# Reading YAML files

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reading-yaml-files/2259>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 10, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reading-yaml-files/2259 "2021-11-10T12:57:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reading-yaml-files/2259/21 "2021-11-24T07:48:05Z")

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I work at Deltares and have been involved in our WQ modelling system for many years. The name changes depending on the larger context, but I fondly call it DELWAQ 🙂  
Of course, now you have made me curious!  
(Indeed, I think YAML files or any of the other formats are nice enough, but they were designed for very different goals)

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**Author:** ![samharrison7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/samharrison7/32/3868_2.png) [@samharrison7](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/samharrison7)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reading-yaml-files/2259/22 "2021-11-24T09:50:53Z")

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Ah great, I’ve certainly come across Deltares’s WQ modelling before! Is DELWAQ the model behind Delft3D? I’m not too far from you - I work at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. I’m not strictly a WQ modeller, more so environmental contaminant fate, but that does naturally include a fair amount of modelling water and its quality!

[Moderator note: WQ stands for Water Quality]

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