Multi-hazard risk assessment for the health sector in Mozambique

14 October 2020

Critical challenges This new study, that follows from the Safer Schools study, carried-out in 2017-2018 by the same partners for the Ministry of Education, will address the following critical challenges: the lack of scientific data…

Trial dike made from dried sediment on the Dollard

9 October 2020

Using locally available material Researcher Wouter van der Star explains: “The idea behind the trial is to demonstrate scientifically that a safe dike can be made using material available locally.” Erik Jolink of the Hunze…

Better understanding of the salinisation of Dutch groundwater

9 October 2020

Deltares has worked with Arcadis on a new model for calculating the salinity of groundwater in the Netherlands on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat, provincial authorities, water authorities and drinking water companies. The model has now been…

First results from study of sand erosion under the Frisian Wadden Sea coast are positive

8 October 2020

Deltares teamed up with Wetterskip Fryslân and Fugro to study the strength of the tidal sand on the Frisian Wadden Sea coast and to see whether ‘piping’ was a possible threat. Piping is the formation…

Professorship Coastal Structures for Marcel van Gent at TU Delft

2 October 2020

Marcel van Gent, who also heads the Coastal Structures & Waves department at Deltares, has said his aim is to develop the necessary knowledge to tackle current issues related to hydraulic constructions. Using lab-based scientific…

Johan Remkes new chair of the Supervisory Board of Deltares

28 September 2020

With Remkes we will have a chair with broad political and governmental experience and much affinity with social issues touching on the living environment. “As an internationally renowned knowledge institute Deltares has an important public…

Global water data now easily accessible on the BlueEarth Data platform

8 September 2020

BlueEarth Data platform Deltares has launched a new platform called BlueEarth Data this week. The plaform hares operational and historic water-related data for oceans, coasts and rivers on a global scale for professional specialists, researchers,…

Development of a community-oriented decision support tool for compound flood events in the US

27 August 2020

Improved information on flood risks This project with Deltares USA will develop and demonstrate a process and prototype configuration using freely available Deltares software, such as Delft Dashboard, SFINCS and Delft-FIAT, and provide communities with…

Better precipitation forecasts up to several hours in advance

6 August 2020

Prediction is also important during dry summers Predicting the exact location and amount of precipitation has become a problem during the increasingly dry Dutch summers. For example, should a water manager pump water out of…

Coastal flood risks set to increase as the climate warms: new study combines recent advances of global modelling

4 August 2020

Projections of episodic coastal flooding over the next 100 years The study combines global models of tide, storm surge, and wave setup with regional sea-level rise projection to obtain projections of episodic coastal flooding over…