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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Future-proof networks

        Impact of internal factors on malfunctions

        Can malfunctions and/or repair work and pump operations lead to new malfunctions in the mains? This project will investigate this question by determining whether there is a statistical relationship between these factors…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Future-proof networks

        Quantitative added value of digital water meters and other sensors at customer locations

        What are the benefits for the distribution process of different versions of smart water meters and the additional sensors? In this project, quantitative descriptions and model studies will…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Improving the reliability and practicality of an AI-based tool for data validation and correction

        Water companies are increasingly using sensor data for advanced process monitoring and control for key variables. They are therefore increasingly reliant on high-quality data. In this project, the…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Reduction of pressure on groundwater through reuse of water from dairy plants in agriculture

        Groundwater in the Netherlands is under pressure, both in terms of quantity and quality. Groundwater is used in several activities, including drinking water production, agriculture and industry. In…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Digital water – building a conceptual cost-benefit framework based on the experiences of frontrunners

        Several water companies at home and abroad have taken far-reaching steps in digitising their operations. In this project, we deepen our understanding of the drivers of frontrunners for…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Evaluation of Aeromonas legal standard

        Since the 1980s Aeromonas in drinking water has been included as a microbiological parameter in the Dutch Drinking Water Decree. Currently, Aeromonas standard exceedances are generally tolerated, partly because it is unclear…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        Biomonitoring of atmospheric nitrogen deposition with mosses

        It was expected that the emission of nitrogen during the COVID-19 crisis and the lockdowns would diminish because of the sharp reduction in human activities. This would apply…

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      • Society Society
        Valorisation

        Automatic water-quality control for good recirculation water in greenhouse horticulture

        Greenhouse horticulture irrigation water, when recirculated, acquires a complex composition. The impact this has on crops is for the most part unknown. The possibility of determining whether the…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Biological stability parameters in operational practice

        New methods for determining and predicting biological stability developed since 2010 are applied less often in daily drinking water practice than are the previously existing older methods. This,…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        Fast alternative for the heterotrophic plate count at 22°C (HPC22) following interventions in the drinking water distribution system

        This project will determine which method is suitable for the detection of anomalies in the microbial water quality following maintenance activities or pipe breaks in the drinking water…

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      • Looking ahead Looking ahead
        Futures studies and response strategies

        PUSH-IT: demonstration and development of seasonal underground heat storage systems

        The EU aims to become carbon neutral by 2050. Large-scale seasonal underground heat storage has an important part to play in meeting this objective, because heating and cooling…

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      • Solar panels on water reservoirs

        Drinking water reservoirs have a large water surface. The installation of floating solar panels on reservoirs can be an effective strategy to generate energy. However, the question is, if and what impacts do solar panels have on…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable energy

        Power-to-X Province of Utrecht

        The energy system of the Netherlands must become clean and future-proof, but also remain reliable and affordable. Local production of sustainable solar or wind energy will play an important part in this effort. In order to accelerate…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Water Quality Knowledge Impulse

        Over the past four years, work in the Water Quality Knowledge Impulse has focused on learning more about the quality of groundwater and surface water, and the factors that affect that quality. The aim of the Water…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        PARC: European partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals

        The EU-wide research and innovation programme PARC was established in order to improve the risk assessment and sustainability of chemicals. The PARC project will strengthen the scientific basis…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Chances for Concentrate

        In this project, we are investigating how the circular processing of concentrated residual streams can contribute to future-resilient and socially responsible freshwater supplies. This involves recovering water and producing raw materials for which there is a market.…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Implementation of screening and NTS methods in practice

        Drinking water laboratories have recently expressed a need for the further integration of screening methods, including non-target screening (NTS), in the methods used to monitor water quality. Technological…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Environmental forensics: pollution signatures

        The presence of anthropogenic substances in the drinking water chain poses challenges for the water sector, and specifically for drinking water companies. That presence is undesirable, and sometimes even problematic. Although treatment…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Big data – analysis and integration of chemical and toxicological data

        Monitoring the water quality of drinking water is challenging due to the presence of complex mixtures of mostly unknown substances that vary in concentration and composition. Over the…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        Effect-based monitoring of water quality in the circular economy

        Freshwater from groundwater or surface water sources is becoming scarce in dry periods, driving a rise in interest in the use/re-use of rainwater and treated domestic and industrial…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Drugs production waste in groundwater: field research and action perspectives

        Little is still known about the impact of the long-term or extensive discharge of chemical waste from the production of synthetic drugs (SYNDRU) on groundwater quality and therefore…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Toxicology on Target

        The domain of toxicological risk assessment is constantly evolving and it is essential to follow these developments closely. It has been noted that an adequate response to water quality issues requires the ongoing development of knowledge and…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Microplastics in water treatment

        Plastics are a ubiquitous part of everyday life and they are found in fresh water throughout the Netherlands. In this project, we describe the nature and levels of microplastics (20 - 500 µm) at different stages of…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Text mining for the early detection of relevant water pollutants

        Long before substances are included in regulations and monitoring programmes, text sources such as reports, social media, press releases, regulatory agency websites or the scientific literature can provide…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Are PMOCs less toxic?

        Persistent mobile organic compounds (PMOC) accumulate in the water cycle and are hardly removed during water treatment. For a long time, these substances have been under-researched but recent studies show that they are present in worrying concentrations.…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Nanoplastics in drinking water

        It is becoming increasingly clear that plastic is everywhere. That has been demonstrated in numerous environmental compartments, including soil, sediment, surface water and air. Data about the presence of microplastic particles in surface water are sparse, and…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Water-soluble polymers – Eyes and ears for Chemical Safety 2019-2020

        Water-soluble polymers are often neglected because they are not covered by the definition of microplastics and are not visible. As a result, very little is still known about…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        VO Eyes and ears for Chemical Safety 2019-2020 (LDIR and biofilm)

        The regrowth and biofilm formation of micro-organisms on pipe material and membranes lead to problems in drinking water systems. To combat biofilm formation, a knowledge of the dynamics…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Clearer picture of the formation of transformation products during drinking water treatment thanks to integrated strategies

        During drinking water production, biotic and antibiotic processes can form transformation products (TP) from organic micropollutants (OMP). How these substances behave in water treatment and how toxic they…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        New materials and technologies

        Improved prioritisation and fragmentation improve the identification of unknown substances with non-target screening

        Non-target screening (NTS) is based on the combination of liquid chromatography in conjunction with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). In addition, tailored data analysis, with target and suspect screening,…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Contribution to Toxicology Knowledge Impulse

        We are making and using more and more substances in larger and larger quantities. Analyses by collaborating European ecologists and ecotoxicologists have shown that exposure to mixtures of chemicals is a limiting…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Survey of drug waste emission pathways and relevance for the drinking water sector

        The Netherlands has a thriving illegal industry for the production of synthetic drugs such as amphetamine (speed), MDMA (XTC) and “designer drugs”. It releases all kinds of waste…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Integration of non-target screening, statistical analyses and bioassays for the global assessment of chemical water quality

        Thanks to developments in screening methods based on high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), the detection of chemicals in water now not only allows for the detection of specific substances…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Highly polar compounds I

        An understanding of the presence of highly polar compounds in sources of drinking water is important because these substances can threaten drinking water supplies. This is because highly polar compounds can spread well in water and soil,…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        New chemical analysis methods

        The world around us is changing rapidly and new techniques emerge regularly. The ongoing assessment of detection technologies (instrumental and otherwise) makes it possible to identify their possible value for the water sector in good time. BTO…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Trigger value data gaps I and II

        There are a lot of advantages to testing water quality with in vitro bioassays but this technique can only be properly applied if the bioassay responses can be compared with ‘effect-based trigger values’ (EBT). This study determines…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Exploration of sources, behaviour and risk of new substances

        At present, the count for substances with a CAS number stands at over 194 million. New substances are being registered, produced and applied at a rapid pace. The…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Digital twins for the water sector

        'Digital twins' is the buzzword of recent years in many industries, including the water industry. The term is used to indicate digital representations (copies in some way) of physical systems. In some…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Effects of interventions in the distribution network on the existing microorganisms: DNA techniques offer clarity

        Earlier research by Evides Waterbedrijf revealed that the number and composition of microbial populations can change during the distribution process of drinking water. This 2018 research was undertaken…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        QSAR and read-across models for water quality

        In silico models for predicting the toxicity of contaminants deliver added value for water-quality issues. The chemical structure of a contaminant and data about similar substances provide insight in the toxicological properties…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Risk of opportunistic pathogens in drinking water

        The water utilities have indicated that research into opportunistic pathogens in drinking water has a high priority. This is because these pathogens could represent a potential health risk. This project’s priority is…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Digital twin for treatment process

        A digital twin provides water utilities with a firm foundation for the transition towards a (more) data-driven organisation, with prospects of optimisation, better insight or more effective management. Many organisations want to…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Exploratory Research: Water Quality Footprint

        The water sector is today actively working on CO2 emission reduction (and climate neutrality). Up until now, the possibility of including water quality improvement in environmental impact methodologies has however been very…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        Passive sampling of microbiological parameters

        The aim of this project is to establish a picture of whether passive sampling for microbiological detection can deliver added value over taking samples. Passive sampling is a way of sampling chemicals…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Improved water quality through advanced oxidation and dune infiltration

        The Dunea drinking water utility uses surface water to produce drinking water by means of dune filtration.  In the decades ahead, the quality of the river water that…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        VHP4Safety: Towards chemical safety assessment based on human data

        Challenges in water quality assessment Chemical safety assessment, designed to minimise the risks of chemical exposures to human health and the environment, has traditionally been based on animal…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Reducing drinking-water consumption by business

        There has been an increasing emphasis in recent years on water savings and water awareness among domestic clients. A similar research focus is needed for business and that is the aim of…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        GRROW – Generational and Radical Rethinking of the Water Sector

        What should the water sector look like in 2070? In what respect does the sector need to radically reinvent itself. And what are the things that we really…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Digital Twin for the development of data and model to support ASR management systems

        Subsurface water storage, also known as Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), of excess freshwater can play an important role in enhancing the sustainability of water use in the…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable resources

        Power-to-Protein: efficient input of hydrogen (phase 3)

        In recent years great progress has been achieved within the TKI Water Technology programme with the Power-to-Protein concept: the recovery of ammonium from the wastewater cycle for use…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Connecting the water cycle and the water system for a better balance of water demand and supply

        Sufficient freshwater, for all users and functions. This is also a growing challenge in the Netherlands and Flanders. A solution is being sought in self-provision at the regional…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Predicting the biodegradation of organic micropollutants

        Drinking and wastewater companies have to work with problem substances that are not removed, or not removed properly, during the treatment process. In this new exploratory study, we…

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      • Health Health
        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Water-Futures

        How should the world achieve high-quality water services in the future while facing severe climate, economic and population pressures under deep uncertainty? Water-Futures, a 10M Euros European Research Council  (ERC) funded project (ERC Synergy Grant), aims to…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable energy

        Q&A, Aquathermal and Thermal Energy from Drinking water (TED)

        Aquathermal energy is a relatively new subject. This Q&A has been drawn up as a guide to the most frequently asked questions about Aquathermal Energy, and specifically Thermal…

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      • Looking ahead Looking ahead
        Futures studies and response strategies

        ARSINOE

        Resilience to climate change ARSINOE, a large four-year European Commission (EC) funded project (budget 15M Euros), aims to build an innovative ecosystem for climate change adaptation solutions. ARSINOE is funded under the Green Deal EC Calls (2021)…

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      • Health Health
        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Evaluation of Legionella regulations in systems for drinking water and warm tap water

        The aim of this project is to determine whether current scientific understanding justifies amendments to the regulations on Legionella prevention in mains water systems and, if so, how…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        IMPETUS

        With persisting impacts of climate change on people's health and livelihoods and the environment, the need to build resilience, adaptive capacity and sustainable and environmentally-friendly economic measures become more urgent. IMPETUS, a four-year European Commission-funded project coordinated…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        NEXOGENESIS

        The water, energy, food and ecosystem (WEFE) nexus is a complex interrelationship governed by climatic and socio-economic drivers. We need holistic cross-sector considerations and policies to achieve resource use efficiency, leverage synergies and promote cross-sectoral cooperation. NEXOGENESIS,…

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      • Health Health
        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Energy transition and Drinking Water phase 2

        The energy transition will impact the operational management of drinking water utilities in multiple ways. In the second phase of the research project on the energy transition and drinking water, KWR is…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable energy

        LIFE NEW HYTS: reNEWable green Hydrogen for TranSport

        The LIFE NEW HYTS project will demonstrate the opportunities and feasibility for local production, distribution, and application of green hydrogen in road transport. It aims to create the…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Water availability and drought over long term

        The availability of sufficient freshwater, for all users and functions, is also an increasingly big challenge in the Netherlands and Flanders. A solution is being sought in self-provision at the regional and…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable energy

        WarmteStad Groningen: digital twin

        WarmteStad Groningen is expanding the heating network in its city. The company is thus addressing the challenge of implementing sustainability in a rapid and cost-effective manner. To achieve this, WarmteStad is combining…

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      • Society Society
        Citizen science and public participation

        The customer as ‘follow-up treatment actor’

        Drinking water customers seem increasingly open to the idea of home filtration and rainwater applications in their own households. This project sheds light on the number and the kinds of customers concerned,…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Belissima – modelling removal of OMPs in wastewater

        The presence of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in wastewater has a big impact on the aquatic environment. Given that most of these substances end up in the water cycle…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Aqua ludens

        The development of a serious game should provide all stakeholders in the water cycle with a clear understanding of the significance of water, of how the freshwater provision works, and of the impact of choices on water…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Closing the water cycle

        To close the water cycle, steps need to be taken to treat effluent for organic micropollutants. Today’s WWTPs have not been specifically designed to remove such substances – which can encompass a wide range – from the…

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      • Health Health
        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Polishing pellets

        The production of drinking water results in sludge with a high level of iron oxide/iron hydroxide. That sludge can be used as an adsorbent for, among other things, phosphate and arsenic. The drawback is that the sludge…

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      • Looking ahead Looking ahead
        Futures studies and response strategies

        The integration of collective heating systems in society

        The Climate Agreement (2019) included plans for making the built environment more sustainable. The roll-out of heat networks is an important strategy here. It is a major challenge…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Assuring WWTP effluent for greenhouse horticultural sector

        The provision of irrigation water for the greenhouse horticultural sector is under increasing pressure, in part as a consequence of climate change. Alternatives are therefore being sought. Moreover,…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Drought monitoring: youngsters join in

        An exceptional citizen science study will be conducted this summer, with participants building their own sensors and measuring drought in their gardens. The measurements will be used to give advice about watering.…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable energy

        COHEASY: flexibility to balance energy production and consumption

        A mismatch between energy production and consumption can lead to a surplus of renewable energy on the electricity grid (congestion) at one moment and an increase in the…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        UNESCO, KWR and the University of Bath assess urban water management in 4 cities in Africa

        By applying the City Blueprint approach, they will define the risks and opportunities for improvements in the cities of Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Lusaka (Zambia), Lagos (Nigeria) and Nairobi…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        Climate adaptation in practice (KLIMAP)

        In the four-year KLIMAP project, a consortium of 24 organisations is looking at which measures can contribute, and what joint process will be needed, to adapt Dutch sandy areas to climate change.…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Development of a virus sensor

        Since the greenhouse horticultural sector aims to be practically emission-free by 2027, it is focusing great attention on water reuse. But a water discharge is sometimes necessary if companies cannot exclude the possibility that the water contains…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        An integrated approach for the detection of undesirable perfluorinated substances in the water cycle

        The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment, and specifically in the water cycle, is considered a hazard for humans and the environment. The presence…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Development of a water-quality sensor

        Large volumes of water are used all over the world for a variety of processes which generate large waste streams. Before it can be discharged, this water has to be treated to…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        Quick picture of microbial water quality

        Microbial water quality is an important element in determining the safety of water for humans, animals, plants and the environment. Today’s methods only conclude afterwards whether the water quality was poor. This…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Impact of substances of very high concern in the environment

        The water sector is being increasingly confronted with substances of very high concern and new emission pathways for those substances. Substances of very high concern are a threat…

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      • Society Society
        Stakeholder involvement and governance

        Water poverty

        Even in a prosperous and water-rich country like the Netherlands, it is reasonable to assume that people may face water poverty. The aim of the project is to explore and investigate this area from different perspectives in…

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      • Health Health
        Emerging contaminants

        Biological treatment processes: optimising biodegradation of OMPs in rapid filters

        Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water sources are frequently in the news. To be able to continue supplying safe and reliable drinking water, the drinking water sector wishes,…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Flushing-water discharge limitation and directed development in open-loop ATES systems

        In 2050, when the Netherlands will no longer be using natural gas, approximately 25 percent of the buildings will have a thermal energy system. Following the installation, and…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable resources

        Micronutrients in the resource loop

        This research is directed at closing the micronutrient resource loop of a number of essential micronutrients in the Dutch food system, within legal, environmental, economic and technological frameworks. The focus is on…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Prediction models for the removal of organic micropollutants

        Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water sources are frequently in the news. The numbers of OMPs are typically very low and are not harmful to health, but, as…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Application of membrane fractionation for better understanding of biological stability of water

        The selection of the water source and the subsequent water treatment processes have different impacts on the biological stability of the water. In the Netherlands and Flanders, the…

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      • Health Health
        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Application of electrocoagulation to water with low conductivity

        The wastewater and drinking water sector in the Netherlands and Europe is committed to reducing its CO2 footprint. This also includes a desire to reduce the use of…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Prediction of freshwater supplies in the Netherlands

        In this project we intend to use hydroinformatics methods – notably machine learning and deep learning – to predict available freshwater supplies, particularly during periods of serious drought.…

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      • Society Society
        Stakeholder involvement and governance

        Multiple Value Creation Implementation

        In this project we are developing and implementing an overall framework, an assessment framework and a process methodology to define and assess multiple values, for the purpose of sustainable investment in the…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        AMVD measurements

        This project investigates the difficulties and solutions involved in the quantitative measurement of microbiological risks. In practice, the analyses required for pathogens in drinking water sources involve large sample volumes (max. 1,000 litres) that are concentrated to…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Effect of manganese on biofilm formation

        The aim of this project is to determine how low manganese concentrations in drinking water affect the formation of biofilm in the distribution system. Biofilm in drinking water with and without manganese…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        Microbiological degradation of contaminants in reverse osmosis concentrate

        In this project, we are investigating the possibility of the microbiological conversion of specific problem substances that are found in reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate during drinking water production.…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        Alternatives to post-disinfection with chlorine dioxide

        In this project, we are investigating alternatives to post-disinfection with chlorine dioxide. The aim is to acquire an understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of the available alternative…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Survival and growth of water lice in (2018-2020 follow-up)

        This research investigated whether water lice can survive and grow on biofilms. This information makes it possible to establish preventive measures to control the spread of water lice.…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        Preparation RT-PCR method enterococci

        The routine determination of the safety of our drinking water is highly important. In practice this involves the use of a culture method for the intestinal bacteria E. coli and enterococci. This…

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      • Health Health
        Microbial safety

        Validation RT-PCR method enterococci

        The routine determination of the safety of our drinking water is highly important. In practice this involves the use of a culture method for the intestinal bacteria E. coli and enterococci. This…

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      • Health Health
        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Nieuwegein Circular Water

        In the TKI project, "Nieuwegein Circular Water", a water concept is being developed for an urban area (Nieuwegein city centre case) and implemented in practice through an interactive process with the stakeholders (municipality, Water Authority and project…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        Hydroinformatics

        Deep Explorations: a explorative study for deep learning applications in the water sector

        This project concerns an explorative study to assess the value of deep learning (DL) for KWR and the water sector in general. The different types of deep learning,…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Climate change and resilience

        Digital Twin II

        In this project a so-called ‘digital twin’ of a drinking water distribution network of a Dutch city is being made, with the aim of determining the impact of corona measures – lockdown and increased working-from-home – and…

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      • Sustainability Sustainability
        Sustainable energy

        Urban Photosynthesis; three functions on a single roof

        Urban Photosynthesis involves research in the urban environment on an integrated solution, which closes as many water loops as possible at the building level, combined with the generation…

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      • Health Health
        Biological activity

        PilotCity indoor installation

        The 1:1 test set-up of a drinking water installation that KWR is now building will make it possible to research indoor water quality. The quality of water in the indoor drinking water installation can change as a…

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      • Enabling technologies Enabling technologies
        New materials and technologies

        SARS-CoV-2 (RNA) in municipal wastewater: hazards and opportunities

        This project couples the monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in the underground (sewage water) with above-ground testing, with the aim of evaluating the sensitivity, the predictive value for the incidence…

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      Collaboration

      • EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)

        EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)

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      • Collective research on Water in the Circular Economy  (WiCE)

        Collective research on Water in the Circular Economy (WiCE)

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      • World Health Organization (WHO)

        World Health Organization (WHO)

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      • Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC)

        Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC)

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      • Water Europe

        Water Europe

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      • Aqua Research Collaboration (ARC)

        Aqua Research Collaboration (ARC)

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      • Universities

        Universities

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      • Allied Waters

        Allied Waters

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      • Watershare

        Watershare

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      • TKI Water Technology

        TKI Water Technology

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      • European research

        European research

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      • Joint Research Programme with the water utilities

        Joint Research Programme with the water utilities

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      • Dune water company joint research (DPWE)

        Dune water company joint research (DPWE)

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      • EIP (European Innovation Partnership) Water

        EIP (European Innovation Partnership) Water

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      Subjects

      • Biological activity
        Health Health

        Biological activity

        Growth of microorganisms in (drinking) water can present risks to public health and lead to…

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      • Emerging contaminants
        Health Health

        Emerging contaminants

        Emerging contaminants are a possible threat to the public health and environment. KWR develops smarter,…

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      • Microbial safety
        Health Health

        Microbial safety

        Water safety is vital. Citizens must be able to drink and swim in safe water,…

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      • Safe innovation and the water sector
        Health Health

        Safe innovation and the water sector

        Technological innovations can involve risks to (drinking) water and public health. Greater public awareness, and…

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      • Sustainable use of freshwater resources
        Sustainability Sustainability

        Sustainable use of freshwater resources

        Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is not a given. Globally, the water sector is…

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      • Climate change and resilience
        Sustainability Sustainability

        Climate change and resilience

        The water sector needs practice-oriented research to help it confront the wide-ranging consequences of climate…

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      • Sustainable energy
        Sustainability Sustainability

        Sustainable energy

        There is a worldwide drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift to cleaner, more…

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      • Sustainable resources
        Sustainability Sustainability

        Sustainable resources

        The circular economy is the alternative to the current – essentially linear – economy. While…

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      • Stakeholder involvement and governance
        Society Society

        Stakeholder involvement and governance

        Stakeholder engagement is an effective means of connecting technical and social-governance issues. KWR has a…

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      • Citizen science and public participation
        Society Society

        Citizen science and public participation

        Increased citizen engagement is confronting the water sector with steadily growing demands. A connection needs…

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      • Valorisation
        Society Society

        Valorisation

        Given the urgency of current water challenges, public authorities, utilities and industry feel a strong…

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      • Futures studies and response strategies
        Looking ahead Looking ahead

        Futures studies and response strategies

        Futures research improves the resilience of the water sector by supporting anticipatory governance and by…

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      • Hydrogenomics
        Enabling technologies Enabling technologies

        Hydrogenomics

        Genomic techniques are developing at a very rapid pace in health, life, forensic and environmental…

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      • Hydroinformatics
        Enabling technologies Enabling technologies

        Hydroinformatics

        Hydroinformatics is the application of information technology in its broadest sense on water-cycle related issues,…

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      • Innovative water treatment technologies
        Enabling technologies Enabling technologies

        Innovative water treatment technologies

        Drinking water treatment is subject to many demands and, today, the challenges it faces are…

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      • Future-proof networks
        Enabling technologies Enabling technologies

        Future-proof networks

        Even if the Netherlands has a superbly functioning drinking water network, parts of it are…

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      • New materials and technologies
        Enabling technologies Enabling technologies

        New materials and technologies

        Detecting and removing emerging contaminants calls for advanced materials and technologies. KWR develops knowledge about…

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      Tools

      • REWAB
        REWAB

        REWAB

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      • AquaPriori
        AquaPriori

        AquaPriori

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      • EDWARD
        EDWARD

        EDWARD

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      • HydroMonitor 1.0
        HydroMonitor 1.0

        HydroMonitor 1.0

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      • Governance Capacity Analysis
        Governance Capacity Analysis

        Governance Capacity Analysis

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      • Contamination Source Toolkit
        Contamination Source Toolkit

        Contamination Source Toolkit

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      • WaterVision Nature
        WaterVision Nature

        WaterVision Nature

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      • Comsima
        Comsima

        Comsima

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      • Gondwana
        Gondwana

        Gondwana

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      • USTORE
        USTORE

        USTORE

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      • Menyanthes
        Menyanthes

        Menyanthes

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      • SIMDEUM
        SIMDEUM

        SIMDEUM

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      • Self-Cleaning Networks
        Self-Cleaning Networks

        Self-Cleaning Networks

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      • Network Flow Performance
        Network Flow Performance

        Network Flow Performance

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      • Mains Investment Planning
        Mains Investment Planning

        Mains Investment Planning

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      • Water-Use Info
        Water-Use Info

        Water-Use Info

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      • OptiValves
        OptiValves

        OptiValves

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      • City Blueprint
        City Blueprint

        City Blueprint

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      • Clean Membrane
        Clean Membrane

        Clean Membrane

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