About AquaConnect

The Dutch delta faces enormous challenges in fresh water provision for industry, agriculture and nature during increasingly frequent severe droughts. This requires a major overhaul towards a water system that stores precipitation surpluses instead of discharging it to sea and that uses alternative water sources. AquaConnect is instrumental in the transition towards this system by developing:

i) risk-assessment strategies for circular water systems ii) water treatment technologies that enable the use of domestic/industrial effluents and brackish groundwater; ii) digital technologies for subsurface water distribution modelling and the design of smart water grids which connect supply, demand and nature-based storage;          iii) tools to manage related societal changes;                    iv) demonstrations of AquaConnect technologies and tools in four demonstration areas in the Netherlands, and internationally.

Watch the movie below for an further impression of the AquaConnect research program