Protecting Colombo against future floods

Urban resilience

Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, was hit in May 2016 by the worst flooding since 1989. Encroachment of valuable wetland systems, informal settlements and less efficient urban drainage systems contributed to the intensity of…

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Salvage and wreck removal

In salvage and wreck removal operations, the complexity, operational and environmental requirements call for a multidisciplinary approach. Deltares understands this and provides specialist knowledge in areas like geotechnical and coastal engineering, morphology, dredging, metocean and…

Cristoforo Colombo

Salvage and wreck removal

Developed a refloat concept of the vessel together with the client by means of dredging, building a dike and usage of geomembrane. Investigated geotechnical data and assessed risk involved in the stability and integrity of…

Baltic Ace

Salvage and wreck removal

Investigated and advised the P&I Club on suitability of soil conditions around the Baltic Ace area to enable lowering by dredging. This was achieved by analyzing available geological and geotechnical data. When the dredging option…

Monitoring network for Nutrients in Agriculture-Specific Surface Water (MNLSO)

Monitoring and modelling of ecosystems

Intensive farming in the Netherlands produces manure that is spread on fields and pastures. This manure, in combination with other fertilisers, results in excessive concentrations of nitrogen and phosphate in soil, groundwater and surface water….

Time traveling in the Netherlands: Paleo-maps

Characterisation and visualisation of the subsurface

Deltares developed this app to enable the wide public, everyone with a smartphone, to time-travel through the landscape of the Netherlands and become more aware of our past and of the ground layers below our…

Energy saving by implementing first smart thermal grid for buildings

Renewable energy from water and subsoil

TU Delft and Deltares have joined forces with Deerns, Kuijpers, Priva and Van Beek to realise the first smart thermal grid for buildings in the Netherlands on the TU Delft campus. Smart thermal grids help…

River basin management for water security in Indonesia

Information systems for freshwater security

Household and urban water security in Indonesia is an important challenge. Only 20% of households have piped water access and 54% have access to sanitation in rural areas. In urban settings, piped urban water supply…