Climate Proof Fresh Water Supply

The aim of this research programme is to develop robust, flexible and long-term solutions from a local to regional perspective, which can contribute to successful strategies to bridge the growing mismatch between demand and supply of fresh water (quantity and salinity) in the changing Dutch Delta (read more). The central issue, which will be addressed by the Consortium, is:

what are opportunities and adaptation strategies for fresh water supply and water quality in the Netherlands, given the changing physical boundary conditions in evaporation, precipitation, river discharges, sea level rise and salt water intrusion?

Consortium leaders
Prof. Eelco van Beek, Senior Specialist Water Resource Management
e: Eelco.vanBeek(at)deltares.nl
t: +31 (0)88 335 8419

Dr. Ad Jeuken, Expert advisor, climate, water and spatial planning
e: Ad.Jeuken(at)deltares.nl
t: +31 (0)88 335 7715

Deltares
Rotterdamseweg 185, 2629 HD Delft (NL)
Postbus 177, 2600 MH Delft (NL)

Research Proposal downloads

the summary (pdf)
on the scientific aspects (pdf)
on the societal aspects (pdf)
WP1: Climate change in the Netherlands in a global and European perspective – our boundary conditions (pdf)
WP2: Adapting fresh water supply and buffering capacity of the coupled groundwater- surface
water system (pdf)
WP3: Preserving and adapting functions to limited fresh water supply (pdf)
WP4: Water technology as a tool box for self-sufficient regional water supply (pdf)
WP5: Decision making under uncertainty – towards an approach for finding robust and flexible
fresh water supply strategies (pdf)
WP6: Applying knowledge in case studies (pdf)

Publications

Consortium Publications
Newsletter Climate-proof Fresh Water Supply (November/December 2011) (in Dutch)
In deze nieuwsbrief onder meer een korte stand van zaken gegeven van de lopende projecten. Wilt de nieuwsbrieven in 2012 van Zoetwatervoorziening en waterkwaliteit automatisch ontvangen, stuur dan een mailtje aan nicole.dejong(at)deltares.nl. De nieuwsbrief wordt met een regelmaat van minstens 2 keer per jaar verzonden.
H2O artikel: De toekomstige grondwateraanvulling
Flyer on Climate Proof Fresh Water Supply
Newsletter Climate-proof Fresh Water Supply (September 2010)

News items (in Dutch)

2012, 31 mei - 1 juni, bijeenkomst Verzilting en waterbeheer: uitdagingen voor beleid, beheer en kennis
2011, december Zelfvoorzienendheid in zoetwatervoorziening Utopie of…..Verslag inspiratiedag zelfvoorzienendheid 6 oktober 2011
Verslag van inspiratiedag zelfvoorzienendheid 6 oktober 2011 door Ad Jeuken (Deltares, Rob Ruijtenberg (STOWA) en Marc Balemans (Tij.)
2011, juni, Begrippen rond het omgaan met onzekerheden

The newsletter will be published with a frequency of at least twice per year (in Dutch). To subscribe to the newsletter of Climate Proof Fresh Water Supply, please send an email to nicole.dejong(at)deltares.nl.

Consortium partners

Hotspots and Stakeholders

Approved Budget

Budget: € 4.975.000

Knowledge for Climate: € 2.500.000
The contribution of the participating knowledge institutes: € 1.358.750