Delft-FEWS linked to Twitter (Jakarta)

Real-time information for flood event management

A flood warning system in Jakarta has been extended to include real-time data supplied through Twitter. The Jakarta Flood Early Warning System, J-FEWS, is based on Delft-FEWS. This is the first time that Deltares has…

Netherlands Hydrological Instrument

Autonomous trends, climate change and human activities are expected to have a significant impact on Dutch water management. In the context of the Delta Programme, Delta Scenarios have been drafted on the basis of long-term…

Rapid Assessment Model for Urban Water Supply

Water supply in urbanising deltas

The world population is expected to rise from 7 billion now to 9 billion in 2050, with the increase being concentrated in urbanised areas. More than half of the global population already lives in urbanised…

Monitoring crop yield anomalies in Indonesia

Water supply in urbanising deltas

Indonesian farmers finance investments in rice crops. However, if harvests are poor or crops fail, they risk of losing their investments. Poor farmers have limited assets to fall back on, and the forced selling of…

Ichthys Pipeline: laying a new offshore pipeline

Pipelines & Cables Sector

In 2014 started the construction of almost 900 kilometres of pipeline  in the ocean north of Australia to transport gas and some condensate (a very light form of oil, by-product of gas extraction) to onshore…

A step closer to new and cheaper wind turbine foundations

Offshore Renewable Energy Sector

A major increase in offshore wind capacity is expected in the coming years. However, because of shipping routes, oil and gas platforms, the visual impact and ecological considerations, wind farms will increasingly be located further…

Strengthening integrated water resources management in Mongolia

River basin management

The water sector in Mongolia virtually collapsed after the democratic revolution in the early 1990s. In line with international developments, there is now also demand in Mongolia for using integrated water resources management to tackle…

Studying opportunities for energy from surface water

Sustainable energy from water and subsoil

Producing thermal energy from surface water is sustainable and it can enhance water quality. On behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure & the Environment, Deltares and IF Technology are mapping out the opportunities for obtaining…

Maximum unloading, efficient transport, reliable ETA

Ports and waterways

This project Covadem stands for cooperative navigation depth measurement (coöperatieve vaardieptemeting in Dutch). In this project, inland shippers collect information about navigation depths during their trips and share it with each other in condensed form….

Multifunctional flood defences

Flood defences protect us from the water. In the Dutch landscape, they often take the shape of dikes. However, in cities, they are sometimes less prominent. Even so, they also protect the public and businesses…