Arjen is lead for Water Resources and Climate Change and is keen on hydrogeology, passionate about mapping, and eager to share WASH knowledge and facilitate learning. Arjen's background within IRC was as lead researcher for WASHCost Mozambique.
Arjen has twenty years sector experience – including five years as technical adviser South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan) and 13 years private sector experience in Mozambique and Uganda. He has hands-on experience in extensive water resource studies, detailed social surveys, quality assurance and thorough WASH data analysis and visualisation.
His academic background is an MSc in Hydrogeology and he is fluent in English, Dutch, Portuguese, German and has a reasonable command of Spanish. He is Dutch by nationality and currently lives near London with his family.
This paper sets out the potential of professional associations and explains how they can greatly facilitate the more efficient use of economic and... Read more...
This article deals with the problem of aridity as a major constraint to agricultural production and with the importance of irrigation and effective... Read more...
Banfora is a small community in Burkina Faso, with a population of approximately 50,000 inhabitants. The water supply for Banfora is tapped from a... Read more...
This article reports on the findings of the first field-trial to focus on factors determining a group of Kenyan villagers' choice of water source... Read more...
Between January 1987 and February 1988, 4590 homes of children under five years of age were visited in three areas of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka... Read more...
Many microbiological tests are currently available for evaluating the suitability of water resources for human use. Read more...