Award for Deltares Salt Water App

Published: 29 September 2014

Deltares has won third place in the Climate Adaptation Business Challenge, receiving the award for the ‘Salt Water APPlication’ (SWAPP) project. There were a total of 78 entrants from 28 countries. With the funding that accompanies the prize, Deltares will be able to develop the app further.

The app was devised in response to the problem of salinisation, which is becoming increasingly urgent for farmers and water management authorities in coastal areas. Climate change is the underlying cause. The app provides information about the electrical conductivity of the water, and the analysis of the data provides indications about where salinisation is occurring. That allows the users to take specific measures, for example by storing fresh water underground.

Team leader Marta Faneca Sànchez accepts the award.

The awards were handed out on 25 September during the international conference ‘Deltas in Times of Climate Change’ in Rotterdam. The competition was organised by the Knowledge for Climate and Climate-KIC knowledge programmes. The Deltares team consisted of Marta Faneca Sànchez (who presented the project), Ester van Baaren, Gualbert Oude Essink, Mike van de Werf and Eric Lammertsma.