Sustainable Water Management News
On this page, you will find all news and activities of the Sustainable Water Management programme.
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AI helps detecting plastic in oceans
- More and more plastic litter ends up in oceans every day. Satellite images can help detect accumulations of litter along shores and at sea, so that it... -
Major expansion of Aruba’s protected wetlands under Ramsar Convention
- Aruba has seen a major increase of its wetland areas protected under the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands. On 10 November 2023 the Aruban Minister of... -
Aquatic animals can help purify our wastewater
- Aquatic creatures may help purify our wastewater. A team of researchers investigated how invertebrates, such as worms, non-biting midge larvae and... -
Water quality deteriorating in rivers worldwide due to climate change
- Climate change and increases in drought and rainstorms pose serious challenges to our water management. Not only the availability of water is under... -
Martine van der Ploeg appointed professor Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Prof. Martine van der Ploeg as chair and professor of the Hydrology and... -
What ice cream, domino and water management have in common
- Imagine that you are sitting on the shore of a lake on a warm and sunny day. You just bought an ice cream and are enjoying it with your feet in the... -
How does forest restoration affect water cycles?
- Tree restoration is an effective way to store atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. Many initiatives exist to increase global tree cover.... -
Digital Twin for water management
- A new project, called ‘Digital Twin for Water Management, has been initiated to build a Digital Twin for water management by Dutch water boards.... -
Research by volunteers valuable in monitoring water quality
- Measuring biological water quality by volunteers has an added value to monitoring by professionals. It helps to obtain a fuller picture of water... -
The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is sinking: can sediment save it?
- In Vietnam's Mekong Delta, home to about 17 million people, large areas of land have been poldered for the cultivation of crops such as rice and...