Research Projects
IHE Delft conducts scientific research in collaboration with various universities and research institutes in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Clients include multilateral and bilateral agencies, as well as NGOs and private sector organizations. A selection of recent research (R&D) projects in which IHE Delft is involved is listed on this page.
Projects around the world
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28 projects in Worldwide
- A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins
- A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Toolkit to support sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development in water scarce regions
- An Ecosystem of Citizen Observatories for Environmental Monitoring
- Assessment of the consequences and sustainability of possible increases in water productivity by means of water accounting
- Benchmarking for Pro-poor Water Services Provision II
- Enabling the assessment of alternative water supply systems to promote urban water security in the Global South
- Environmental knowledge discovery of human sensed data
- Farming in times of crises: experiences, responses and needs of smallholder farmers during the COVID19 pandemic
- Global Earth Observation for integrated water resource assessment
- Improved Drought Early Warning and Forecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa (DEWFORA)
- Investing in Land and Water: turning climate finance mechanisms into tools for cooperation
- Media Science and Water Diplomacy in the Nile Basin (and beyond)
- Merging Hydrologic Models and EO Data for Reliable Information on Water
- Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts for improved water security in coastal areas under socio-economic and climate change
- Natural Systems for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- NAture Insurance value: Assessment and Demonstration
- NWO UDW Strengthening Strategic Delta Planning Processes in Bangladesh, NL and beyond
- Preparing for Extreme and Rare Events in Coastal Regions
- Regenarating ECOsystems with Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk rEduCTion
- Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts
- Salt and Brackish Water as Second Quality Water for Urban Environment
- Smart Toolbox for Engaging Citizens into a People-Centric Observation Web
- Sustainable Hydropower and Multipurpose Storage to meet the Water, Food and Energy SDG's
- Uncovering Hidden Dynamics of Water Service Provision in Slum Environments
- Understanding Flows of Water and People in Bangladesh and the Netherlands
- Water Accounting for larger river basins
- Water intensive agricultural growth in North Africa: changing gendered farm identities and practices
- Women's environmental global organising for community well-being
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8 projects in East Asia and Pacific
- Capacity development and professional development in the Irrawaddy river basin
- Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program
- Delta Flows: The Role that Delta’s play in sustaining basin-scale fisheries in the Mekong and Irrawaddy Rivers
- Flood-based farming systems for enhancing livelihood resilience in the floodplain of upper Mekong delta
- Managing Adaptive REsponses to changing flood risk in Asia (MARE)
- Postdoctoral Research Programme on Adaptation to Climate Change
- Socio Technical Flood Resilience in Water Sensitive Cities
- Water Accounting in River Basins and Water Productivity Measurements in Irrigation Projects
- 3 projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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8 projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Adapting to CC and Mitigating Water Scarcity by Innovative UWM in Cuba
- Climate change, gender & equity in access to water in peri-urban Colombia
- Evidence4Policy: Developing the evidence-base in support of water resources management policy for sustainable agriculture development and environmental protection
- Experimental Methods on Wastewater Treatment in Spanish
- Golden Triangle Latin America: Sanitation Learning Alliance Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia
- Piloting Colombia's New IWRM Policy in Key Catchments (ColCuencas)
- Strengthening the Cuban Food Production and Aquaculture Sector.
- Visualizing aquifers: sustainable water use in the Atacama Desert and beyond
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13 projects in Middle East and North Africa
- Anticipatory Flood Management in Alexandria, Egypt.
- Assessment of wastewater treatment technologies and promotion of smart irrgation systems iin the MENA Region using an eco-friendly gum (MENARA)
- Connecting regional experts from the Middle East and Nile Basin countries to contribute to solving water scarcity
- Enhancing the Structure, Content and Outreach of the Water and Environment Masters’ Programs at Birzeit University
- Impact of Untreated Wastewater on natural Water Bodies: Risk Assessment
- Improving water productivity and livelihoods in the Jordan valley by using recycled wastewater and brackish groundwater in agriculture
- KIDRONNAR - Decentralised wastewater treatment and reuse for local sustainable solutions, contributing to conflict reduction.
- Mobile Microwave based reactor unit for on-site faecal sludge treatment for the humanitarian and development WASH sector
- Practical experiences with treatment of arsenic and iron contaminated groundwater
- Promoting integrated and sustainable development in the Litani River Lebanon using new approaches
- SCARCE (Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East)
- SMART Waater Decisions for Iran (SMART-WADI)
- Water Intelligence for the Near East
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7 projects in South Asia
- Adaptation to Global Change in Agricultural Practices (AGIoCAP)
- ADB TOP-UP Coastal Risk Sri Lanka - Pilot (CRISP)
- BIo-mimetic and phyto-techNologies DesIgned for low-cost purficAtion and recycling of water
- Climate Change Impacts on Seasonally and Intermittently Open Tidal Inlets
- COmmunity REsilience through rapid prototyping of flood proofing
- Enhancement of natural water systems and treatment methods for safe and sustainable water supply in India
- Groundwater Rejuvination As Climate changE Resilience for marginalized and gender sensitive GangeS (GRACERS)
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21 projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Accounting for Nile waters: connecting investments in large scale irrigation to gendered reallocations of water and labor in the Eastern Nile basin
- Africa-EU Innovation Alliance for Water and Climate
- Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs securing water for development
- Customised sanitation information for aid workers, CBOs and NGOs in Darfur
- Environmental Flows for People and Ecosystems in the Mara River Basin (MaraFlows)
- Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa
- Hydropower-to-Environment Water Transfers in the Zambezi Basin
- Improved water efficiency control based on advanced remote sensing technologies
- In Search of Sustainable Catchments and Basin-wide Solidarities: Blue Nile
- Integrated approaches for sanitation in unsewered slum areas in Africa
- Local community empowerment through sustainable resource use and agricultural value-chain development in the Limpopo basin
- Nature based water infrastructures for #GlobalGoals (NaBWIG)
- Nile Ecosystems Valuation for wise-Use
- Presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2 in sewage and urban drainage in Maputo, Mozambique
- Risk-Based Operational Water Management for the Incomati River Basin
- Small-holder System Innovations in Integrated Watershed Management; and Upscaling small-scale land and water system innovations in dryland agro-ecosystems for sustainability and livelihood improvements
- Stability of Grand Bassam
- Sustainable freshwater supply in urbanizing Maputo
- The Ecology of Livelihoods in East African Wetlands
- Upscaling Small-Scale Land and Water System Innovations in Dry Agro-Ecosystems
- Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns: the urban-rural intersection
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13 projects in Western Europe
- Citizen Science Earth Observation Lab
- Community Based Earth Observatory of Water
- Decentralised Integrated Analysis and Enhancement of Awareness in Flood Risk
- Demonstrating integrated innovative technologies for an optimal and safe closed water cycle in Mediterranean tourist facilities
- Development of a methodology for the efficient and sustainable removal of emerging pollutants in WWTPs
- Development of Hydropower Converter for Very Low Head Differences
- Ecohydrological multi-scale thermal monitoring and validation of water and energy fluxes in freshwater wetlands
- Gridded Management System on Environmental Sustainability and Vulnerability
- ICT Solutions for Efficient Water Resources Management
- Knowledge-based approach to develop a prevention culture of water Risk
- Localised environmental and health information services
- Managing Adaptive Responses to changing floodrisk in the North Sea Region
- Rehabilitation technologies for degraded water systems presenting quantity and quality problems