Deltares is a (''Major Technological Institute'') in the Netherlands specialising in hydraulic engineering research and consulting, along with water management, geotechnics, and

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. The organisation's research mainly focuses on

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and river deltas, coastal regions, and offshore engineering. As of 2020, Deltares employed over 750 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members from 42 nationalities, located in

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and Utrecht. The

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in 2020 was €112 million. Deltares operations focus on, among other things: * Water management; *

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; * Hydraulic engineering; * Groundwater; * Soil management; * Geology; * Ecology; * Water quality; * River and coastal morphology.

Facilities

In addition to desk study research, Deltares undertakes

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research and development of computer applications. For physical model research, Deltares has several wave flumes (including the

Delta Flume Delta Flume is a 300 meter long man-made flume with a wave generator that is capable of producing waves as tall as five meters, the world's largest artificial waves. It is located at the Deltares Research Institute outside the city of Delft, Nethe ...

), wave basins, and lock facilities. Facilities are also available for research on pumps and pipelines. For geotechnical research, Deltares provides facilities such as the geocentrifuge, a water and soil flume (for

dredging Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...

research), and a geotechnical laboratory.

History

Deltares was established on January 1, 2008, following the findings of the Wijffels Committee, from the merger of: * GeoDelft * Delft Hydraulics, previously known as the (''Hydraulic Research Laboratory'') * Parts of TNO–Building and Underground * Parts of the specialized services RIZA, RIKZ, and DWW from Rijkswaterstaat. Initially, the name Delta Institute was considered. However, this name had been used until 1992 by another organization: the Delta Institute for

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Research. This organization is now part of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW).By 2008, the Delft laboratory had become known by the English name ''WL , Delft Hydraulics'', and in an effort to consolidate knowledge with similar institutes, it was merged with other research institutes and sections of Rijkswaterstaat, becoming known by its present name.

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References

{{Commons category Coastal engineering Civil engineering Hydraulic engineering Delta Works Research institutes in the Netherlands

Facilities

History

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