Swansea Bay: Testing the world’s largest tidal lagoon in Delft

Sustainable energy from water and subsoil

Deltares is using a scale model to test the design of a new tidal power plant in Swansea Bay, which is located on the Bristol Channel. The replica of the tidal lagoon has been built…

RWsOS North Sea: Operational Forecasting System for the North Sea

Real-time information for flood event management

RWsOS North Sea is a state of the art forecasting system for water levels and waves on the North Sea. In the last few years, a new forecasting system has been developed. This involved both…

Blue Spots

Climate adaptation

On behalf of Rijkswaterstaat, Deltares has mapped out weak points in the Dutch road network. These blue spots are potential weak links if there are floods, long periods of rain, or extreme rainfall patterns. The…

Aqueduct project: Development of the Global Flood Risk Analyzer

Global data and tools for flood risk assessment

River flooding will affect more people and cause significantly more damage by 2030, as climate change and socioeconomic development accelerate, according to the first-ever public analysis of current and future river-flood risks worldwide. River flooding…

Dam synchronisation and flood releases in Zambezi river basin

The “Dam Synchronization and Flood Releases in the Zambezi River Basin Project” investigated the extent to which the timing of releases for electricity production, agricultural demands, environmental flow, dam safety, and flood protection from existing…

Lesotho Water Sector Improvement Project

Lesotho is a land-locked country that is characterized by high-mountain geography, with the lowest altitude around 1400 m and with the highest part of the country (Drakensberg) over 3000 m. It forms the upper catchment…

MAMASE; water safety and security in the Mara River Basin

Sub Sahara Africa

Deltares participates in this € 8 million programme in a broad consortium led by UNESCO-IHE. The consortium consists of various international and Kenyan partners combining their knowledge, expertise, networks, and resources to improve water safety…

Improved drought early warning and forecasting (DEWFORA)

Sub Sahara Africa

Deltares participated in this DEWFORA (Drought Early Warning Forecasting) project that developed a framework for the provision of drought early warning and response for the improvement of drought impact mitigation in Africa. This framework covers…

Integrated Water Resource Action Plan Programme (IWRAP) for Kenya

Sub Sahara Africa

This € 4 million programme aims to improve conditions for sustainable water and natural resource management in the Lake Naivasha basin in cooperation with NGO’s, the private sector, public agencies and knowledge institutes. Deltares is…