Marieke is a WASH expert with over 18 years of experience in the sector. She has a special interest in small town WASH, participatory strategic planning processes and evidence-based decision making in WASH.
After graduating as an Irrigation and Water Engineer from Wageningen University, Marieke joined IRC as a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) in 2003. As JPO she was stationed with NGO Forum (Bangladesh) and with TREND Group (Ghana). In 2006, she joined the IRC team in the Netherlands.
Marieke has led and participated in action-research studies in Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe on issues like monitoring sustainable WASH service provision, small town water supply, Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM), multiple-use water services, and cost recovery and financing.
Marieke has experience in working closely with ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and electricity in Ethiopia) and government agencies (e.g. Community Water and Sanitation Agency in Ghana) in identifying and addressing sector challenges. She has supported knowledge management and sector learning processes in various contexts and countries (e.g. support to the establishment and development of Learning Alliance Platforms in Ghana and Ethiopia and the Resource Centre Network Ghana).
Marieke is supporting the Accountability and Adaptation team, responsible for monitoring, with special emphasis on monitoring service level and financial indicators. She is also supporting various action research projects, with special focus on monitoring and sustainability issues. She is leading the development of a District WASH Master Planning Facility.
The relationship between substrata characteristics and the occurence of iron and manganese in groundwater was established in a test site in Pura town... Read more...
The study looked into the prevalence of cholera at three refugee camps in Bangladesh. Read more...
Laboratory studies on arsenic removal were carried out to compare coagulation with ferric chloride and adsorption onto preformed hydrous ferric oxide. Read more...
Between 1 January and 31 July 1992 a cholera epidemic caused 548 reported cases in Riohacha (population 68,000), Colombia. Read more...
Organic group parameters, adsorbable (AOX) and purgeable (POX) organic halogen, total (TOC) and non purgeable (NPOC) organic carbon were studied in... Read more...
High levels of arsenic in tubewell drinking-water in West Bengal, India, have been linked to arsenical dermatosis and skin cancer. Read more...
The development of small-scale water resources is crucial for rural agricultural areas in developing countries which are not reached by irrigation... Read more...
Middle East water-resource issues are likely to have a significant impact on the future political framework and the achievement of peace settlements... Read more...