SOLUTIONS scrutinises new sources of pollution

9 October 2014

Pollution by pharmaceuticals and health care products is poorly understood SOLUTIONS was launched by the EU because new sources of pollution such as pharmaceuticals and health care products may cause numerous problems for European water…

Tsunami modelling at the Delft Software Days

6 October 2014

Unique features to set up tsunami models The Delft3D simulation software has been designed to simulate tsunamis, and together with Delft Dashboard, which offers unique features to set up tsunami models, and Delft-FEWS as an…

Vegetation in salt marshes improves coastal protection from storms

2 October 2014

This means that dikes behind salt marshes can be a lot lower and cheaper. The results of the tests, which were conducted in the Large Wave Flume in Hannover, have been published in the leading…

Deltares involved in the recovery of the Mississippi delta

30 September 2014

The winning teams were selected on the basis of their understanding of the Lower Mississippi River Delta region and their innovative ideas for the structuring and restructuring of deltas. The competition was organised by a…

Award for Deltares Salt Water App

29 September 2014

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…

International award for study of piled embankment

25 September 2014

Realistic results with new design model The research at Deltares optimises the design rules for geosynthetic reinforcement in piled embankments. A piled embankment consists of a foundation of piles supporting a reinforced embankment. Suzanne will…

New initiative to assess and mitigate current and future flood risks

23 September 2014

Aqueduct Flood Analyzer: free available The first phase of the project, set to launch later this year, will be the Aqueduct Flood Analyzer, a first-of-its-kind freely available, open-source analytical tool that will reveal the potential…

Jamaica interested in Sand Motor

23 September 2014

The team of three talked to hotel owners, the press, the local inhabitants and the lifeguard service about the Dutch sand replenishment strategy and the Sand Motor. The discussion covered questions about how long the…

Film about microplastics

19 September 2014

MICRO focuses primarily on monitoring with the aim of determining levels of microplastics in the French section of the English Channel and the southern part of the North sea. The study looked to see whether…

Course looking at risks of climate change for infrastructure

19 September 2014

Expertise and experience from European research project ROADAPT The course will share the expertise and experience acquired during the course of the European research project ROADAPT, which is generating methods that road management authorities and…