Annual report Chair on Drinking Water Engineering 2008 - TU Delft
Annual report Chair on Drinking Water Engineering 2008 - TU Delft
Annual report Chair on Drinking Water Engineering 2008 - TU Delft
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Research collaborati<strong>on</strong> CWTRI - <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Delft</strong><br />
In 2007 a collaborati<strong>on</strong> was started between the University of the Netherlands Antilles, the Caribbean <strong>Water</strong><br />
Technology Research Institute, the Associati<strong>on</strong> of Dutch <strong>Water</strong> Companies, the Suriname <strong>Water</strong> Company<br />
and <strong>Delft</strong> University of Technology. The collaborative operative agreement promotes far-reaching cooperati<strong>on</strong><br />
in higher educati<strong>on</strong> and research c<strong>on</strong>cerning the provisi<strong>on</strong> of drinking water supplies. The group’s comm<strong>on</strong><br />
goal is to set up a high-quality knowledge infrastructure in water-system management for the Dutch Antilles,<br />
Aruba and Suriname. From August <strong>2008</strong> the Ant<strong>on</strong> de Kom University of Suriname also participates in this<br />
unique collaborati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
In <strong>2008</strong> several research projects were initiated, like seawater desalinati<strong>on</strong> with wind energy, c<strong>on</strong>sequences<br />
for water utilities of the transiti<strong>on</strong> of the BES islands to the Netherlands, <strong>on</strong>-line temperature measurements<br />
in the distributi<strong>on</strong> system and home installati<strong>on</strong>s. Furthermore, first lectures <strong>on</strong> drinking water treatment were<br />
given at the University of the Netherlands Antilles. Over 60 students and employees of the water companies<br />
participated in the lecture series.<br />
The collaborati<strong>on</strong> has been evaluated as very successful and will be c<strong>on</strong>tinued in the coming years. In 2009<br />
several new research projects will start, like the calculati<strong>on</strong> of the Infrastructure Leakage Index (ILI) for all of<br />
the island of the Netherlands Antilles, the c<strong>on</strong>trol of biofouling in reverse osmosis installati<strong>on</strong> and desalinati<strong>on</strong><br />
by a combinati<strong>on</strong> of photo voltaic cells and reverse osmosis. Furthermore, a lecture series <strong>on</strong> distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
systems will be organised and a chapter in the book :drinking water: principles and practices” will be devoted<br />
Official opening of the first lectures in drinking water engineering at<br />
the University of the Netherlands Antilles.<br />
to the water supply <strong>on</strong> the Netherlands Antilles.<br />
22 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> DWE <strong>2008</strong><br />
SWRO-installati<strong>on</strong> driven by<br />
the windmill at Curacao