertise is scour around offshore structures like jack-up drilling rigs (with spud can footings) and gravity-based structures. We developed an extensive database of scale model tests…

Salvage and wreck removal

In marine salvage and wreck removal operations, the complexity, operational and environmental requirements call for a multidisciplinary approach. Deltares understands this and provides specialist knowledge in areas like geotechnical and coastal engineering, morphology, dredging, metocean and…