Jos Frijns MSc

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Senior scientific researcher
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Jos.Frijns@kwrwater.nl
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Socio-technological legitimisation of water-related reuse

Institutional trust and legal and regulatory frameworks can contribute to the socio-technological legitimisation of new technologies for water-related reuse. In this study, twelve legitimisation strategies were identified (see…

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The Ultimate Water Plant

The Ultimate Water Plant is a collaborative project involving parties in the water sector who want to demonstrate how, and subject to which conditions, treated sewage can be made available as a supplementary source of drinking water.…

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Joint Research Programme Impact Studies

The aim of an impact study is to develop strategic insights, together with specialists from water companies and experts from outside the sector, about the future impacts of trends on Dutch water…

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Water Sector Intelligence

The Water Sector Intelligence model is that of a ‘strategic learning alliance’ which helps organizations to make intelligent strategic decisions based on informed and reviewed assumptions about the future. Strategists, policy advisors, and decision makers from partner…

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Adjusting WML’s strategic course

The water company WML sees that it will be subject to some significant upcoming external developments and wants to know what this means for its strategic course. Determining the impact of external…

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Customer & Market Platform

In the Customer & Market Platform water companies share knowledge about their service provision to customers. They provide each other with information about their methods and experiences in a variety of areas, such as invoicing processes, customer…

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Stakeholder expectations Vitens

In order to have Vitens’ asset management continue operating optimally into the future, it is increasingly important, in light of the societal context in which the company operates, that it be fully aware of the ideas, desires…

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Impact studies

To give concrete form to the ‘eyes and ears’ function of the Dutch water sector’s joint research programme (BTO), our horizon scanners engage continually in trend watching. The water companies want to build more knowledge about a…

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Horizon scanning and impact studies

Horizon scanning – the tracking of pertinent developments that appear on the horizon – is important for the drinking water sector because it identifies those future technological, ecological, economic and societal developments…

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DEMOWARE

Europe’s capacity to respond to the growing water stress through the reuse of water is being held back by a number of barriers: limited public trust in the solutions, inconsistent cost-benefit analysis approaches to water reuse, and…

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Dutch Water Sector Intelligence (DWSI)

The Dutch water sector is confronted with a continuously changing context. Some of the changes demand flexibility if they are to be responded to adequately. Furthermore, contextual changes also bring with them…

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Social science research: the people behind the water meter

01 July 2024 — In the new BTO phase, the Customer theme group will continue to invest in understanding and serving drinking…

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Reflections on the NextGen circular water solutions in the Athens final event

27 October 2022 — NextGen has challenged embedded thinking and practices in the water sector by embracing circular economy principles and technological…

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Acceptance of water and nutrient reuse higher than expected

02 November 2021 — Reuse of water and nutrients for drinking water and food production appears to be better accepted by the…

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Nextgen is exploring an augmented reality app to help engage citizens on water reuse

23 March 2021 — The water industry is exploring Augmented Reality (AR) as one of the technologies to accelerate circular solutions implementation.…

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To unlock a Circular Economy in 2021, we need trust

19 January 2021 — Climate change has such a tremendous impact on the water sector that it is in our interest to…

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Collaborating on the circular water economy for a sustainable and climate-proof Europe

31 December 2020 — KWR leads two big European projects that should point the way towards a circular water economy and greater…

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ULTIMATE & NextGen Water Circular Economy solutions

21 October 2020 — What do Trappist monks, a whisky distillery and water utilities have in common? How can water utilities and…

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KWR member of Water Reuse Europe

24 April 2019 — KWR has become a member of Water Reuse Europe (WRE). This industry association for Europe’s rapidly growing water…

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Close cooperation between Cranfield Water Science Institute and KWR

28 March 2019 — Cranfield Water Science Institute and KWR agree to extend their collaboration in the field of resilient urban water…

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NextGen kick-off: demonstrating solutions for water in the circular economy

20 September 2018 — Thirty water utilities, industries, specialised SMEs, applied research institutes, technology platforms, and city and regional authorities from all…

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The next generation of managing our most important resource: water

16 May 2018 — As appetite for the world’s most important resource continues to grow – from water use in industrial processes…

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Exploration: future visions of the circular economy

10 April 2018 — Exploratory research of eight key players in the circular economy (City of Amsterdam, Interface, Unilever, Natuurmonumenten, Alliander, Ministry…

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Water Sector

Citizen trust: key to successful introduction of water reuse

14 February 2017 — In principle, Europe’s citizens have a positive attitude towards water reuse. But whether they would personally reuse water…

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DEMOWARE: Governance workshops and launch Water Reuse Europe

03 October 2016 — In September KWR organised two workshops on water reuse governance with stakeholders in Sabadell (Spain) and Capitanata (Italy).…

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Water Sector

Regional meetings on Asset Management Collaboration

11 March 2016 — Collaboration chiefly means sharing knowledge and trusting each other. Moreover, when it comes to asset management this is…

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Water Sector

Limited public acceptance is the biggest obstacle to the serious scaling-up of water reuse

11 January 2016 — The European Commissions sees water reuse as an important means of overcoming (future) water shortages. The stimulation of…

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