Storm test on Frisian asphalt can save millions on dikes throughout the Netherlands

10 July 2017

Asphalt was transported from Friesland to Delft specially for the test. The results should tell us whether the asphalt in place now will be strong enough in the decades to come, or whether it needs…

Simulation meteo-tsunami 29 May 2017 along Dutch coast

5 July 2017

In the early morning of May 29, 2017 suddenly a number of noticeably high waves were observed along the Dutch coast. The high waves, also called meteo-tsunami, were caused by the active line of thunderstorms…

Provincial authority and Deltares team up for a climate-resilient South Holland 

5 July 2017

The basis for the alliance was established when the provisional authority visited Deltares for a working visit on 17 May 2016. Rik Janssen: ‘As a provincial authority, we want to invest in a climate-resilient South…

Milestone Sava Flood Warning and Forecasting System implementation project

3 July 2017

Second pre-release At the workshop the pre-release 0.2 was presented according to planning and specifications. The focus of this second pre-release was to implement the hydrological and hydraulic models and to connect them to operational…

Webinar “The MI-SAFE package: Resources to implement nature based flood defence”

24 June 2017

Nature-based solutions are becoming recognised as amongst the most sustainable and cost-effective approaches towards coastal flood and erosion risk reduction. So far, however, such solutions have not been widely implemented. The quantifiable demonstration of benefits…

Roadmap and model for improving water quality in Lake Toba (Sumatra)

20 June 2017

Development includes the construction of two new toll roads and a new ferry link to transport tourists to and across the lake. The plans are part of the Lake Toba Tourism Master Plan, which also…

Drilling in the submerged land below the North Sea

16 June 2017

These days, the story of how exactly the land under the North Sea was submerged is buried below water and sand. Not only is that story geologically and archaeologically important, it also contains lessons for…

Deltares co-host Climate change migration session at Changing Routes 2017 symposium

15 June 2017

The symposium seeks to explore what the challenges are in dealing with present and future global migration streams. In the past decade, global displacement has reached record levels, and climate change and related extreme events…

The Netherlands helps Wisbech with flood-resilient area development

8 June 2017

TRICO approach TRICO stands for ‘Toolset for Rapid Interactive Collaborative Optioneering’. The method gets stakeholders closely involved in the development of the overall solution design using innovative visualisation techniques (such as a MapTable, and fast…

Iron-bearing groundwater makes phosphate less harmful

7 June 2017

Most of the phosphate present in surface water is not directly available for uptake by algae or other aquatic organisms. This factor should be taken into effect in the standards for phosphate in surface water…