This key theme focuses on developing methods that enable spatial development to be more in tune with the water system. To do so, there is investment in further developing skills that allow us to determine what must be done to achieve sustainable water management in planned spatial developments. Attunement between water and space calls for state-of-the-art technology, integrated system thinking, and the ability to think in terms of mutual benefits. These skills are developed within the framework of this project. In parallel, those involved gradually build up experience of the interaction between water and space. Within separate projects of the key theme, work is carried out on water systems at all levels: flow area, regional and local in relation to inland waters, and outer coastal waters in general (specifically along the North Sea coast).

Projects

Water als a planned principle (more information)
Integrated urban water management (more information)
Tools for implementing the European water framework directive (more information)
Water quality and calamities (more information)
Wetlands (more information)
Sustainable development of the North sea and coastal zone (more information)

Products of knowledge

Sustainable energy from water – inspiration atlas of options
Water, sustainable energy, inspiration

What is it?
Inspiration document that explains the various physical principles of sustainable energy extraction from water, together with an estimate of the amount of energy that can be won.

What can we use this for?
The total potential of energy in water appears to be twice as large as the entire Dutch annual electricity demand. This is the best kept secret in the sustainable energy world. Not all possibilities can realistically be implemented, but our initial estimate indicates that the social commercial supply is always 30% of the annual electricity use in The Netherlands.

Who will be interested?
Consultancies, governments and green-energy producers, knowledge institutes.

More information
marcel.bruggers@deltares.nl

PAO course ‘Energy from Water’
Water as a sustainable source of energy
What is it?
A two-day PAO course.

What can we use this for?
Course participants:
• Learn about the physical principles of water as a source of sustainable energy, as well as considering the hidden potential per category.
• Gain insight into up-to-date developments within various practical applications (technologies), with discussion
• Learn about strategic and political viewpoints on sustainable energy creation from water
• Are put to the test during an interactive workshop.

Who will be interested?
Consultancies, governments and green-energy producers, knowledge institutes.

More information
marcel.bruggers@deltares.nl

GeoCheck development sites

GeoCheck development sites ensure lower costs

What is it?
A service to make optimum use of underground and groundwater qualities by combining or moving functions.

What can we use this for?
Area plans compare and conclude which variants are the most sustainable or cost-effective. To make a base map which can then be used to design a sustainable area variant. If town and country planning processes take the quality of the subsurface and groundwater into account at an early stage, it becomes possible to build more quickly, to save costs, and to create a qualitatively better building environment. And not only the construction costs can be substantially lower, but the maintenance costs as well.

Who will be interested?
Municipalities, architects, project developers.

More information
micheline.hounjet@deltares.nl