Pieter van der Zaag

Pieter van der Zaag is Professor of Integrated Water Resources Management at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft and Visiting Professor of the University of Zimbabwe. He specialises in water resources management issues.

Professor van der Zaag's interests include:

· Water Allocation in Catchment Areas

· Management of Transboundary Rivers

· Legal and Institutional Aspects of Water Management

· Modelling for Water Resources Management

· Water Demand Management

· Operation, Maintenance and Management of Irrigation Schemes

He conducted research on these topics in Mozambique, Senegal, Mexico, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Pieter van der Zaag studied irrigation at Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. From 1987 to 1989 he was based in Mexico. He received his PhD degree in 1992. From 1993 he coordinated a joint research programme between the University of Zimbabwe and Wageningen Agricultural University.

In 1997 he joined IHE Delft and was seconded to the Department of Civil Engineering, again at the University of Zimbabwe. The major activity involved the setting up of a new MSc programme in ‘Water Resources Engineering and Management’.

From 1999 to 2002, Pieter van der Zaag was the interim manager of WaterNet, a regional network aiming to build and strengthen regional capacity for the integrated management of water resources in the Southern African region through education, training and research.

Professor van der Zaag teaches irrigation, water resources management and water law at UNESCO-IHE.

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