BlueCan: cutting carbon emissions by improving the water quality of lakes and ponds

BlueCan is a tool that allows water management authorities to assess carbon emissions from ponds and lakes. The tool shows how different measures can improve water quality and reduce carbon emissions. BlueCan is a joint…

Sustainable site selection for accommodating new refugees in Uganda

Freshwater Scarcity

In response to the protracted refugee crisis, the Ugandan government is implementing a progressive refugee policy considered as the most generous one in the world. This project came as a response towards the expected influx…

National potential of aquathermal energy

Analysis and review of the possibilities One of the options that has received limited attention in the heating transition to date is aquathermal energy. In this study, CE Delft and Deltares produced an estimate of…

Freshwater Availability in Mekong Delta (FAME)

River basin management

Aim Freshwater Availability in the Mekong Delta (FAME) is a collaborative, multiphase project focusing on scoping, piloting and providing upscaling advice to national partners in Vietnam on the implementation of shallow Aquifer Storage and Recovery…

Major joint industry project for more reliable offshore cables

Europe

The Cable Lifetime Monitoring Joint Industry Project (JIP CALM) was launched on 8 July 2019. This project is a collaboration between over 30 international organisations that aim to reduce subsea power-cable failures and make offshore…

Using Oligochaete worms to enhance dewatering and densification of oil sands

Building with nature is possible everywhere

In this project we studied the beneficial role of applying Oligochaete worms into sediment waste ponds. Upon addition of worms, sediment compacts faster, and without the addition of chemicals or the usage of heavy machinery….

Tool for integrated Water Management; Herramienta para el Manejo Integral del Agua – HERMANA

Latin America

To support a sustainable and equitable management of increasingly pressurised water resources, water authorities need to have access to up-to-date information on the availability, demand and use of these resources. However, up-to-date information on the…

JMP-EUNOSAT: Coherent eutrophication assessments for the North Sea, using satellite data.

Understanding systems: from river basin to coastal zones

The JMP-EUNOSAT project has developed a new method for monitoring and assessment of pollution with nutrients (eutrophication). Excess nutrients stimulate algal growth, which can result in lack of oxygen and light under water for plants…

WaterLOUPE: Mitigating water risks to improve livelihoods and reduce costs

Participatory information systems for water security

Water scarcity and the WaterLOUPE approach Socio-economic developments, higher population densities in deltas and climate change have an important impact on water resources and the natural water cycle. Water scarcity, flooding or polluted water are…

New design for making residential areas gas-free generates carbon savings

A residential area in Haarlem dating from the 1930s is planning to test a new design with locally-generated solar heat, heat pumps, and an aquifer thermal energy system (ATES) in the subsurface. If the trial…