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1 Wageningen UR 3 rd of February 2017, Huub Rijnaarts

2 To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life Society and well-being Food and biobased production Natural resources and living environment

3 1 Water-Food-Energy- Biodiversity NEXUS Water-Food, Water- Biodiversity, Water- Industry,... Delta Hinterland: River Basins! Cross Sectoral Solutions 3

4 Water availability: delta s under pressure From National Geographic

5 Hoitink and Zang, 2014

6 What about Europe? From National Geographic

7 Climate change & river basins Drought: pan-european trends Trends in SIMULATED August flow ( ) decreasing increasing Dr. Stahl et al.; van Lanen, H.A: 2012 Melsen, Lieke: 2014

8 Water Nexus Consortium

9 Waterwise Paul van Walsum The River Nile 9

10 2 Water in an Urbanizing World Climate Change: Floods, Droughts, Urban Heat Islands Water Safety, Provision, & Quality Resource Efficiency Nature Based Metropolitan Solutions 10

11 Cities are vulnerable Floods Droughts Water quality Urban heat effect 11

12 Cities are the engines of economic growth 80% of global economic output 70% of global energy use and energy related GHG emissions US$90 trillion invested worldwide in urban and energy infrastructure in next 15 years 12

13 SPEARHEAD PROGRAM Green Street Less Heat & Dry Feet Fresh Food City DigIn City Healing Garden

14 New Sanitation: Separation at source: Water saving and nutrient recovery Prof. Grietje Zeeman, 2014

15 3 Blue Growth Coastal Eco Productivity Corridor North Integrated Solutions Protection biodiversity, sustainable seafood provision, responsible maritime activities 15

16 Prof. Tinka Murk

17 4 Water Quality Macro>Micro>Nano.. Ecology &Technology River Basin to Coast to Ocean Climate & Circular Economy Induced 17

18 Prof. Carolien Kroeze Water Systems and Global Change Group

19 Prof. Oene Oenema: Global by-products and wastes P flows; Prof. Cees Buisman: P, N and C biorecovery from waste > fertile soil Sources Quantity Mt P / year Animal manures % Sewage sludge 3 5 Other streams 3 28 Total Oenema et al. 2013

20 Micropollutants in the environment e.g. Pharmaceuticals 20

21 Biological removal of Micropollutants: Use of bacteria Select and enrich MP degrading bacteria Structural analogues to initiate biological degradation Literature Our research Structural analogue Poly Chlorinated Biphenyl Contaminant Poly Brominated Biphenyl Structural analogue 2,6-Dichloroaniline Pharmaceutical Diclofenac

22 Micro-pollutant research in Wageningen Alette Langenhoff, Nora Sutton, Tim Grotenhuis Post WWTP treatment: Treatment at WWTP: Natural cleaning Groundwater: Tap-water treatment facility Treatment Drinking water:

23 Water born and Waste Water related Pathogens. Research Nynke Hofstra, Nora Sutton,.. Diarrhoea Cryptosporidium Emissions: humans/livestock (UNICEF/WHO 2009, Hofstra et al. 2013)

24 Stakeholder interaction Stakeholder interaction Trans disciplinary research

25 Technologic Strategies to Solutions Trans Disciplinary Approach leap incremental Socio-economic leap

26 Trans Disciplinary 4 Dimensions of Infrastructure Management Centralised organisation Large scale, fixed price systems Low involvement of end-users Separated water and waste flows Combined water and waste flows High involvement of end-users Low cost, flexible systems Decentralised organisation Van Vliet, B.J.M. et al. 2014

27 centralised systems de-centralised systems modernized mixtures Van Vliet, B.J.M. et al. 2014

28 The Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research Main activities: Conducting innovative scientific research Offering PhD training and education Disseminating emerging insights, recent research results and novel technological & policy approaches to society WIMEK is co-founder and member of the Dutch interuniversity SENSE Research School

29 WIMEK Graduate School WIMEK Research Themes: 1. Environmental quality and sustainable natural resource management a. Environmental system modelling and scenario development b. Environmental solutions based on bio-physico-chemical technologies for safe and healthy reuse of (waste) water and related products 2. Environmental processes and ecosystem dynamics 3. Global and regional environmental change 4. Sustainable development and social change: actors, institutions and governance

30 WUR chair groups in WIMEK (1) Environmental Sciences: Environmental Systems Analysis (Leemans) Water Systems and Global Change (Kroeze) Water Resources Management (Hellegers / Ritzema) Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management (Scheffer; Koelmans) Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management (Uijlenhoet) Meteorology and Air Quality (Holtslag; Krol) Soil Physics and Land Management (Ritsema; Van der Zee) Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality (Comans) Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology (Berendse; Kleijn) Landscape Architecture (Van den Brink)

31 WUR chair groups in WIMEK (2) Technological Sciences: Environmental Technology (Rijnaarts; Buisman) Environmental Microbiology (Stams; Smidt) Toxicology (Van den Brink / Rietjens) Biobased Chemistry and Technology (Bitter; Keesman) Social Sciences: Environmental Policy (Spaargaren; Bush) Environmental Economics and Natural Resources (Van Ierland)

32 Water Wageningen

33 Water Wageningen Kraaijenhoff van den Leur Lab for Water and Sediment Dynamics Sinderhoeve AgriFarm AlgaePark

34 The Delta Programme in the Netherlands Delta s worldwide Sharing knowledge

35 Highlights of the Deltaprogramme 1. Planning for an uncertain future scenario s/adaptive delta management, risk based strategies 2. Institutional arrangements 5 Ds among Delta Fund and Delta Act/ Focusing the decision-making 3. Multi-governmental approach joined process of strategy/multifunctional measures

36 Delta Alliance Thought Leader Problem Participatory process Solution City + Water + Landscape = Quality of living in Delta Info: Wim.Timmermans@wur.nl

37 WETSUS European Institute for Sustainable Water Technology

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40 Full screen image with title Let it Rain on You 40

41 To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life 41