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.
Bolivia has a long history of building rural water and sanitation systems which focus on technical merits, with little consideration given to... Read more...
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...
The video depicts the activities of the Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Ohangwena Region, Northern Namibia. Read more...
This article develops a model of cost and financing strategies for rural and peri-urban water supply and sanitation. Read more...
The objective of this publication is to provide a short, accessible overview of what may be considered 'good practice' in emergency water and... Read more...
The purpose of the workshop was to expose key government managers and decision makers to a broad range of interventions which could be used to combat... Read more...