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, ...

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 ...

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