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    Putting a face to the figures

    Meet our people

    Behind every accurate payslip and timely payment lies a sharp eye for detail and a passion for precision. Monique is a payroll specialist mainly dealing with complex changes to the payroll system. She checks whether certain calculations are correct and whether payment orders are carried correctly. What inspires her to work at Deltares? We asked Monique: “What drives you?”

    30 June 2025

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    Working on a future-proof river area

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    How do our rivers remain navigable, how do they help us get fresh water in the future, and how do we prevent flooding? Deltares is deploying its expertise to answer these questions in the Room for the River 2.0 programme. In this programme we are working together with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Waterstaat, Rijkswaterstaat, regional governments and the business community on a future-proof river area.

    13 June 2025

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    Controlling burrowing beavers

    Background

    Animal burrowing is becoming an increasing problem for the safety of flood defences. Deltares conducted various studies on this issue so that water authorities can take measures to control the flood risks caused by burrowing animals such as beavers.

    13 May 2025

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    Nature as inspiration for climate-proof solutions

    Meet our people

    How can we combat climate change and restore natural ecosystems at the same time? This is the question that Stefano Gamberoni struggles with every day. Stefano is a junior advisor and researcher in the field of Nature-based Solutions and the carbon cycle in coastal areas. What inspires him to work at Deltares? We asked Stefano: "What drives you?"

    12 May 2025

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    Turbid oceans better understood with satellites

    Background

    Our oceans are full of life and this huge biodiversity is important for a healthy ecosystem. There are however several factors that can disrupt this balance, such as turbid ocean water for example. But how do we measure this turbidity and what is its impact? Deltares investigates this together with IMT Atlantique in the European Digital Twin Ocean (EDITO) project. To better understand the so-called 'turbidity field', the latest digital technologies are combined with existing numerical models and satellite data with the Wadden Sea as a pilot.

    1 May 2025

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    The battle against drought damage

    Background

    With increasingly extreme periods of drought and increasing water scarcity, it is important to get a better grip on water use in agriculture. After all, what impact does drought have, and can something be done about it? What role does evaporation play in this and what processes are involved? Deltares is investigating this in the WUNDER project with the aim of developing an improved model to understand the behavior of soil and vegetation during prolonged drought.

    10 April 2025

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    Documenting groundwater dynamics

    Background

    The construction of the IJmuiden Sea Lock has significantly deepened the bed of the North Sea Canal there. How has the deepened canal bed affected the fresh groundwater below it? Has the new situation increased the risk of the groundwater around the lock complex becoming saline? Deltares is conducting research on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat. ‘Groundwater changes very slowly, which is why you have to take measurements over a long period of time to be able to detect changes,’ says researcher Pieter Pauw.

    31 March 2025

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    Is sand becoming scarce?

    Interview

    "Sand is the most important and widely used resource after water!" reveals Tommer Vermaas who is a Coastal Geologist at Deltares. In fact, in some places in the world, there is already a shortage. Why is that and do we still have enough supply in the Netherlands? To properly map the sand situation in our own country, Deltares is developing an improved model together with TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands on request of Rijkswaterstaat to calculate our sand supply on the seabed.

    6 March 2025

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    "I learn something new when I work on climate adaption"

    Meet our people

    Deltares employs people who work daily for a climate-resilient and resilient world. One of them is Margreet van Marle, researcher on the effects of natural disasters on society. How do we continue to function as a society if infrastructure fails due to flooding or wildfires, for example? This is the question Margreet deals with daily. What inspires her to work at Deltares? We asked Margreet: "What drives you?"

    4 March 2025

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    Charting the subsidence and rotting piles of houses

    Background

    It is estimated that around 425,000 houses in the Netherlands have, or will have to, deal with foundation problems, such as rotting timber piles or shallow foundations in subsiding soils. Consequence: cracks, subsidence and even risk of collapse.

    26 February 2025

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    Shaping a shared future for the North Sea

    Background

    The number of wind turbines in the North Sea is growing rapidly. Good news for the energy transition, but the North Sea was already pretty crowded. Shipping, fishing and fossil fuel extraction also take place there, while new users are already presenting themselves: from floating solar parks to hydrogen production. Together with stakeholders, Deltares, TNO and MARIN investigated multifunctional use, or: how to make wind farms suitable for multiple users.

    26 February 2025

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    Real-time drift warning system

    Interview

    Industries such as power plants or desalination plants withdraw water from rivers or the sea for cooling or freshwater production. Several problems can arise at the water intakes. One such problem is that large amounts of aquatic plant residues and floating debris can clog the intake point. This can bring production to a halt, resulting in potential damage such as power cuts. Deltares developed an innovative real-time debris warning system in which machine learning is applied. This allows industry to respond quicker and take appropriate action.

    4 February 2025