RESEARCH
Biostability of drinking and ultrapure water
The project aims to study the application of reverse osmosis in the production of drinking water from groundwater. Objectives: • To ...
Biofouling assessment in seawater desalination
The project aims to develop a new method to measure ATP and the bacterial growth potential of seawater to monitor biological ...
Scaling control in brackish water reverse osmosis
The project aims to maximize the recovery in BWRO plants while controlling calcium carbonate scaling. Objectives: • To test and validate ...
EU-H2020 MIDES: Microbial Desalination Cells
Desalination of seawater is a method of significantly increasing freshwater resources for drinking, industrial use, and irrigation around the world. However, ...
Wetsus: New pretreatment technologies for biofouling control in seawater desalination
The project aims to develop a new generation of seawater reverse osmosis pre-treatment to eliminate organic and biological fouling. Objectives: • ...
Fouling abatement in seawater desalination
Dissolved air flotation (DAF) in combination with ultrafiltration (UF) is gaining attention as a promising pre-treatment to reduce biofouling in SWRO ...
EDUCATION
Short course on Experimental Methods in Desalination and Membrane Technology
This two week course covers the fundamentals of membrane-based desalination and the experimental and analytical methods for water quality characterization ...
Online course on Desalination and Membrane Technology
This course provides theoretical and practical knowledge on the design and operation of desalination systems and membrane processes (microfiltration, ultrafiltration ...
PhD programme
The group of desalination performs research in the following areas: Water Quality Methods: development of water quality methods to assess ...
Master of Science on Water Supply Engineering
Master of Science (MSc, 18 months, Delft based) on Urban Water and Sanitation with specialization in Water Supply Engineering. You ...
Short course on Desalination and Membrane Technology
This three-week course provides theoretical and practical knowledge on the design and operation of desalination systems and membrane processes (microfiltration, ...
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Jordan: Seawater quality monitoring
IHE Delft under DUPC2 SCARCE project delivered a 4-day training on seawater particulate fouling potential quality monitoring for 5 participants ...
Jordan: Desalination, Diplomacy & Water Reuse in the Middle East (SCARCE)
To address water scarcity caused by increasing population, refugee influx and climate change, Jordan is tapping into resources such ...
Libya: Water professionals trained on water management & desalination
After three weeks in Delft, the water professionals of the Man Made River project from Libya were awarded a certificate ...
Iran: Seawater desalination for drinking and industrial water treatment
IHE Delft together with the Regional Institute for Water Education (RIWE) of the University of Tehran provided a training ...
Lebanon: Integrated water resources management
Per request of UNRWA, IHE Delft conducted a training entitled "Capacity building on water and sanitation management" with the ...
Cuba: Design and operation of seawater reverse osmosis plants
Because of its geographical location, topography and insular character, Cuba is particularly vulnerable to climate change effects, where water scarcity ...
SERVICES
Tailor made training
Besides our regular Delft-based, three-weeks course on desalination and membrane technology (April-May of every year) we offer tailor made training ...
Applied research
Our facilities and expert knowledge allows us to do specific research in the field of seawater and brackish water desalination ...
Troubleshooting and optimization
Troubleshooting and optimization of water treatment plants and in particular of desalination plants. We have unique tools for onsite monitoring ...