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.
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 paper focuses on the benefits of the privatization of water services and on the range of alternatives available for private participation in... Read more...
The pressure on limited freshwater resources increases to meet the escalating demands of households, municipalities and industry. Read more...
Thousands of people die or suffer from water and sanitation-related diseases during post-disaster periods. In Bangladesh, the management and... Read more...
The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) has been supporting the residents of Orangi Township (population 900,000), the largest katchi abadi or squatter... Read more...
The scarcity of freshwater is now an important issue in many parts of the world. Read more...