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IHE Delft Institute for Water Education IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest graduate water education and research facility in the world.
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IHE Delft confers accredited MSc degrees and promotes PhDs. Since 1957 the Institute has provided graduate education to more than 14,500 water professionals from 162 countries, the vast majority from the developing world. More than 100 PhD candidates were promoted, and numerous research and capacity building projects were carried out throughout the world.

🟦🎓 Big role in shaping the future of water for IHE Delft MSc graduatesAt yesterday's graduation ceremony for the MSc in ...
15/10/2026

🟦🎓 Big role in shaping the future of water for IHE Delft MSc graduates

At yesterday's graduation ceremony for the MSc in Water and Sustainable Development programme at IHE Delft, 57 students from over 31 countries received their certificates. 🗺️

Graduation speaker Henk Ovink, Professor of Water Cycle Diplomacy and Design at Delft University of Technology, encouraged the graduates to be a coalition of change: “We need your provocations, but partnership can never be far off. We need you to do both."

Winner of the 2025 IHE Delft alumni award, Million Bekele Demissie from Ethiopia, encouraged the graduates to assume responsibility. “You must build trust. Be a leader in humanity and use your education not to escape your roots, but to return to improve your country.”

Graduate Juan Montejo Gómez from Colombia received an award for the Best Master’s Thesis on Water Supply in memory of the late Nemanja Trifunović.

An IHE Delft Honorary Fellowship was awarded to Mark van Loosdrecht for his steadfast support to IHE Delft over three decades. Van Loosdrecht said IHE Delft creates impact by combining science with social issues and capacity development with knowledge sharing across continents.

Rector Graham Jewitt Rector said students at IHE Delft see themselves in the mirror of the world and recognize how they can contribute to it. He said, "Every year, a new group of people brings us new perspectives on the world, and reminds us what IHE Delft is for, and why we are here.”

Well done class of 2026, you have joined a network of over 25,000 IHE Delft alumni. Your shared commitment to solving the world's most pressing issues will place you among the people shaping the future of water!

👉 Follow the link to read the full article: edu.nl/ddhp6

With shared freshwater resources shrinking due to climate change, there’s a risk that tensions will flare. Preventing su...
15/10/2026

With shared freshwater resources shrinking due to climate change, there’s a risk that tensions will flare. Preventing such hydro-strategic escalation is key for security – and the goal of project recently launched by IHE Delft and several partners.

Supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, the project will create:
1. An analytical framework for understanding water-related conflict escalation
2. A decision and action-support tool for security decision-makers
3. Training and capacity-development materials to support practical application

IHE Delft’s Susanne Schmeier and researchers from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, the Water Security Center at the University of Alabama, and the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan will create knowledge about the water–climate–conflict–security nexus.

🟦 How can we design and implement a monitoring network for surface and groundwater bodies to effectively manage aquatic ...
14/10/2026

🟦 How can we design and implement a monitoring network for surface and groundwater bodies to effectively manage aquatic ecosystems?

Join IHE Delft’s course to explore the theory and methodology behind designing monitoring networks. Through a combination of classroom, laboratory and field-based instruction, you will gain practical knowledge and hands-on experience, including planning a monitoring network tailored to the needs of your country.

👉 Apply now! More info: https://www.un-ihe.org/courses/on-campus/water-quality-assessment-and-monitoring

🟦💧CNN interviews IHE Delft water diplomacy expert on Day Zero in KabulCNN’s Laura Paddison reports on the creeping crisi...
13/10/2026

🟦💧CNN interviews IHE Delft water diplomacy expert on Day Zero in Kabul

CNN’s Laura Paddison reports on the creeping crisis that is Day Zero facing Kabul. She interviews water experts including Susanne Schmeier Professor of Water Cooperation, Law and Diplomacy at IHE Delft. She also talks to two former members of staff Mohd Faizee and Jalal Naser Faqiryar. Together they paint a bleak future for the water situation in Kabul. As families spend up to 30 percent on their income on water from tank lorries, dig deeper wells or consider having to leave the city and their livelihoods.

For now, people will “continue to suffer silently,” said Schmeier. According to the article there are no real alternatives, a planned pipeline to the River…. is not even started. A dam to hold water for the Afghan capital’s residents is also fraught with complexities and not even off the ground.

👉 Read more: edition.cnn.com/2026/10/06/climate/water-crisis-city-day-zero-kabul-afghanistan

🟦💧Applications now open for Young Water Diplomats 2027!Starting in February 2027, this six-month part-time programme wel...
12/10/2026

🟦💧Applications now open for Young Water Diplomats 2027!

Starting in February 2027, this six-month part-time programme welcomes early-career diplomats and professionals working in, or interested in, international water and environmental affairs.

The programme offers an opportunity to deepen participants’ understanding of (transboundary) water-related challenges, develop practical skills in water cooperation and diplomacy, and connect with peers from around the world.

The programme runs from 4 February to 7 July. It combines ten online lectures, individual and collaborative assignments, and two in-person workshops:

1. Tashkent, Uzbekistan (12-15 April 2027)
2. Delft, the Netherlands (5-7 July 2027)

The application deadline is 30 November 2026.

👉 Apply now! Link for more information: https://www.un-ihe.org/courses/on-campus/young-water-diplomats-programme

🟦💧Peru and Sint Maarten visit IHE Delft during capacity building mission on circular economy in wastewater management On...
09/10/2026

🟦💧Peru and Sint Maarten visit IHE Delft during capacity building mission on circular economy in wastewater management

On the second stop during a five-day mission to the Netherlands, the mixed delegation of Peruvian 🇵🇪 and Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 government officials, private companies, utility representatives and World Bank specialists organized by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency visited IHE Delft.

The mission is part of a broader effort to strengthen the transition towards a more circular and resilient approach to wastewater management.

Opening the plenary session, Ambassador from Peru to the Netherlands, H.E. Franca Lorella Deza Ferreccio called the mission timely. She said, “Circularity is not just an institutional concept, it is a societal challenge.”

Gracita R. Arrindell, Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten asked, how can we manage wastewater in an economically, sustainably viable and affordable way, in the face of extreme weather events. “Resilience is not just about rebuilding what was there, it is also about building back resiliently,” she said.

After the plenary session, participants attended workshops in smaller groups on finance and investment, water reuse, aquifer recharge, large and small wastewater management plants and governance.

IHE Delft will continue to work in partnership with the Caribbean and South America and looks forward to further strengthening ties to help build capacity in the region.

Interested in partnering with IHE Delft, see contact details in article to get in touch👉 https://edu.nl/crewg

This tailored training was coordinated by IHE Delft, the World Bank and the Netherlands Embassy in Peru.

🟦 more4nature Webinar -- National Nature Restoration Plans: Where Does Citizen Science Fit In?📍Online🕦 11:00 – 12:30 CES...
09/10/2026

🟦 more4nature Webinar -- National Nature Restoration Plans: Where Does Citizen Science Fit In?

📍Online
🕦 11:00 – 12:30 CEST
📅 Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Join us online for this more4nature webinar to unpack the progress of National Restoration Plans, and see how citizen science initiatives can get involved with their implementation, while ensuring compliance!

more4nature is a Horizon Europe project working to strengthen the role of citizen science in collaborative environmental compliance assurance across Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. The initiative was launched at IHE Delft in February 2024.

👉 Follow the link to reserve your spot: https://blog.more4nature.eu/event/webinar-1/

Talking about water: bridging science, policy and actionHow do we turn the knowledge and data we have into meaningful, l...
08/10/2026

Talking about water: bridging science, policy and action

How do we turn the knowledge and data we have into meaningful, long-term action on climate and water?

During a visit to IHE Delft last week, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Climate Cluster joined IHE Delft scientists and Master’s students for a dialogue on the gaps between policy, practice, knowledge and data sharing.

The conversations explored three interconnected challenges:

💧 Nature-based Solutions: Despite their long-term benefits and cost-effectiveness, Nature-based Solutions are still not being implemented at the scale needed. Arlex Sanchez Torres, Senior Lecturer in Urban Drainage and Sewerage, noted that traditional grey infrastructure often offers a quicker short-term fix — but scaling NbS requires a shift in how we approach solutions.

🌍 Climate adaptation: Climate change impacts are not limited to sea-level rise and flooding. With 33 climate impact-drivers identified in the IPCC AR6 report, the challenge is translating climate projections into actionable, locally relevant information — particularly for communities in the Global South.

🤝 Transboundary water diplomacy: Existing water agreements were largely designed for a more stable climate and geopolitical context. Increasing floods, droughts, climate variability and geopolitical tensions are putting these arrangements to the test.
Having data is not enough. We need people who can critically interpret it and translate knowledge into action. As Jeltsje Kemerink-Seyoum, Associate Professor of Water Governance and Justice, said, “You can have a lot of data but you need people who can critically assess what it means.”

🐟The fishbowl session with Master’s students added another important perspective. Esraa Mukhtar highlighted the resilience and role of young people in local climate preparedness, while Santiago Gomez Molina stressed that youth need not only a voice, but real power to address the water and climate challenges they face.

As we look towards the UN Water Conference, dialogue between the people who shape the future of water - the scientists, policymakers and the next generation of water professionals - are essential. Because bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and meaningful action starts with talking about water — from different perspectives.

🟦🎤 IHE Delft at IAH Global Groundwater CongressIn September, a delegation of groundwater experts from IHE Delft and IGRA...
08/10/2026

🟦🎤 IHE Delft at IAH Global Groundwater Congress

In September, a delegation of groundwater experts from IHE Delft and IGRAC attended the 53rd IAH Global Groundwater Congress, which ended with the Budapest Groundwater Declaration.

💧 In preparation of the UN Water Conference, Elizabeth Lichtevout Head of IGRAC and Tibor Stigter IHE Delft Associate Professor of Hydrogeology and Groundwater Resources participated in the high-level panel on “Groundwater at the Heart of the 2026 UN Water Conference: IAH Positions and UN Perspectives”.

"Groundwater is the major water supplier to ecosystems, rivers and society, but it is threatened by a growing and unbalanced abstraction as well as by pollution at alarming rates in many most parts of the world,” said Stigter.

🎙️PhD candidate Michel Frem contributed to a youth-led session “The Groundwater Debate,” co-organised by Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network (ECHN) and UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network (GWYN). The session concluded the future lies in combining AI, remote sensing, field observations, expert judgement and community knowledge.

📷 A photo competition on groundwater and climate change showcased groundwater’s interactions with climate change and its importance to society and the environment. The winning photo was by Yadav Ankita Ramesh – The Last Drop Below shows a man descending into the depth of an almost empty well.

The team networked with partners and alumni, the people committed to shaping the future of water!

👉 Follow the link to read the full article: https://edu.nl/pxrt9

💧 IHE Delft highlights at International Water Association IHE Delft’s activities at the IWA focused on the future of sa...
07/10/2026

💧 IHE Delft highlights at International Water Association

IHE Delft’s activities at the IWA focused on the future of sanitation, women’s leadership in the water sector and knowledge sharing.

💧 Water treatment: Sergio Salinas, Head of the Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering Department, presented “Using experimental methods to assess fouling removal by two pretreatment lines before Reverse Osmosis” in the session on Advanced Physical and Membrane Processes for Drinking Water Treatment.

💧 Women4Water: Cristina Anacabe presented the Scholarship Fund alongside alumnae Bernice Ephraim-Armoo and Zahraa Al-Goybar. The fund supports talented women with the knowledge, ambition and potential to lead change in the water sector. Anacabe also joined a panel at the IWA Business Forum.

🤝As part of the Dutch delegation at the IWA Business Forum organized by the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), Anacabe presented IHE Delft as an enabling Institute through capacity development, applied research and knowledge exchange the deployment, design & adaptation of technology, infrastructures and other solutions.

🌍 Climate resilience: MSc alumna and PhD candidate Bernice Ephraim-Armoo from Ghana presented her research on “Practicing Resilience: How Ghana Water Limited Adapts to Climate Change Impacts Through Pragmatism” in a poster session.

💩 Non-sewered sanitation: Konstantina Velkushanova led interactive sessions showcasing the Open Access Global Database for Faecal Sludge Analysis and the new publication Methods for Faecal Sludge Analysis. The strong turnout highlighted growing interest in faecal sludge characterisation, data sharing and practical tools for advancing non-sewered sanitation worldwide.
Velkushanova also took part in a Debate Forum titled Disrupting the Service Ceiling and a session to promote the IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) group.

🎓 IHE Delft’s short and online courses were also promoted at the IWA booth during a session on learning engagement. For more information, check Online and on-campus short courses | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

The IHE Delft team, Cristina Anacabe, Maria Laura Sorrentino, Konstantina Velkushanova, Sergio Salinas, Hector Garcia Hernandez and Damir Brdjanovic were at the IWA conference in Glasgow this week to discuss sanitation solutions, participate in panels and workshops and connect with partners.

The team also hosted an alumni networking gathering attended by the Honorary consul of the Netherlands in Scotland Lorna Jack. Sharing memories and reconnecting across boundaries and across cultures with alumni. As IHE Delft staff and alumni, they are among the people who are shaping the future of water.

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