Albania invests in a climate-resilient road network

23 April 2018

The Albanian national road network covers a distance of 3,700 km and it can be broken down into the primary network (32%), the secondary network (56%) and newly planned roads (12%). Albania is one of…

Sydney Water plays Sustainable Delta game

19 April 2018

Changes in frequency, distribution, intensity and duration of climate-related events poses potential risks and opportunities to Sydney Water, the largest water and wastewater service provider of Australia. Climate change is just one example of uncertainty about…

Study of the effect of underground heat sources on drinking water temperature

18 April 2018

The subsurface is becoming increasingly congested. It is therefore important to know what effect different heat sources (such as electricity cables or heat pipelines) have on the temperature of drinking water. Heat lost from these…

Guayaquil invests in flood resilience and climate adaptation

12 April 2018

The main output will be an investment strategy for flood risk adaptation for the Febres Cordero neighbourhood, which has about 400.000 inhabitants. Similar to Dutch coastal cities On Wednesday 4th of April a meeting was…

Offshore wind industry joins forces to reduce costs of cable failures

11 April 2018

‘The aim of this study is to reduce the chance on power cable failures in offshore windfarms. One of the ideas which will be developed in this project is the continuous monitoring of the integrity…

Developing water innovations for local communities in Bangladesh

11 April 2018

The districts of the coastal zone of Bangladesh To improve the welfare and livelihood activities of local communities in the Western Coast of Bangladesh by developing innovations and knowledge on water management Deltares and the…

Enhancing dam safety and water management in India

10 April 2018

236 large dams and reservoirs KaWRD, one of the major departments in the Government of Karnataka, is responsible for management of 236 large dams and reservoirs. Royal Eijkelkamp and SkyGeo provide specialist (measurement) technologies. Deltares…

Indonesia and the Netherlands to collaborate even closer on water issues

4 April 2018

Mutual contribution, mutual benefit Since 2011, institutes in the field of water management and meteorology from both countries have been working together under the Joint Cooperation Programme (JCP). Due to the success of the first…

Forecasting and warning system for Sava River almost complete

3 April 2018

Version 1.0 Since 2016, a team of international and local experts has been working hard on the development of a forecasting system for the five states. The local authorities are also closely involved. After three…

Pre-feasibility study new inland waterways Argentina

30 March 2018

Expert River engineering, morphology and fluvial morphodynamics Erik Mosselman  visited Buenos Aires to kick-off this pre-feasibility study. Deltares leads a consortium with partners STC-NESTRA and STC-Group Holding BV to study transport economics and hydrology as…