Author: matthijs
1 February 2006
Hydrological assessment of Rio Bravo
FutureWater has provided an assessment of the hydrological characteristics of the Rio Bravo in Mexico for the World Bank. The basin drains an area of over 600000 km2 about 50% of which lies in Mexico. The basin suffers heavily from overexploited aquifers and surface waters due to intensive irrigation and a rapidly growing (urban) population....
1 January 2006
Positive and negative effects of drainage in Fryslân
Client: Waterboard Fryslân Developments in agriculture and climate change will influence the amount and intensity of drainage in the Province of Fryslân in the Netherlands. The impact on (peak) discharges is yet unknown. FutureWater investigated the impact of changes in drainage on discharges with the FutureView methodology. The impact is of changes in drainage on...
1 December 2005
FutureWater contributes to profession development workshop in Uganda
SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute) and ASARECA (Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa) organized a Joint Learning Platform and Profession Development Workshop in Entebbe, Uganda. The theme of the workshop was on the “Green Water Paradigm”. Peter Droogers from FutureWater contributed to this workshop by providing specific training on tools, such as...
1 November 2005
Ronald Loeve visits High Level Dialogue in China
Ronald Loeve visits High Level Dialogue on the Project Results of “Increasing Water Productivity in Rice-bases Cropping Systems” in Zhengzhou, China. Government officials from Henan and Hubei Province and from the Central Government in Beijing visited the dialogue to exchange ideas and learn from the project results. Before the High Level Dialogue a modeling and...
1 July 2005
Exploring evaporation reduction options in the Hai Basin; Analysis using the SWAT model
FutureWater has built a SWAT model for the Hai basin in China. The Bohai Sea, located in the northwest corner of the Yellow Sea, is one of the worldís most ecologically important and stressed bodies of water. The Bohai Sea suffers ecologically from over-fishing, pollution, and reduced inflow of freshwater from upstream basins. The Hai...
1 April 2005
The Water Tower Function of the Tibetan Autonomous Region
Together with several project partners FutureWater has been actively involved in a project in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, which is funded by the Ecoregional Fund. A combination of Remote Sensing and hydrological modeling is applied to assess the Tibet’s richly endowed water resources. Emphasis was put on the effectiveness of these tools at different scales...
1 February 2005
FutureWater has moved from Arnhem to our new office in Wageningen
In this way FutureWater is located in the heart of “Wageningen knowledge center” with institutes as Wageningen University and several (applied) Research Centers. Our new address is: FutureWater Generaal Foulkesweg 28 6703 BS Wageningen tel: 0317 460050 fax: 0317 423716 email: info@futurewater.nl web: https://www.futurewater.nl You can find a detailed description here
1 December 2004
Opportunities to retain and store water in Flevoland
FutureView methode applied With our FutureView method the opportunities to retain and store water were quantified in the Province of Flevoland, The Netherlands. Especially in the Noordoostpolder and Eastern Flevoland excess water can be retained and stored in the soil. The suitability maps can be the basis in the decision making process to pinpoint locations...
1 November 2004
Project on Adaptation to Climate Change in The Gambia
FutureWater finalized a project Adaptation to Climate Change in The Gambia. The objectives of this project were to build and strengthen the institutional capacity, to develop and implement analytical tools for estimating and comparing the costs and benefits of adaptation projects in key natural resource sectors. To achieve these objectives the framework was built together...
1 October 2004
The (un)certainty of Climate Change
The Dutch National Administrative Agreement on Water (Nationaal Bestuursakkoord Water) uses projected precipitation changes derived from a climate change scenario with a global temperature rise of 1ºC in 2050 and 2ºC at the end of the 21e century. FutureWater and KNMI compared precipitation projections based on large scale, General Circulation Models (GCM) with the projection...
