World Health Day. Deltares explores alliance with Erasmus MC

7 April 2019

Exposure to certain substances in water and the subsurface can impact health. The Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam studies the health of the public at the district level and Deltares has models at the same…

North Sea countries agree to test a common method for monitoring water quality

5 April 2019

EU member states need to report every 6 years on the water quality of their seas for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). These reports so far show an incoherent representation of water quality, due…

Information to help prevent water-related human insecurity in Iraq

2 April 2019

Deltares, with the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partners, will apply data and tools to analyse the relationship between human insecurity, human displacement and the water crisis in Central and Southern Iraq. We will also…

Industry joins forces to study the sustainable decommissioning of offshore wind turbine foundations

26 March 2019

Offshore wind farms are being built in large numbers to meet the ever-increasing demand for renewable energy. However, wind farms have a limited lifetime. Wind farm owners, such as energy companies, therefore have the responsibility…

Smart Cities Challenges event in Miami: water quality workshops led by Deltares

26 March 2019

Sharing knowledge Experts from the Netherlands and South Florida met on the clipper ship ‘Stad Amsterdam’ on March 20th , to discuss shared challenges and solutions to issues of resilience, climate change, storm water management…

Scientific research on health risks of microplastics: Do plastics make us ill?

26 March 2019

Dick Vethaak of Deltares, who is involved in four of the fifteen research projects, explains: ‘Microplastics spread easily through water and the air, and that leads to a worldwide problem: they are everywhere in our…

World Water Day 2019: Leaving no one behind

22 March 2019

The analytical scenario tool was developed by Deltares and piloted by Kimberly-Clark in 2017. The aim was to study water risks in river basins in Colombia where Kimberly Clark’s tissue mills are located. Given the…

New design for making residential areas gas-free generates carbon savings

15 March 2019

Delft University of Technology, Greenvis,  Deltares and other parties are working together to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of the ‘DeZONNET’ concept. The idea consists of a low-temperature heat network fed by solar heat…

More than 100 water professionals taking part in North American Deltares Software Days

15 March 2019

The North American Deltares Software Days held at The Water Campus in Baton Rouge this week brings together more than 100 professionals interested in becoming more proficient in Delft-FEWS (used for flood forecast, reservoir operations,…

Extension of coastal forecasting system for port and fishing operations in Mozambique

15 March 2019

Several public organisations in southeast Africa use similar forecasting systems. The software used in these forecasting systems – Delft-FEWS, Delft3D and SWAN – is free of charge. Forecasting used in daily operations Mozambique’s coastline is…