Deltares is a water research institute that works on issues related to deltas, coastal areas, and river basins. Through software, data, publications, research projects and knowledge sharing, Deltares helps communities address challenges of living in vulnerable delta regions. Some key projects discussed include providing advice for port expansion in Rotterdam, water management in Singapore and Dubai, river reconstruction in Korea, and flood risk reduction work in Indonesia. Deltares aims to strengthen knowledge on complex water issues internationally and facilitate knowledge exchange between scientists and policymakers in Indonesia and beyond.

1. Perspectives of Deltares and its work in
Indonesia
September 6 2018

2. Our mission

3. Societal themes

4. Living in deltas, coastal areas and river basins

5. Through serious gaming, (open source) software, publications, data
and models, doctorate supervision, Deltares Academy, workshops,
congresses and projects/research projects
Sharing knowledge

6. • Deltares software used in more than 100 countries
• Open software establishes sharing community
Open software
System informatics

7. Extension of Rotterdam harbour
• Research and advice on port design
• Testing coastal defences using scale models
• Tidal flow predictions for ships during the construction phase
• Environmental impact assessments and cooling water discharges
Hydro- and morphodynamics/ Environmental sciences & eco-engineering / Hydraulics and geotechnical engineering

8. • Marina Bay: from estuary to freshwater reservoir
• Objective: an operational water quality management system
• Collaboration with the Singapore Public Utilities Board
Singapore Marina Bay
Hydrological sciences / Environmental sciences & eco-engineering

9. Palm Island, Dubai
Hydraulic engineering / Geo-engineering / Eco-engineering
• Man-made peninsula measuring 4 x 4 km
• Advice about coastal defence and erosion, water circulation, water
quality, site preparation, compression and earthquake precautions

10. Korean rivers
• Reconstruction of Nakdong Han, Geum & Yeongsan rivers
• Safe, clean rivers, adequate water and nature conservation
• Collaboration with Korea Water Resources Corporation and
National Institute of Environmental Research
Environmental sciences & eco-engineering / Hydrological sciences

11. • Learning more about failure mechanisms
• Field validation of new measurement techniques
• New knowledge saves millions of euros
Large-scale practical testing
System informatics / Applied geosciences & soil mechanics

12. Delft-FEWS in more than 40 countries

13. Jakarta floods
Advising theThai Prime Minister and crisis team on
flood control measures

14. NCICD Knowledge management-Jakarta

15. Demak (peri-urban) : Nature based vs. hard structures

16. Swiss Confederation
Towards Innovative Flood Risk Management
in Indonesia
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop
5 Cities Overview Presentation
Bogor, Indonesia
27 and 28 August 2018

17. • Through our projects in Indonesia we strengthen our knowledge base for
complex international issues in the field of water and sub-surface.
• We organize and facilitate knowledge debates between Indonesian
scientists and policy makers with international experts and coordinate our
work with Indonesian knowledge institutes Indonesia,
• We realize this by research projects in five main themes that cover our
work:
• Flood risk: urban flooding, coastal flood defence
• Ecosystems and Environmental Quality: nature based flood defences,
water (quality) and health, ecological flows
• Water and Subsoil resources: (ground)water resources management,
catchment hydrology, hydrology tropical peat lands, multi-resolution
modelling, water-food-energy-nexus
• Delta infrastructure: coastal infrastructure, water tube
• Adaptive delta planning: sinking cities, adaptation pathways, water
governance
Ambition of Deltares in Indonesia

18. Why is our cooperation with Pusair so important?
• Pusair is the national knowledge institute on water resources in Indonesia,
the natural partner for Deltares and instrumental in implementing its strategy
in Indonesia;
• The ambitions of Pusair overlap with those of Deltares where it concerns the
desire to pursuing scientific and technical cooperation related to water
resources, hydraulics, river and coastal morphology, water quality,
hydrogeology, geotechnics, lowlands, climate change, climate adaptation,
land subsidence, flood and drought early warning, mitigation and disaster
risk reduction, integrated environmental analysis, preparation of master plan
for natural resources management as well as feasibility studies and overall
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Indonesia and the
South Asian East region and beyond;
• Pusair is the partner of Deltares in working with Government institutions,
and we can jointly benefit by increasing our knowledge and expertise:

19. Examples of activities of our cooperation
• NCICD-KM, assisting Pusair in:
• data and information management;
• development of a knowledge management strategy, M&E system,
coastal zone database;
• Joint Cooperation Program-3 and the design and establishment of a Centre
of Excellence of Hydro-informatics
• Supporting the role of Pusair in the mitigation of Land Subsidence;
• Supporting capacity in the field of water quality modeling;
• Exchange of experience and software in field of integrated water resources
management, water management datasets for river basins, peat- lowlands,
and drought and flood forecasting through;
• Training courses presented by Deltares staff in Indonesia
• Study tours
• Undertaking pilot projects
• Development and operationalization of (prototype) databases, and
drought and flood early warning and forecasting systems
• Jointly organizing national/regional software days
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20. Questions?