Water Nexus is a new NWO-STW research programme of 6 Million Euro, that will run from 2015 to 2020, and is supported by 25 partners from multinational and small/middle sized companies, consultancy firms, research institutes, water boards, and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. It is coordinated by Prof. Huub Rijnaarts of the Environmental Technology group of Wageningen University (WU). Marc Bierkens (Utrecht University/Deltares) supervises project 1.1: Resource analysis and regional water management, where Gualbert Oude Essink from Utrecht University/Deltares is daily supervisor of the three PhDs.
PhD 1: Rapid regional mapping of salt-fresh water distributions
UU: Vacancy
Goals:
- Assess locations and volumes of fresh and brackish water in deltas through combining airborne geophysics, conventional monitoring techniques, modelling and data-model integration
- Map out vulnerabilities and opportunities for fresh as well as brackish water use and control
PhD 2: Rapid modelling and scenarios for strategic policy development
UU, PhD Daniel Zamrsky
Goals:
- Build a toolbox (set of methods) for quick but comprehensive model construction, using state-of-the-arte codes
- Assess current and future fresh-saltwater distributions.
- Assess regional effects of water management and water technology measures for fresh-salt water use and control.
PhD 3: Operational management of regional salt-fresh water resources
TUDelft, PhD Boran Aydin
Goal:
Set up integrated system to predict fresh water availability to enable day-to-day fresh water control for both water managers and fresh water users
More Information
Dr.ir. Gualbert Oude Essink
T +31 (0)6 30550408
gualbert dot oudeessink at deltares dot nl
Prof.dr. Marc Bierkens
marc dot bierkens at deltares dot nl
