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Member of ‘Coastal Engineering’ editorial board

9 December 2014

The board consists of a selected range of international specialists from institutions such as USACE and water institutes like HR Wallingford and DHI. Link to international journal, ‘ Coastal Engineering’.

Site regeneration? The brownfield navigator is now available.

9 December 2014

The BFN can be found on bfn.deltares.nl (LINK). It was developed by Deltares as part of the European HOMBRE project (www.zerobrownfields.eu). This interactive tool with alternatives and out-of-the-box solutions for regeneration sites is available to…

Expert dialogue to save major link road in Colombia

5 December 2014

Coastal erosion is undermining the road from Santa Marta to Barranquilla, which will disappear into the waves very soon unless action is taken. This road – the RN90 – is the only coastal road providing…

Deltares Software Days in San Francisco

4 December 2014

The following courses will be given: Getting started course Delft3D hydromorphodynamics (11 and 12 December) X Beach, getting started, hurricane impact modeling (15 December) Deft3D flexible Mesh (15 December) Delft3D, getting started, water quality modeling…

Successful test closure of storm-surge barrier in Venice

3 December 2014

The barriers are being built at the Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia inlets to the lagoon. The system will be closed only at extremely high water on the lines of the Maeslant barrier in the Netherlands….

Foundation 3Di takes water management in the 21st century to a higher plane

27 November 2014

100 times more detailed and 100 times faster than existing models So there is considerable interest in 3Di, a new simulation model that calculates the impact of intense rainfall very precisely. 3Di is 100 times…

Deltares involved in clearing up Rio bay for the Olympics

24 November 2014

Deltares has started on the development of a forecasting system that will show where the waste is located in the bay, and how fast it is moving in which direction. That allows the eco-boats that…

Testing the world’s largest tidal lagoon in Delft

21 November 2014

Extreme tidal range in Swansea Bay The lagoon exploits the tidal range in the bay, which as a part of the Bristol Channel is one of the few places in the world where the difference…

Tests on new type of floating reed marsh

20 November 2014

As a result, these floating reed marshes help to defend shores and therefore improve flood protection, ultimately generating savings for water management authorities. The wave attenuation of the new mattress was tested last week in…

European knowledge agenda for soil-sediment-water, subsurface and land use

17 November 2014

The Horizon2020 project to establish this specific knowledge agenda is known as INSPIRATION (Integrated Spatial Planning, land use and soil management Research ACTION). Work package leader Jos Brils and “National Focal Point” Linda Maring: ‘That…