Tools and criteria for urban water management

Thom Bogaard (associate professor water management) was awarded a grant worth EUR 250.000 by NWO for his proposal on improving sustainable water resources management. 

The Joint Programming Initiative Water is intiated to address the challenge to ensure sustainable water management to sustain economies within Europe and beyond.  With this research grant, Bogaard can appoint a postdoc for 2, 5 years. 

Urbanwat - Tools and criteria for urban water management

Coordinator: Dr. Thom Bogaard (Delft University of Technology)

Groundwater quality in urban areas is under increasing pressure. The water resources under our fast expanding urban areas are an important source of water for society. However, they also deliver more and yet unknown contaminants and the increased complexity in land use has strong influence on the ground water quality. Urbanwat proposes an integrated approach for urban groundwater management using monitoring, measuring and modelling of ground water systems in urban areas with the overall aim to contribute to the healthy and safe use of urban ground water resources. The lab of Thom Bogaard will be working on developing novel tracer technology to map groundwater flow patterns and residence time using synthetic DNA encapsulated in microscopic sand grains.