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.
WASH system strengthening is climate action and WASH must be a core component of climate financing and adaptation strategies. Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 3 - "Water resource management : finding systemic solutions" session of the All Systems Connect... Read more...
Sustainable groundwater use is more likely in Indian villages if farmers, other village community members and NGOs work together with researchers and... Read more...
The decentralization of responsibilities from the state to private enterprises and NGOs has become the focus of recent political debate. Read more...
The first chapter of this book: Traditional Water Harvesting : A Multi-millenial Mission examines how water has been harvested in India since... Read more...
The town of Sanganer, India, is experiencing high cadmium levels in the groundwater, possibly caused by the local cottage industries, such as... Read more...
Benzidine dihydrochloride reagent alongwith citric acid and zinc dust can be used to detect nitrate, nitrite, and free chlorine in 3 minutes by... Read more...
Following a sampling and analysis programme carried out in 1996, in May 1999, Greenpeace International carried out a further programme at industrial... Read more...