About Niels Mulder
Niels Mulder is a hydrogeologist at Deltares where he works in the Unit of Groundwater and Subsurface Systems. He graduated as physical geographer from Utrecht University, with a minor in science education.
He is working with organisations in the humanitarian and public sectors on understanding and improving the fresh water and/or groundwater availability. At the scale of a country or at the scale of a single IDP/refugee camp. In Egypt, Sudan, Vietnam and other locations. His tools range from numerical modeling to fieldwork, and the creation of serious games.
Projects
Serious game for groundwater extraction negotiations in Vietnam
Livelihoods in the world's deltas, including the Mekong delta, are threatened by anthropogenic and climate factors. Upstream dam construction and overextraction of water and sediment resources lead to droughts, accelerated land subsidence, deterioration of water quality and salinisation of water resources. One of the main problems mentioned in…
16 October 2024WaterLOUPE: Mitigating water risks to improve livelihoods and reduce costs
Socio-economic developments, higher population densities in deltas and climate change have an important impact on water resources and the natural water cycle. Water scarcity, flooding or polluted water are some possible consequences. It is becoming essential to be aware of these changes in our environment and to understand them so that we can…
22 March 2019