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Freshwater is vital for drinking water, nature, agriculture and industry. However, the availability of freshwater is under pressure in deltas throughout the world. Salty seawater is penetrating further up the rivers due to human intervention, such as the deepening of waterways, as equally climate change.

Various research projects of our faculty regarding the underground, have been featured in the magazine Delft Outlook.

Each academic year the Delft University Fund awards the prize for the Best Graduate of TU Delft. Each faculty is asked to nominate their best graduate. Djonno Breser has been nominated by CEGs faculty this year. The final announcement of the winner is on Tuesday 12 November.

Scientific research has revealed that a flint tool cased in a tar-like substance is actually one of the few examples of the use of glue by Neanderthals.

The royal couple opened a new pilot installation for the purification of contaminated wastewater in Indian drains.

Peter Teunissen, professor in Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning at Delft University of Technology was honored with the career-highlight Johannes Kepler Award, presented by the Institute of Navigation (ION)’s satellite division.

Within the programme Living Labs in the Dutch Delta researchers of Delft University of Technology will coordinate two projects. They are focused on large-scale nature-based interventions in the coastal and river area: the Sand Motor and the Hedwige-Prosperpolder.