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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6 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
- 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
- 2 projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- 2 projects in Northern America
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9 projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Adapting to CC and Mitigating Water Scarcity by Innovative UWM in Cuba
- Developing the evidence-base in support of water resources management policy for sust agriculture development and environmental protection
- Experimental Methods on Wastewater Treatment in Spanish
- Hydrogeochemistry characterization of the presence of arsenic of the Phreatic aquifer of Mataderos area- Buenos Aires City
- Operational Flood Forecasting Warning and Response for Multi Scale Flood Risks
- Piloting Colombia's New IWRM Policy in Key Catchments (ColCuencas)
- Solid Waste Bonaire 1
- Strengthening the Cuban Food Production and Aquaculture Sector.
- Visualizing aquifers: sustainable water use in the Atacama Desert and beyond
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10 projects in Middle East and North Africa
- Anticipatory Flood Management in Alexandria, Egypt.
- Center for Soil, Water and Coastal Resources
- 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
- 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
- SCARCE (Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East)
- Water Intelligence for the Near East
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5 projects in South Asia
- Adaptation to Global Change in Agricultural Practices (AGIoCAP)
- Climate Change Impacts on Seasonally and Intermittently Open Tidal Inlets
- COmmunity REsilience through rapid prototyping of flood proofing
- Develop of a Point-of-Use Device for Arsenic Removal in Bangladesh
- Enhancement of natural water systems and treatment methods for safe and sustainable water supply in India
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22 projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Adaptation to Climate Change impacts on the Nile River Basin
- Adaptive and integrative tools and strategies on natural resources management.
- 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
- Dengue, water, and households: informing suppliers and government officials in small towns
- 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
- In Search of Sustainable Catchments and Basin-wide Solidarities: Blue Nile
- Integrated approaches for sanitation in unsewered slum areas in Africa
- Low-Cost Drinking Water Treatment in Developing Countries
- Nile Ecosystems Valuation for wise-Use
- Risk-Based Operational Water Management for the Incomati River Basin
- River basin simulation for improved transboundary water management in the Nile: Case study of the Tekezze-Atbara sub-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
- Tools for Wetland Ecosystem Resources Management in Eastern Africa
- 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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19 projects in Western Europe
- An empirical Analysis of Evolution of the EU Water Supply & Sanitation Sectors
- Bio-availability of trace metals in anaerobic granular sludge reactors
- Community Based Earth Observatory of Water
- Decentralised Integrated Analysis and Enhancement of Awareness in Flood Risk
- 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
- Innovative Remote Sensing Monitoring Tools and Methods for Coastal Processes
- Integration of operational management to be able to contribute to the solution of the water issue part I
- 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
- Membrane bioreactor technology with an EU perspective
- Novel biological engineering processes for heavy metal removal and recovery
- Optimal Membrane systems: control & prevention of (bio)fouling
- Rehabilitation technologies for degraded water systems presenting quantity and quality problems
- Study of selection water problems in three delta cities
- Sulfate Reduction Dependant Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
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25 projects in
- Assessment of the Consequences and Sustainability of possible increases in water productivity by means of water accounting
- Benchmarking for Pro-poor Water Services Provision
- Enabling the assessment of alternative water supply systems to promote urban water security in the Global South
- Environmental knowledge discovery of human sensed data
- Global Earth Observation for integrated water resource assessment
- Improved Drought Early Warning and Forecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa (DEWFORA)
- Integrated Flood Risk Analyses and Management Methodologies
- 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
- NWO UDW Strengthening Strategic Delta Planning Processes in Bangladesh, NL and beyond
- Partnerships in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector
- Preparing for Extreme and Rare Events in Coastal Regions
- Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts
- River Basin Twinning Initiatives as a Tool to Implement EU Water Initiatives
- Salt and Brackish Water as Second Quality Water for Urban Environment
- Sediment Transport from Reservoirs to Estuaries
- 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
- Sustainable Water Management Improves Tomorrow's Cities' Health
- 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 reclamation technologies for safe artificial groundwater recharge