The impact of salinisation is becoming a bigger problem in various parts around the world. Given climate change, droughts, sea level rise and anthropogenic impacts such as rising demand for fresh water, dams and dredging, long-term effects must be considered in current and future interventions in the system. Deltares is using its system knowledge and models to contribute to monitoring, forecasting, scenario analysis, policy studies, effect analyses, testing innovations and implementing solutions. A partner to tackle salt intrusion in an integrated and future-resilient way.
As a knowledge institute, it is important to be at the forefront of knowledge and tool development, and of developing adaptive strategies for a sustainable (fresh) water supply, both in a national and an international setting. We have therefore formed Team Salinisation. Within Team Salinisation, we aim to combine the strengths of the different units and programs within Deltares towards scientific and societal impact by working on an integrated approach for saltwater management and building a community of salt experts. This wiki serves as a portfolio for all salinisation projects within Deltares.
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Course at IHE Delft on processes and modelling of salt water intrusion.12 Jan
., Lin, H. X., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2024). GLOBGM v1.0: a parallel implementation of a 30 arcsec PCR-GLOBWB-MODFLOW global-scale groundwater model. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(275–300
, 2023. Reproducible construction of a high-resolution national variable-density groundwater salinity model for the Netherlands. Environ. Model. Softw. 105683
Van Engelen, J., Massmann, G., 2023. Paleo-hydrogeological modeling to understand present-day groundwater salinities in a low-lying coastal groundwater system (Northwestern Germany). Water Resour. Res.
