
Effects of thermal energy harvesting from drinking water
Research into the effects of thermal energy harvesting from transport pipelines on ecology and drinking water production.
MB-Water is an independent consulting company that supports organisations in the fields of water, climate and the environment.
MB-Water provides consulting services in the fields of water resources management and contaminated land management. MB-Water brings strong expertise in groundwater, both for technical assessments and policy development.
MB-Water conducts research related to water, climate and environmental topics for a wide variety of sectors. Whenever possible, results are published and made publicly available.
MB-Water supports organisations with scoping and management of water and environmental projects. This starts by developing the right project goals and strategy and ends with implementing project outcomes that have impact.

Research into the effects of thermal energy harvesting from transport pipelines on ecology and drinking water production.

Development of groundwater models to support groundwater policy in Punjab and Sindh.

Research into the effects of thermal energy harvesting on plankton in surface water.

Method and dashboard development to quantify the effects of freshwater shortages.


Technical management within the freshwater availability theme of the national knowledge programme.

Development of a forecasting tool for chloride at the Andijk raw water intake.

Synthesis document for the Dutch Delta Programme Freshwater 2021-2026.
MB-Water is the independent consulting company of Matthijs Bonte, PhD. Matthijs is a hydrologist with a broad range of experience including the Dutch national government (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), the energy sector (Shell Global Solutions), scientific research (KWR-Water, VU University Amsterdam) and consulting (Witteveen+Bos).
The experience includes groundwater management, water resources and drought resilience, contaminated land management and environmental and climate related issues.
Matthijs obtained MSc and PhD degrees from the VU University Amsterdam in hydrogeology and hydrochemistry. More information on background and experience is available on LinkedIn.
Written over 50 papers in both peer reviewed journals and professional journals. A complete overview is available on Google Scholar. Most of these are available through ResearchGate.
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