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
- 4 projects in East Asia and Pacific
- 2 projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- 2 projects in Northern America
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7 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
- 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.
- 3 projects in Middle East and North Africa
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4 projects in South Asia
- Adaptation to Global Change in Agricultural Practices (AGIoCAP)
- Climate Change Impacts on Seasonally and Intermittently Open Tidal Inlets
- 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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13 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.
- Environmental Flows for People and Ecosystems in the Mara River Basin (MaraFlows)
- 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
- Risk-Based Operational Water Management for the Incomati River Basin
- Smallholder System Innovations in Integrated Watershed Management
- Stability of Grand Bassam
- 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
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18 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
- 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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21 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
- 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
- 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
- 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