Background information on anniversary activities

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) covers many areas of research, from nanotechnology to large infrastructures, energy research, medical technology and mobility issues. But our special focus has always been on water, and worldwide TU Delft has built up a formidable reputation in this area, both in research and education, and as a partner. Our research covers all topics related to water.

Deltatechnology

How to stay safe and comfortable in our low lying country, given climate change, sea level rise and land subsidence, while at the same time keeping environmental issues in mind, and the concerns of all stakeholders? By combining fundamental research with practical innovations and our insights in the world of water governance, TU Delft can give integral answers to such major issues.

Watertechnology

Safe drinking water together with sufficient and clean ground and surface water for all are the targets set for our Watertechnology research theme. We aim to develop – together with our partners – new ideas and innovations for questions ranging from the removal of trace amounts of medicines from our drinking water to irrigation issues in the developing world.

Urban water management

A large part of the world’s population lives in cities, and that percentage is increasing rapidly. Water needs to be transported into the city, i.e. drinking water, but waste water and rain water also needs to be transported out of the city. Or does it? Can we make better use of our waste water and rain water by not throwing it out as quickly as possible? Closing the urban water cycle is a central theme in our urban water management research.

Sensing & monitoring

At TU Delft we also look at water from literally a more distant view point. Delft researchers are working with and on satellite systems such as the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE), the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and Cryo-Sat 2. Not only playing a major role in the development of the satellites themselves, but also in the way the data is collected, processed and interpreted.