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

WANDA

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…

Providing support in relation to the implementation of soil and land-related sustainable development goals at EU level

In 2015 the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); a set of 17 goals aimed to be the roadmap for society to move from exploitation to sustainable use of our planets resources and…

SOILS4EU, importance of soils for societal challenges in Europe

In Europe, different Member States manage their soil and land in different ways. This is partly because there is no legal European framework for soils. In SOILS4EU we work together to raise awareness and provide…