KuiperCompagnons designed new Indian city based on more food, energy, water and shelter
Posted on 20 June 2013
The Urban development & housing department of the State of Rajasthan, India, has notified the master plan for a new city, 60 km from the capital New Delhi. The city's design is based on the ideals of more more food, energy, water and shelter (FEWS). A Dutch consortium lead by...
Royal HaskoningDHV and VEI to develop new water distribution for northern Maputo, Mozambique
Posted on 20 June 2013
International consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV and international water utilities company Vitens Evides International (VEI) will develop a new water distribution system for northern Maputo, the capital city of...
Flood Proof Holland opens test facility for new temporary flood defence systems
Posted on 18 June 2013
Just next to the campus of the Delft University of Technology a test facility for temporary flood defence systems was officially opened on 17 June. The facility is initiated by the Valorisation Programme Delta...
Malcolm Pirnie Water division officialy rebranded as Arcadis
Posted on 16 June 2013
Dutch engineering and consultancy firm Arcadis has announced it has officially re-branded its water division Malcolm Pirnie water division, which it acquired in 2009, as Arcadis. Colorado-based Arcadis US, as of...
Student's idea Green Cities chosen as Dutch entry for Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Posted on 16 June 2013
In a thrilling finale Dutch student team Kimberly Schoenmaker (right) and Lotte Hoes (left) of the Christian Lyceum Zeist won the Bright Water Heads Award 2013 on 14 June.With their idea for cities with green roofs for...
Dutch sandbag filling machines deployed to Elbe, Germany to prevent river flooding
Posted on 12 June 2013
Dutch water board Hunze en Aa's deployed two sandbag filling machines and 6 staff members to the German town of Amt Neuhaus, along the river Elbe on 10 June. Following the heavy rainfall in Central Europe last week, a...
Delta cities share experiences on flood control and heat waves at C40-workshop in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Posted on 10 June 2013
From 3 - 6 June climate adaptation specialists from 23 delta cities gathered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for the C40-workshop on extreme weather events and lessons learned. The C40-workshop was...
Uganda and Netherlands take lead in global water integrity agenda against corruption
Posted on 9 June 2013
The first Water Integrity Forum came to a successful conclusion with the Ugandan Minister of State for Water Resources, Betty Bigombe (middle) and Kitty van der Heijden, Ambassador for Sustainable Development of...
