A white paper on pathways towards democratization of hydro-environment observations and data

8 April 2021

Community vision on future pathways In a new IAHR white paper a broad spectrum of experts, amongst which Gennadii Donchyts and Antonio Moreno-Rodenas from Deltares, provides a community vision on future pathways aimed at leveraging…

€ 8 million for consortium Enabling water technology

25 March 2021

The Netherlands Enabling Watertechnology (NEW) consortium stimulates startups and other entrepreneurship initiatives in water technology. Issues like water treatment, reuse of water and raw materials, production and storage of energy from water and smart management…

WaterLOUPE 2.0. supports your sustainable water supply strategy

22 March 2021

As a manufacturer of consumer goods, Kimberly-Clark needs supplies of industrial water. At a number of their mills, water supplies in the relevant river basin are increasingly under pressure. Other multinationals find themselves in the…

New techniques expose vulnerabilities in the road network

19 March 2021

From the global to the urban scale The study stands out because the analysis at the European level provides an action perspective at the local level. “European and local studies used to be two different…

Silt dynamics in the Wadden Sea. Where mud matters.

19 March 2021

Nature and economy For centuries, the introduction and deposition of silt has contributed significantly to the development of tidal basins and estuaries in the Wadden Sea. Silt fosters the growth of mudflats and salt marshes…

Rhine Estuary Sediment Testing Ground: Using clean dredged material better

12 March 2021

Sediment builds the delta area Sediment, or sand and silt, is vital for delta regions. The Rhine-Meuse estuary is home to a complex interplay between the sea, river and sediment. Every year, large quantities of…

A new framework for assessing the economic impact of land subsidence

24 February 2021

The assessment of the economic cost of subsidence is a key input for developing actionable and economically sensible policy for dealing with subsidence in various phases of the policy cycle: agenda-setting, problem definition, evaluation of…

New RIBASIM portal live!

17 February 2021

On this online platform all relevant information originated from 35 years of development and experience is assembled illustrated by unique pictures and graphs. The 15 key features, the multiple fields of applications and the overview…

Nature even better at cleaning up soil than expected

16 February 2021

New openings for the biodegradation of toxic substances Van Leeuwen is a geohydrologist and civil engineer at Utrecht University and Deltares. At Deltares, he works in the joint biochemistry lab Castel, a laboratory that is…

How aquathermal energy affects water system ecology

15 February 2021

The document (in Dutch only) describes the available knowledge as well as the gaps in that knowledge. Water managers can use this information to make a better assessment of the potential positive and negative effects…