project

Drinking water from a landscape perspective

Moniek Schomper
CFO/Manager Corporate Services
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Moniek Schomper

CFO/Manager Corporate Services

030-6069763

moniek.schomper@kwrwater.nl

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Wouter van Rossum
Senior technician
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Wouter van Rossum

Senior technician

Wouter works as a Senior Research Analyst at the Laboratory for Materials Research and Chemical Analysis (LMC). After completing his degree in Analytical Chemistry in Rotterdam, he has devoted himself…

0306069577

wouter.van.rossum@kwrwater.nl

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Marius Rokstad
Scientific researcher
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Marius Rokstad

Scientific researcher

Marius Møller Rokstad is a researcher in the Urban Water Networks team. He has a background as a civil engineer, with specialization in water and wastewater engineering. In his career,…

0306069599

marius.rokstad@kwrwater.nl

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Maartje Rietdijk
Scientific researcher
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Maartje Rietdijk

Scientific researcher

030-6069597

maartje.rietdijk@kwrwater.nl

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Richard Ritzer
IT
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Richard Ritzer

IT

030-6069636

richard.ritzer@kwrwater.nl

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Mostafa Rajabi
Guest
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Mostafa Rajabi

Guest

mostafan.rajabi@kwrwater.nl

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Stefania Munaretto PhD
Senior scientific researcher
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Stefania Munaretto PhD

Senior scientific researcher

Stefania works as researcher within the Innovation and Valorisation team. Her work has an applied focus and revolves around two lines of research: knowledge valorisation, and policy and governance. The…

030-6069737

stefania.munaretto@kwrwater.nl

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Hester Flikweert
Scientific researcher
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Hester Flikweert

Scientific researcher

030-6069765

hester.flikweert@kwrwater.nl

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Joep Elberse
Technician
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Joep Elberse

Technician

030-6069649

joep.elberse@kwrwater.nl

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Anniek Corporaal
Head of Communications
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Anniek Corporaal

Head of Communications

030-6069716

anniek.corporaal@kwrwater.nl

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Caglar Bozan
Guest
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Caglar Bozan

Guest

caglar.bozan@kwrwater.nl

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Jasmijn Baptist
Scientific researcher
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Jasmijn Baptist

Scientific researcher

jasmijn.baptist@kwrwater.nl

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Xi Bai PhD
Scientific researcher
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Xi Bai PhD

Scientific researcher

Xi Bai is a scientific researcher in the field of Microbiological Water Quality and Health. Xi obtained her PhD from the University of Amsterdam, where she researched the microbial ecology…

030-6069708

xi.bai@kwrwater.nl

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Alexander Garzon MSc
Scientific researcher
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Alexander Garzon MSc

Scientific researcher

Alexander Garzón is a researcher in the KWR Hydroinformatics team. In this role, he focuses on bridging water management challenges with advanced computational solutions, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence.…

0306069633

alexander.garzon-diaz@kwrwater.nl

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Erik van Lidth de Jeude
Coordinator Water Utilities Programme
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Erik van Lidth de Jeude

Coordinator Water Utilities Programme

Erik van Lidth de Jeude is programme manager at Waterwijs, the joint research programme of the drinking water companies. In this role, he connects questions, knowledge, organisations and people. In…

0306069704

erik.van-lidth-de-jeude@kwrwater.nl

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Victor Garcia
Scientific researcher
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Victor Garcia

Scientific researcher

Victor Servando García Rea is an environmental biotechnologist and researcher specialized in industrial wastewater treatment, environmental bioprocesses, anaerobic biotechnology, biogas upgrading, and resource recovery. He combines academic expertise with industrial…

030-6069648

victor.garcia@kwrwater.nl

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Hilmer Bosch
Scientific researcher
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Hilmer Bosch

Scientific researcher

Hilmer Bosch is a researcher in Water Governance and Policy within the Resilience Management and Governance team. He has extensive experience in social science research and, following his PhD in…

030-6069552

hilmer.bosch@kwrwater.nl

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Anisa van der Horst
Laboratory assistant
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Anisa van der Horst

Laboratory assistant

0306069553

anisa.van.der.horst@kwrwater.nl

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Sindy Jiang
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Sindy Jiang

Sindy Jiang works as an analyst in the microbiological laboratory. She investigates the regrowth potential of microorganisms in, for example, surface water or drinking water at various stages of treatment.…

030-6069681

sindy.jiang@kwrwater.nl

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Miguel Argueta Guerra
Guest
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Miguel Argueta Guerra

Guest

miguel.argueta.guerra@kwrwater.nl

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Femke de Boer MSc
PhD candidate
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Femke de Boer MSc

PhD candidate

Femke de Boer is a researcher in the Resilience, Management & Governance team. She holds a bachelor's degree in Communication and Life Sciences and obtained her master's degree in International…

0306069560

femke.de.boer@kwrwater.nl

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Erwin Roex PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher Project manager
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Erwin Roex PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher Project manager

Erwin Roex's research focuses on the relationship between emissions of pollutants resulting from human activities and the resulting consequences for the quality of our surface water. This research is important…

030-6069728

erwin.roex@kwrwater.nl

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Vincent Peters
Scientific researcher
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Vincent Peters

Scientific researcher

Vincent Peters is a researcher in the Water Treatment and Resource Recovery team. He is involved in modelling water treatment processes using a combination of mechanical models and machine learning.…

0306069749

vincent.peters@kwrwater.nl

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Miina Yanagihara PhD
Scientific researcher
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Miina Yanagihara PhD

Scientific researcher

Miina Yanagihara is a scientific researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team. She works on chemical risk assessment by linking chemical and water quality data with (eco)toxicological data.…

030-6069687

miina.yanagihara@kwrwater.nl

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Maaike Besteman PhD
Scientific researcher
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Maaike Besteman PhD

Scientific researcher

Maaike Besteman is a scientific researcher in the field of Microbiological Water Quality and Health. Maaike obtained her PhD from Wageningen University, where she conducted research into microbial interactions involved…

030-6069610

maaike.besteman@kwrwater.nl

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Hans Peter Broers
Senior scientific researcher
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Hans Peter Broers

Senior scientific researcher

Hans Peters' research is primarily directed towards the relationship between human activities in and on the subsurface and the quality of groundwater and surface water. This research is important to…

030-6069527

hans.peter.broers@kwrwater.nl

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Tatiana Siniakova MSc
Guest
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Tatiana Siniakova MSc

Guest

tatiana.siniakova@wur.nl

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Narges Esfandiar PhD
Scientific researcher
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Narges Esfandiar PhD

Scientific researcher

0306069738

narges.esfandiar@kwrwater.nl

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Martijn Antheunisse PhD
Scientific researcher
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Martijn Antheunisse PhD

Scientific researcher

Martijn Antheunisse has been working as an ecological researcher at KWR since April 2025. He received his doctorate from Utrecht University in 2007 with a study of the landscape ecological…

0306069720

martijn.antheunisse@kwrwater.nl

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Carola Koopmans
Technician
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Carola Koopmans

Technician

Carola Blokker has worked as a Microbiology Analyst at the Laboratory for Microbiology since 2000. Her tasks include testing the microbiological state of various types of water to ascertain the…

030-6069699

carola.koopmans@kwrwater.nl

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Marcel Kerbusch
Controller
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Marcel Kerbusch

Controller

Marcel Kerbusch has been working at KWR for some time and since January 2019 as Controller. He contributes to the objective of the organisation by advising and supporting management and…

030-6069565

Marcel.Kerbusch@kwrwater.nl

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Anurag Bhambhani PhD MSc
Scientific researcher
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Anurag Bhambhani PhD MSc

Scientific researcher

Anurag Bhambhani is a scientific researcher in the water infrastructure team. He is a civil engineer with a master's in industrial ecology and a PhD in water management from the…

0306069741

anurag.bhambhani@kwrwater.nl

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Marc Nijboer
Guest
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Marc Nijboer

Guest

marc.nijboer@kwrwater.nl

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Vincent Post
Guest
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Vincent Post

Guest

vincent.post@kwrwater.nl

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Emile Sylvestre
Guest
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Emile Sylvestre

Guest

emile.sylvestre@kwrwater.nl

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Xander Becking MSc
PhD candidate
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Xander Becking MSc

PhD candidate

Xander Becking works as a PhD researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team and has been assigned to the 'WaterpatRoon' project. He obtained his master's degree in Analytical…

030-6069756

xander.becking@kwrwater.nl

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Amber Ammerlaan
Communication officer
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Amber Ammerlaan

Communication officer

Amber is a central figure within KWR in terms of communication and team support. She keeps the website up to date with news and project updates, manages the daily communication…

030-6069701

amber.ammerlaan@kwrwater.nl

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Jeroen Pelle MSc
Scientific researcher
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Jeroen Pelle MSc

Scientific researcher

Jeroen Pelle works as a researcher in the Geohydrology team. In 2024, Jeroen graduated as a hydrologist from Wageningen University. In his thesis, he investigated the influence of land use…

030-6069751

jeroen.pelle@kwrwater.nl

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Albert Meijer
Technician
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Albert Meijer

Technician

Albert Meijer has been working at KWR as an Installation Construction Technician since 2024. He has already gained years of relevant work experience and wants to use his knowledge of…

0306069541

albert.meijer@kwrwater.nl

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Aron Aksan MSc
Scientific researcher
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Aron Aksan MSc

Scientific researcher

Aron Aksan is a researcher in the KWR Hydroinformatics team. He has a background in biology, medical laboratory research and bioinformatics. His expertise focuses on the intersection of data analysis,…

030-6069745

aron.aksan@kwrwater.nl

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Aqeel Ahmed
Guest
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Aqeel Ahmed

Guest

aqeel.ahmed@kwrwater.nl

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Thom van Harten MSc
Project manager
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Thom van Harten MSc

Project manager

Thom van Harten is a researcher in the Water Treatment and Resource Recovery team. As a researcher, Thom deals with water treatment issues and works on solutions by combining technologies.…

030-6069662

thom.van.harten@kwrwater.nl

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Beau Crye
Facilities
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Beau Crye

Facilities

030-6069503

beau.crye@kwrwater.nl

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Thomas van Kuik BSc
Scientific researcher
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Thomas van Kuik BSc

Scientific researcher

030-6069639

thomas.van.kuik@kwrwater.nl

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Sabrina Keinemans PhD
Scientific researcher
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Sabrina Keinemans PhD

Scientific researcher

Sabrina Keinemans is a researcher in the Resilience Management & Governance team. She has extensive experience in social science research and, following her PhD in 2011, researched themes of justice,…

030-6069614

sabrina.keinemans@kwrwater.nl

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Nina Flowers PhD
Scientific researcher
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Nina Flowers PhD

Scientific researcher

Nina Flowers is a researcher on the ecohydrology team. She investigates the impacts of human activity on dune grasslands. Her research experience has focused on the conflicts between farmers and…

030-6069643

nina.flowers@kwrwater.nl

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Lotte Vijverberg MSc
Scientific researcher
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Lotte Vijverberg MSc

Scientific researcher

Lotte Vijverberg is a researcher in the Energy and Circular Systems team at KWR. She holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, where she specialized…

030-6069616

lotte.vijverberg@kwrwater.nl

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Lisanne van Hoek MSc
Communications consultant
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Lisanne van Hoek MSc

Communications consultant

Lisanne van Hoek is an enthusiastic communications consultant with a passion for science communications and the water sector. Her background as a marine biologist and science communicator makes her role…

030-6069757

lisanne.van.hoek@kwrwater.nl

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Mark van den Brink MSc
Guest
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Mark van den Brink MSc

Guest

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Beatriz Gutierrez Caloir
PhD candidate
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Beatriz Gutierrez Caloir

PhD candidate

Beatriz Gutierrez Caloir works in the Drinking Water Infrastructure team. She is a water resources modeler and remote sensing consultant with a background in civil engineering, hailing from Bolivia. She…

030-6069540

beatriz.gutierrez.caloir@kwrwater.nl

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Tessa Vrijhoeven
Scientific researcher
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Tessa Vrijhoeven

Scientific researcher

Tessa Vrijhoeven is a researcher in the Water Treatment & Resource Recovery (WTR) team. Tessa has a background in chemistry (Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Utrecht University, Master's degree in…

030-6069679

tessa.vrijhoeven@kwrwater.nl

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Karlijn Stolk
Management assistant
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Karlijn Stolk

Management assistant

As a management assistant, I am responsible for performing secretarial and administrative work on behalf of the manager (Water Knowledge Group.) I am part of the executive secretariat and provide…

030-6069750

karlijn.stolk@kwrwater.nl

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Marjolein Lankheet BSc
Technician
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Marjolein Lankheet BSc

Technician

Marjolein Lankheet has been working as an analyst in the microbiology laboratory since June 2023. Her work mainly involves investigating the microbiological condition of various types of water for the…

0306069507

marjolein.lankheet@kwrwater.nl

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Joeri Willet PhD
Scientific researcher
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Joeri Willet PhD

Scientific researcher

Joeri Willet is one of the scientific researchers in the Water Infrastructure team. He is specialised in the combination of GIS data with optimisation methods. Joeri is convinced that the…

030-6069752

joeri.willet@kwrwater.nl

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Eveline van der Torre MA
Communications consultant
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Eveline van der Torre MA

Communications consultant

�Eveline van der Torre is a communications consultant and she works on KWR's internal and external communications. She supports the Hydroinformatics, Chemical Water Quality and Water Treatment teams with strategic…

030-6069561

eveline.van.der.torre@kwrwater.nl

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Hilde Toet
Assistant Coordinator Water Utilities Programme
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Hilde Toet

Assistant Coordinator Water Utilities Programme

As senior assistant program manager, Hilde supports the program managers of the collective research for the drinking water sector BTO/WiCE, the research program DPWE and TKI Water Technology. She is…

030-60697553

hilde.toet@kwrwater.nl

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Mina Yazdani
PhD candidate
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Mina Yazdani

PhD candidate

030-6069526

mina.yazdani@kwrwater.nl

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Josje Brouwers MSc
Project manager
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Josje Brouwers MSc

Project manager

Josje Brouwers is a researcher in the Energy and Circular Systems Team at KWR. Josje has a bachelor's degree in spatial planning and a master's degree in urban environmental management…

030-6069682

josje.brouwers@kwrwater.nl

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Erika Marseille MSc
CFO/Manager Corporate Services
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Erika Marseille MSc

CFO/Manager Corporate Services

Erika Marseille has been CFO of KWR since 1 June 2024. She is a management team member and is responsible for finance and support services. Erika is a business economist,…

030-6069587

erika.marseille@kwrwater.nl

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Enno de Vries PhD
Scientific researcher
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Enno de Vries PhD

Scientific researcher

Enno de Vries is a researcher in Geohydrology. He received his PhD from Utrecht University, where he investigated pore-scale processes using microfluidic chips. There, he designed experimental set-ups to directly…

030-6069744

enno.de.vries@kwrwater.nl

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Ege Sener
Guest
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Ege Sener

Guest

ege.sener@kwrwater.nl

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Christos Michalopoulos
PhD candidate
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Christos Michalopoulos

PhD candidate

Christos Michalopoulos is a scientific researcher in the Hydroinformatics team. He holds a Master's degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources from the National…

030-6069632

christos.michalopoulos@kwrwater.nl

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Sevda Eryilmaz Soydan
Guest
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Sevda Eryilmaz Soydan

Guest

sevda.eryilmaz@kwrwater.nl

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Noor van Dooren MSc
Scientific researcher
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Noor van Dooren MSc

Scientific researcher

Noor van Dooren is a researcher on Public Design in the Resilience Management and Governance team. She earned her master's degree in Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management, a double-degree programme at…

030-6069617

noor.van.dooren@kwrwater.nl

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Dewi Huijers
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Dewi Huijers

Dewi Huijers is an analyst at the Microbiology Laboratory. In the projects Dewi works on, she researches the microbiological condition of various types of water for the presence of (pathogenic)…

030-6069659

dewi.huijers@kwrwater.nl

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Ruben van den Berg MSc
Scientific researcher
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Ruben van den Berg MSc

Scientific researcher

Ruben van den Berg works at KWR as a researcher in the Energy and Circular Systems team. Ruben studied Civil Engineering and Water Management (at Delft University of Technology), specialising…

030-6069688

ruben.van.den.berg@kwrwater.nl

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Erik Bogaard
Sample collector
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Erik Bogaard

Sample collector

030-6069742

erik.bogaard@kwrwater.nl

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Inge van Driezum PhD
Domain leader
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Inge van Driezum PhD

Domain leader

Inge van Driezum works as a researcher specialising in groundwater quality and protection within the Ecohydrology team. She investigates the presence of various contaminants in both surface water and groundwater.…

030-6069735

inge.van.driezum@kwrwater.nl

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Dennis Zanutto
PhD candidate
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Dennis Zanutto

PhD candidate

Dennis Zanutto is a scientific researcher in the Hydroinformatics team. He conducts research on control theory and policy design for drinking water systems under deep uncertainty. The aim is to…

030-6069683

dennis.zanutto@kwrwater.nl

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Martijn van Veggel
Project manager
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Martijn van Veggel

Project manager

Martijn van Veggel is a researcher and project manager in the Water Treatment & Resource Recovery (WTR) team. Combining his background in Analytical Chemistry and Geochemistry (Earth Surface & Water,…

030-6069732

martijn.van.veggel@kwrwater.nl

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Bas van der Zaan PhD
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Bas van der Zaan PhD

Scientific researcher Project manager

030-6069502

bas.van.der.zaan@kwrwater.nl

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Robbie van Pelt
workplace coordinator
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Robbie van Pelt

workplace coordinator

Robbie van Pelt works as a construction technician within KWR. He is involved in designing, installing and maintaining pilot plants and equipment for the benefit of all KWR teams and…

030-6069628

robbie.van.pelt@kwrwater.nl

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Aleida Hommes MSc
Scientific researcher Project manager/Portfolio manager
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Aleida Hommes MSc

Scientific researcher Project manager/Portfolio manager

Aleida is a researcher, project manager and 'Microbiological Water Quality and Health' portfolio manager. Her primary expertise as a researcher lies in detecting, monitoring and identifying microorganisms in the aquatic…

030-6069725

aleida.hommes@kwrwater.nl

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Konstantinos Glynis
Scientific researcher
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Konstantinos Glynis

Scientific researcher

Konstantinos Glynis is a researcher in the Water Infrastructure (WIS) team. He is a Civil Engineer specializing in hydraulic engineering (MEng, NTUA) and water management (MSc, TU Delft). He has…

030-6069731

konstantinos.glynis@kwrwater.nl

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Vincent Biesbroek
Facilities
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Vincent Biesbroek

Facilities

030-6069543

vincent.biesbroek@kwrwater.nl

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Frits van Charante PhD
Scientific researcher
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Frits van Charante PhD

Scientific researcher

Frits van Charante is a scientific researcher in the field of microbiological activity in man-made water systems. Frits did his doctoral research on the analysis and prevention of microbial biofilms…

030-6069585

frits.van.charante@kwrwater.nl

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Marcelle van der Waals PhD
Domain leader Project manager
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Marcelle van der Waals PhD

Domain leader Project manager

Marcelle van der Waals is a scientific researcher on Microbiological Water Quality and Health. Marcelle did her PhD research on microbiology in the field of biological degradation of contaminants at…

030-6069566

marcelle.van.der.waals@kwrwater.nl

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Arvid van Dam PhD
Scientific researcher
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Arvid van Dam PhD

Scientific researcher

Arvid van Dam is a researcher in the Innovation & Valorisation team. As an anthropologist, he is interested in the tensions and opportunities that may arise between different stakeholders in…

030-6069508

arvid.van.dam@kwrwater.nl

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Djordje Mitrovic PhD
Junior Scientific researcher
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Djordje Mitrovic PhD

Junior Scientific researcher

Djordje is a new member of Water Infrastructure (WIS) team. As a part of WIS team he'll primarily be working on the optimization of water distribution networks' design. Such as…

030-6069637

djordje.mitrovic@kwrwater.nl

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René ter Haar
IT and Information manager / CIO
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René ter Haar

IT and Information manager / CIO

030-6069564

rene.ter.haar@kwrwater.nl

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Sandra Sikkema MSc
Impact leader Project manager
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Sandra Sikkema MSc

Impact leader Project manager

In the field of Public Design, Sandra Sikkema studies different client perspectives, perceptions of water reuse and strategy development for legitimising water reuse. She explores how different types of clients…

030-6069711

sandra.sikkema@kwrwater.nl

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Katja Barendse MSc
Scientific researcher
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Katja Barendse MSc

Scientific researcher

Katja Barendse works as a public design researcher in the Resilience Management & Governance team. She analyzes obstacles to sustainable development caused by deeply rooted paradigms, often resulting in so-called…

030-6069729

katja.barendse@kwrwater.nl

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Roan Streefland
Technician
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Roan Streefland

Technician

0306069592

roan.streefland@kwrwater.nl

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Manouk Odijk
Human Resources assistant/Payroll administrator
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Manouk Odijk

Human Resources assistant/Payroll administrator

Manouk is a member of the Human Resources staff at KWR. She supports management and staff members in the collection, processing and recording of information for purposes of personnel and…

030-6069559

manouk.odijk@kwrwater.nl

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Amitosh Dash PhD
Scientific researcher
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Amitosh Dash PhD

Scientific researcher

Amitosh Dash is a researcher in the Water Infrastructure team at KWR. His work focuses on understanding water quality transitions during drinking water supply and on assessing the condition of…

030-6069696

amitosh.dash@kwrwater.nl

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Raül Glotzbach
Project manager
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Raül Glotzbach

Project manager

Raül works as a scientific researcher in the Innovation & Valorisation team. At KWR, he is working on enabling the growth of Watershare as an international knowledge sharing community through…

030-6069698

raul.glotzbach@kwrwater.nl

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Nicolien van Aalderen MSc
Scientific researcher
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Nicolien van Aalderen MSc

Scientific researcher

Nicolien van Aalderen has been working as a Public Design researcher in the Resilience Management and Governance team since 2019. She focuses on issues related to the social context of…

030-6069664

nicolien.van.aalderen@kwrwater.nl

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Georgios Chatzistefanou MSc
PhD candidate
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Georgios Chatzistefanou MSc

PhD candidate

Georgios Alexandros Chatzistefanou (Alex) is a scientific researcher in the Hydroinformatics team. He conducts research in the field of resilience modeling and assessment with a focus on the cascading effects…

030-6069718

alex.chatzistefanou@kwrwater.nl

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Elvio Amato PhD
Scientific researcher
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Elvio Amato PhD

Scientific researcher

Elvio Amato works as a scientific researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team. His current research activities focus on the monitoring, occurrence and behaviour of emerging contaminants in…

030-6069754

elvio.amato@kwrwater.nl

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Johan van Leeuwen PhD
Senior scientific researcher Project manager
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Johan van Leeuwen PhD

Senior scientific researcher Project manager

030-6069580

johan.van.leeuwen@kwrwater.nl

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Renske Hoondert PhD
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Renske Hoondert PhD

Scientific researcher Project manager

Renske Hoondert works as a researcher and project manager in the Chemical Water Quality and Health group. She studied Biology at Radboud University in Nijmegen, after which in 2020 she…

030-6069709

renske.hoondert@kwrwater.nl

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Lydia Tsiami MEng
PhD candidate
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Lydia Tsiami MEng

PhD candidate

Lydia Tsiami is a researcher in the Hydroinformatics team. She is a civil engineer specializing in hydraulic engineering and water management (MEng, NTUA). During her thesis, she developed a deep…

030-6069707

lydia.tsiami@kwrwater.nl

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Eric Broers MSc
Senior Project Manager
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Eric Broers MSc

Senior Project Manager

030-6069694

eric.broers@kwrwater.nl

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Lennart Brokx MSc
Scientific researcher
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Lennart Brokx MSc

Scientific researcher

Lennart Brokx is a researcher in the Geohydrology team. In 2020 he graduated as a hydrologist/geohydrologist from Utrecht University. In the last phase of his MSc, he wrote his thesis…

030-6069644

lennart.brokx@kwrwater.nl

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Audrey Biesmans
Technician
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Audrey Biesmans

Technician

Audrey Biesmans began working as a chemical analyst in the Laboratory for Materials Research and Chemical Analysis (LMC) in April 2021. She works primarily with liquid chromatography coupled with mass…

030-6069615

audrey.biesmans@kwrwater.nl

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Daniël Bakker PhD
Project manager
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Daniël Bakker PhD

Project manager

Daniël Bakker works as a researcher Energy and Water in the team Energy and Circular Systems. He investigates the opportunities and challenges of the interaction between the energy transition and…

030-6069544

daniel.bakker@kwrwater.nl

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Leonie Borstlap MSc
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Leonie Borstlap MSc

Scientific researcher Project manager

030-6069596

leonie.borstlap@kwrwater.nl

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Tavishi Guleria MSc
Scientific researcher
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Tavishi Guleria MSc

Scientific researcher

Tavishi is an Environmental Engineer and joined KWR in September 2020 as a Scientific Researcher in the in the Innovation and Valorisation team. At KWR, she is working on the…

030-6069627

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Carla Grotenbreg
Secretary to CEO
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Carla Grotenbreg

Secretary to CEO

As executive secretary, Carla Grotenbreg is responsible for the conduct of secretarial and administrative activities for the CEO. She is part of the company secretariat and ensures the CEO is…

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Fabi van Berkel
Scientific researcher Portfolio manager
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Fabi van Berkel

Scientific researcher Portfolio manager

Fabi van Berkel is a Public Design, Value and Decision Making researcher in the Resilience, Management & Governance team. At KWR, she leads design-oriented research in the social environment and…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Raw Water Pipeline Knowledge Platform

Dunea, PWN, Waternet and Evides use surface water as a primary source for drinking water production and for supplying water to industry. These utilities operate extensive trunk main systems that were constructed…

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Alternative resources and water reuse
SOLUCIR

The ‘Solutions for Circular Water and Decentralisation’ (SOLUCIR) project is an EU-funded project dedicated to accelerating the transition toward circular and decentralised water and wastewater solutions. The project consortium consists of 16 partners with National Technical University…

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Alternative resources and water reuse
Resource Recovery

In a world facing increasing resource demands, supply chain constraints, and dependence on critical raw materials, resource recovery is becoming essential for building resilient and sustainable economies. Resource recovery technologies help reduce waste, strengthen supply chains, create…

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Sufficient water
Industrial water and municipal wastewater

KWR conducts applied research and innovation in industrial water and municipal wastewater treatment, water reuse, resource recovery, and emissions reduction. We help utilities and industries improve water efficiency, recover valuable resources, and…

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Sufficient water
Water for Hydrogen Production (W4H2)

The Water for Hydrogen Production (W4H2) project focuses on the decisions required for the water supplies needed for green hydrogen, now and in the future. This research is being conducted against a…

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Customer perspective and behavioural research
Boil notices

When drinking water is microbiologically contaminated, a boil notice may be issued advising people to boil water for 3 minutes. This project is looking at whether heating water to a rolling boil is adequate as a way…

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Customer perspective and behavioural research
Artist in Residence programme

The Artist in Residence (AiR) programme at KWR brings together artistic and scientific research practices to develop new perspectives on water-related challenges. By creating space for imagination, reflection and experimentation, it contributes to alternative forms of knowledge production and transformative learning…

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Social environment and area planning processes
Myths & Sagas

Stories give meaning to water. Water plays different roles in myths and sagas, not only as a physical element but also as a life force, as a threat, as a moral force or as a partner. Through…

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To measure is to know
Role of microbes in smell/taste complaints

Drinking water utilities receive consumer complaints every year about the smell and taste of drinking water. The causes of these smell and taste complaints are often unknown. However, there may be a microbial…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Engaged Citizenship

There has been a strong focus on different forms of active, engaged or democratic citizenship in recent years. For example, in mid-2024, the lower house of the Dutch parliament conducted a debate about a parliamentary letter on…

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Customer perspective and behavioural research
Building trust

Trust is a topic that has been the subject of a great deal of research, both inside and outside the water sector. In general, this research has shown that trust in drinking water and drinking water utilities is…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
CHILL – Cooling and Heating Integrated Low Temperature Logistics

The CHILL project is investigating how public very-low-temperature networks (VLT networks) can become an affordable, safe and future-resilient heating and cooling solution for the built environment. By contributing…

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Reducing emissions or negative impact
BROWSE – Determining and Reporting the Environmental Impact of the Dutch Water Sector

In the BROWSE project, we are developing a scientifically based method and calculation tool for quantifying the environmental impact of drinking water utilities. In the process, we are…

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To measure is to know
Does Environmental Weathering Alter the TGA-GC/MS Fingerprints of Microplastics?

Microplastics have become a growing concern in aquatic environments due to their potential impact on ecosystems and human health. However, reliable identification of microplastics remains challenging, as environmental…

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To measure is to know
Diagnostics of ecological surface water quality with DNA tools

The Netherlands is required to comply with the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) by 2027 at the latest but the quality of many surface waters still falls short.…

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Circular systems
Polishing Pellets Recharged

Phosphate pollution leads to excessive algal growth and threatens aquatic life, while stricter WFD and wastewater guidelines present a major phosphate-removal challenge. KWR is developing the Polishing Pellet, a pellet made from the ferrous sludge produced during…

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Circular systems
Pure Fresh Water and Salt

Changing conditions and future challenges such as anthropogenic pollution and salinisation mean that water utilities are faced with the task of improving robustness and their operational strategies. Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filtration serves as a strong barrier…

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Social environment and area planning processes
Breaking Barriers down for Water Quality

Industrial problem substances are increasingly present in surface and water groundwater, posing a threat to public health through drinking water and food supplies, as well the health of nature, and therefore the…

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Urban ecohydrology
Energy Grass Project – Water-Resilient Natural Grass for Sports Fields

The managers of sports complexes face major challenges. The chemical control of pests and weeds has been phased out and the leaching of fertilizers has to be reduced.…

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Circular systems
Circular Living Lab for Waterwise Construction

We are working in this project on three unresolved knowledge gaps in the field of waterwise construction: (1) securing public health, (2) an integral overview of promising system concepts, and (3) sustainability…

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Smart water solutions
Deep Adaptation for the Water Sector, phase 2

This project is researching and developing an action perspective for the water sector in relation to possible rapid and long-term changes in the local context or in society that result in new…

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Social environment and area planning processes
Area-based PFAS approach: system & governance analysis

Work package 1: system analysis On the basis of the available knowledge, literature and monitoring data acquired in the Clean Meuse Water Chain (SMWK), establish a picture of…

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Sufficient water
Together for Balance II. Water system and water chain connected

In recent years, the WiCE research programme has developed knowledge in both physical-scientific and social-scientific research relating to ways of shaping the water transition. In the WiCE project…

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To measure is to know
Improved Monitoring for Microbiologically Safe Bathing Water

The information available to bathers, water managers and health services is currently inadequate for a satisfactory assessment of the microbiological risks of leisure bathing in surface waters. The…

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Risks of microbial pathogens and contaminants
Mixture Toxicity Assessment: Advanced Approaches for Drinking Water Quality

This project addresses the growing concern over the health effects of chemical mixtures, which can differ significantly from the effects of individual chemicals. The challenge is exacerbated by…

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Innovative water treatment
Safeguarding drinking water treatment processes with indigenous viruses

Sources for the production of drinking water are increasingly under pressure, partly due to urbanisation, industrialisation and climate change. As a result, alternative sources are being used more…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Detecting (Nano)plastics in Environmental Water Samples

Microplastics have become a growing concern in urban water systems due to their potential impact on both the environment and human health. However, detecting and identifying microplastics—especially in…

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Futures studies and strategy development
WaterWise Hub

The WaterWise Excellence Hub is a vibrant, action-oriented initiative that aspires to serve as a catalyst for R&I (creation and uptake), business development, and knowledge dissemination for water in the circular economy (CE). It applies circular economy…

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Reuse
Joint Water Matchmaker

The Waterwijs exploratory research includes the development of a new methodology for designing optimised and future-resilient infrastructure. The aim is to achieve a better balance between water supply and demand at the regional level (across utility boundaries),…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
An integrated view from source to tap enabled by digital innovation

This project is creating a blueprint for the development of digital twin applications and services in order to establish a complete picture from source to tap. The applications…

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Customer perspective and behavioural research
The different drinking water customers

Drinking water utilities often direct their strategy and communication to the average customer, or to a small number of customer profiles. There is therefore a good chance that certain groups of individuals…

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To measure is to know
Chemradar: high-risk contaminants on the radar?

New substances are developed and marketed every year. At the same time, our knowledge about existing substances continues to grow. For the drinking water sector, it is essential to closely monitor these…

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To measure is to know
WaterpatRoon: non-target screening to routine application

Non-target screening is already a powerful technology for monitoring up to thousands of known and unknown substances in a water sample. However, further improvements will be possible in…

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Social environment and area planning processes
Decision-making under deep uncertainty in the drinking water sector – exploring (DAPP) Multirisk Pathways as a methodology

Climate change, technological developments, and population growth are examples of sources of deep uncertainty that can have a significant impact on the drinking water sector. The Dynamic Adaptive…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Protecting Drinking Water Under Different Regulations

Despite advancements in water treatment methods, pervasive water pollution and discussions about alternative sources of drinking water are eliciting stronger regulatory action and pressing the drinking water sector…

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Customer perspective and behavioural research
Justice as a pillar for the water sector

In 2023, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) advocated that justice, along with efficiency and legality, should also constitute an important pillar of climate policy and the related ongoing transitions.…

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Social environment and area planning processes
Role Performance and Stakeholder Strategies

A utility that does not behave as expected may create unclear situations or even lose credibility. It is therefore essential to examine how role performance is shaped in stakeholder processes and which…

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Circular systems
CIRSEAU – Building a water-smart economy and society

In a water-smart society, all available water resources—including surface water, groundwater, wastewater, and process water—are managed to prevent water scarcity and pollution, increase resilience to climate change, mitigate…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
WATERVERSE

Data spaces are protected environments where participants can access, process and use data, amongst other things. With a focus on water data spaces, the EU-funded Waterverse project aims to develop a water data management ecosystem that will…

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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
NATALIE

NATALIE addresses the risks posed by climate change and its impacts and proposes to advance the concepts of “ecosystem-based adaptation” in Europe combined with climate resilient development pathways. With the means for impact driven Nature-Based Solutions (NBS),…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
The FRESHMAN-project

Drinking water companies worldwide have freshwater supply problems. The main freshwater source for the Dutch water utility company Dunea is the Maas River, together with the Lek. However, due to extreme drought and intrusion of salty water…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Getting to grips with indirect discharges

Water authorities, environmental services and municipal authorities are increasingly seeing discharges of large quantities of chemical waste and other undesirable substances into the drains and therefore indirectly to surface water. That results…

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Impact of the energy transition on water utilities
Flexibility in water

This project addresses the question of how, and in which conditions, water utilities can use the flexibility in the management of their assets to be better placed in a changing energy system. That is important for several…

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Impact of the energy transition on water utilities
Water & Energy network group

Global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions include switching to cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. Water plays an essential role in this energy transition. In addition, drinking water utilities can contribute to the energy transition with…

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Sustainable heating and cooling
Investigating the options for low-temperature hot tap water in non-residential buildings

Low-temperature (LT) collective hot tapwater systems have a range of advantages over conventional higher-temperature systems. Legionella safety for hot tap water does represent a significant challenge here. Advantages…

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Groundwater of good quality
Pesticides in Dutch drinking water sources

By 2027, the Netherlands must comply with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the chemical quality of all designated groundwater and surface waters must be good. The latest WFD evaluation has shown…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
HPLC-UV screening project

HPLC-UV (high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection) has been used for over fifteen years by Rijkswaterstaat and Aqualab Zuid to monitor surface water quality. It is a robust, relatively simple technique for the early detection of…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
MOMENTUM – Study of the effects of micro- en nanoplastics on health

Micro- and nanoplastic particles (MNPs) have, as a result of plastic use and pollution, been found everywhere, both in the environment and in the human body. The Netherlands…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
PyHarmony: Development and harmonization of pyrolysis GC-MS methods for the identification and quantification of micro- and nanoplastics

Micro- and nanoplastics (MNP) are a health and environmental concern but little is known about the extent of the problem. Current analytical techniques are unable to reliably quantify…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Knowledge file for the water transition and drinking water

The drinking water sector’s collective research programme Waterwijs has developed a lot of knowledge that is valuable and that can be used in work on the water transition.…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
IDEATION – Inland Waters in the Digital Twin Ocean

The European IDEATION project will deliver a comprehensive roadmap to the European Commission, including a reference architecture, use cases, and recommendations for designing a Digital Twin for Inland…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Green energy for all: how hydrogen and electricity carry our future

In their book, Groene energie voor iedereen. Hoe waterstof en elektriciteit onze toekomst dragen, which is also published in English as Green energy for all. How hydrogen and…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
Aarhus ReWater

The municipality of Aarhus (Denmark), because its population is growing annually by 5000 people, faces the challenge of both creating a cleaner harbour and bay and increasing the capacity of wastewater treatment plants. The current wastewater treatment…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Transformative Area-oriented Management

The drinking water sector is facing major challenges. Climate change, developments in society and institutional changes are forcing water utilities to seek more collaboration and coordination with other stakeholders so that they…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
RECREATE

Eleven European partners will be working together on using alternative sources and additional buffers to strengthen the resilience of water supplies to water scarcity. KWR is leading a work package with four varied regional case studies: in…

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Health
Microbial safety
PCR methods for legal parameters

In determining the (hygienic) quality of drinking water, use is made of E. coli, intestinal enterococci and bacteria from the coli group (coliforms) as indicator organisms. Culture methods are the standard technique used to establish the presence…

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Circular systems
Wiser with Metal

This practical study investigates how much aquafer can be reprocessed into iron powder of a known quality. If pure enough, the iron powder can be used for a range of high-grade applications, including as a carrier material…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Rewarding: closing water and nitrate cycles in greenhouse horticulture

The greenhouse horticulture sector in the Netherlands is working on circular food production. On the road to achieving this goal, the sector must focus on, among other things,…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
An absolute barrier to PFAS in RO concentrate – no PFAS discharge to the environment in the drinking water sector (PAK PFAS)

An inventory study (KWR 2021.040) has shown that drinking water utilities find PFAS in their sources. PFAS are removed effectively during treatment with reverse osmosis (RO) but this…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Value Case Development: a process methodology for sustainable decision-making

Drinking water utilities will have to make major investments in the coming decades in areas such as asset infrastructure in order to maintain their capacity to continue supplying…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Closing the Cycle of Nutrients from Wastewater and Process Water (KNAP)

In this cross-sectoral project within TKI Water Technology and TKI Agri & Food, research partners WUR/WENR, KWR and LeAF are working together with a wide range of public-…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Waterrotonde Eerbeek

A pilot project has been organised with a circular water management system at the Industriewater Eerbeek (IWE) site. Existing plants treat process water from paper and cardboard mills and recover residual products for use in agriculture. The…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Monitoring, modelling and reducing nitrous oxide emissions from WWTPs

Towards mitigation strategies for WWTPs through intensive monitoring and modelling of N2O emissions Industry and society are striving to reduce the carbon footprint in response to tackling climate…

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Biological activity
Roadmap for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) to monitor microbial drinking water quality

The Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis method is suitable for investigating the composition of complex microbial populations. NGS is very valuable for identifying changes in the composition of microbial…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
From non-target screening to risk assessment

Non-target screening, bioassays and computer modelling can provide information about the structure, concentration and toxicity of unknown substances in water. Until now, these chemical, biological and computing methods have often been used…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Towards a knowledge programme for PVC pipe systems

We are researching how drinking water utilities can collect sufficient information about their PVC pipe systems in the years ahead, with a view to further improving the management of existing and yet-to-be-installed…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Determining reliability of modelling of drinking water warming

Water utilities want to know at which locations in the distribution network, and during which periods, risks of excessively warm drinking water may occur, and what targeted measures…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Methods for decision-making under deep uncertainty

Progressing climate change, technological developments and population growth put our society and also the water sector in a situation of deep uncertainty. Deep uncertainty is a technical term for the unpredictability of…

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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
Digital twin as experience accelerator

In which situations can a digital twin of the distribution process play a valuable role in the training of new staff? This is the central question in the project entitled: ‘On the…

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Public Design for Water
System Knowledge and Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus

Land, food, energy, water and ecosystems are linked to each other (the WEFE nexus), and form interconnected socio-metabolisms at different scales. Within Public Design for Water, we work in…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
The ‘Integrated Area Plan’: designing and assessing integrated solutions in area processes

This project is exploring how professionals working in practice can arrive at well-considered ‘Integrated Area Plans’. An Integrated Area Plan focuses on multiple and integrated solutions for various…

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Biological activity
Effect of temperature on the growth of opportunistic pathogens

This project is investigating how the heating up of drinking water affects the growth of opportunistic pathogens in the mains system. We are using a pilot array that…

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Biological activity
The effects on biological stability and later growth of mixing treated water from alternative sources and conventionally produced drinking water

This project will determine the effect of mixing drinking water extracted from new sources (groundwater and surface water) with drinking water from conventional treatment on the biological stability…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Sewage surveillance of drug use

Drug use is a recognised societal problem. It is damaging to public health and has negative (undermining) consequences for public security and the environment. An effective drug policy needs to be founded on reliable drug-use and -dealing…

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Health
Microbial safety
Reliable detection and control of Legionella pneumophila in wastewater

In recent years, the number of registered patients with a Legionella infection has increased in the Netherlands, with the majority of infections caused by Legionella pneumophila. L. pneumophila…

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Public Design for Water
Customer Perspectives and Behavioural Research

In the transition to a more water-aware society, it is essential to listen to and fully understand drinking water customers. How do these customers view drinking water and water conservation? What do…

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Public Design for Water
Social Environment and Area Planning Processes

We live in a time of transitions and changes, both in organisations and in the physical environment. We have ambitions in the area of climate adaptation, the water transition, the energy transition…

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Public Design for Water
Futures Studies and Strategy Development

For the timely recognition of threats and opportunities, and, as a society, to react to them effectively, we need to explore the future. Within Public Design for Water, the Futures Studies and…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Water-kennis: an immersive media experience

Turn on your tap, shower or flush your toilet, and clean water flows out. But where does this water come from? The availability of enough clean water has become an issue for…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Monitoring nutrient measures

In many areas of the Netherlands the surface-water quality still does not meet the WFD targets. In the present project two catchment areas in the provinces of North Brabant and Flevoland are being intensively monitored for nutrients,…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Customer Perspectives 2.0

In the Joint Research Programme (BTO) Customer theme group, four customer perspectives were developed which provide insight into the diversity of drinking water customers, with their different expectations, desires, concerns and needs. In 2018, the distribution and…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Can’t escape the WaterScape: transforming water and governance systems for dealing with climate impacts in the Dutch Delta

With projected increase in floods and drought it is apparent that the Dutch water system needs to change. In WaterScape we explore large-scale spatial transitions in the physical…

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Health
Microbial safety
AMVD Reference Document revision

Dutch drinking water utilities need to demonstrate that drinking water is safe and does not spread any infectious diseases. To this end, they establish for each drinking water treatment process an Analysis of Microbial Safety of Drinking…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
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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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
BTO/WiCE 2024-2029: current and urgent

The Onderzoeksvisie Gezamenlijk Wateronderzoek voor 2024-2029 voor BTO/WiCE (BTO/WiCE Research Vision of the Collective Water Research for 2024-2029) presents a varied and current programme with innovation, valuable knowledge development and a focus…

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Biological activity
Accelerate Energy Transition with Aquathermia 2.0

In its National Climate Agreement, the Dutch government has made commitments to reducing the emission of CO2. One of the sectors referred to in the agreement is the built environment. Heat demand…

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Biological activity
Effect of temperature on the growth of opportunistic pathogens

In this study we investigate how the increase in the temperature of drinking water influences the growth of particular pathogens, known as opportunistic pathogens, in the drinking water…

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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
Alternative Drinking Water Sources

Safeguarding microbial safety in the use of alternative drinking water sources is an important subject of concern for the future. For this reason, drinking water utilities are researching the potential of new…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
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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Biological activity
ProVe IT-LT: Proven Safe and Innovative Hot Tap Water at Low Temperature

A low temperature (LT; 50 °C) in heating networks offers various advantages, such as reduced heat loss during heat distribution. Moreover, a low supply temperature is also increasingly…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Longitudinal customer research

Longitudinal customer research can help drinking water utilities better tailor their services to their customers. To enable the best possible design of these studies, an ‘ideal’ questionnaire has been developed, as a part of a larger whole.…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
The customer as tourist

For the drinking water utilities customers are not only drinking water consumers. As tourists they also use the nature areas that these organisations manage. What is the perception of the customer as tourists? And to what extent…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
The role of sludge in infiltration ponds in OMP removal during dune infiltration

Drinking water utilities that use dune infiltration or riverbank filtration employ infiltration ponds with a sludge layer. This project investigates the role played by the thickness and conditions…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
ANCHOR: broad knowledge development about urban water reuse

In this project, we will study the application of water reuse in the built environment from technical, societal, governance and economic perspectives. The goal is to establish a…

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Biological activity
Biological treatment of RO concentrate

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water treatment technique that involves the use of semi-permeable membranes to remove unwanted molecules and particles. It is an effective way of extracting a wide variety of…

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Biological activity
Risk of L. pneumophila with heating networks

In this project, a qualitative microbiological risk analysis is being conducted to determine the effect of using heating networks for domestic connections on the number of patients with L. pneumophila. In addition, we…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
VIPNL: Wetland crops on water-rich peat

This project is investigating how wetland agriculture on water-rich peat can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and land subsidence, and deliver improvements in water quality and biodiversity. The focus is on…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
TUBES as a controlled test environment for low-threshold pilot projects

In this project, we are investigating the possibilities and limitations of distributed-optical-fibre detection techniques in a controlled test environment. This projectis being organised in a broad alliance of…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Lead from brass components – phase III

This project examines the Dutch drinking water sector’s sampling protocol to control lead concentrations at the tap. With a tightening of the lead standard, the performance of this protocol needs to be…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Insight into connecting pipes

There is still not enough attention being paid to connecting pipes in the transport and distribution network of the Dutch water utilities and De Watergroep in Flanders. Our understanding of the condition, failure probability and residual lifespan…

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“We want to put antimicrobial resistance on the water sector’s agenda”

28 September 2026 — Although antimicrobial resistance (AMR) currently poses no risk to the water sector, continued research is needed to keep…

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News

PFAS in tap water: safe today, concerns for tomorrow

24 September 2026 — Greenpeace’s large-scale PFAS campaign [Verbied giftig PFAS - Greenpeace Nederland] became the top news story in the Netherlands…

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New roadmap to accelerate innovation in water quality management

17 September 2026 — On 16 September, in the VPdelta field lab in Blijdorp Zoo, TKI Water Technology presented the roadmap ‘Action-oriented…

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Jos Boere takes leave of KWR and Allied Waters after seventeen years

08 September 2026 — On 3 September, Jos Boere bid farewell to KWR at a busy symposium. Colleagues and collaborators look back…

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WarmteStad and KWR demonstrate a sustainable heat system for Groningen using a digital twin

31 August 2026 — WarmteStad and KWR have completed a demonstration project in Groningen in which a sustainable heating system combining residual…

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Six-year programme expands knowledge of ageing pvc pipes

18 August 2026 — In the Netherlands, around 60,000 kilometres of pvc drinking water pipes are buried underground. This makes pvc the…

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KWR highlights water quality research at the Annual Dutch Toxicology meeting (NVT 2026)

06 August 2026 — KWR participated in the 47th Annual Meeting of the Dutch Society of Toxicology (NVT), held on June 23-24, 2026,…

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New composition of KWR Management Team

13 July 2026 — Two vacancies within KWR’s Management Team have been filled. As of 1 July, Andrew Segrave has started as…

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Monitoring recirculated irrigation water in the greenhouse

09 July 2026 — As greenhouse horticulture moves towards near-zero emissions, careful monitoring of recirculation water quality is becoming increasingly important. In…

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Agentic water modelling took the spotlight at HIC 2026

08 July 2026 — Last week, Christos and Dennis represented KWR at the 16th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2026) in Zaragoza.…

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Collaboration emerges as key to accelerating circular water use in industry at WIN2026

08 July 2026 — How do we move circular industrial water use from promising concepts to practical, trusted and widely implemented solutions?…

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DigiLab Software workshop: drinking water distribution tools

08 July 2026 — On a sunny Thursday, 18 June, more than 25 colleagues from the water utilities met at KWR to…

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Picking our battles: early insights from the Battle of the Water-Futures

29 June 2026 — From 18 to 21 May 2026, researchers, engineers and water professionals gathered in Paphos, Cyprus, for the 4th…

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The water transition in motion: lessons from the policy afternoon

25 June 2026 — The Knowledge File brought water professionals, researchers and policymakers together to discuss the challenges of the water transition.…

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Evides Future-Proof Research Afternoon

25 June 2026 — On 2 June, Evides presented the structural research programme it has been working on since 2014. Under the…

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From chatbots to agents: AI’s next wave in water

19 June 2026 — During the 2nd Waterwise Hydroinformatics Knowledge Exchange meeting of 2026, researchers, water utilities and industry partners came together…

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How can we prepare our urban water for the future?

19 June 2026 — Water poses enormous challenges for cities but KWR also believes there are opportunities here to make the urban…

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After the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize: Gertjan Medema accelerates the development of wastewater surveillance

18 June 2026 — During Singapore International Water Week 2026, KWR researcher Gertjan Medema, an expert in wastewater surveillance, will give a…

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