Transformatief Omgevingsmanagement

De drinkwatersector staat voor grote uitdagingen. Klimaatverandering, maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen en institutionele veranderingen dwingen drinkwaterbedrijven meer samenwerking en afstemming met de omgeving te zoeken, zodat zij ook in de toekomst voldoende drinkwater van…

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…

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…

Innovative water treatment technologies

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…

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,…

Innovative water treatment technologies

An absolute barrier to PFAS in RO concentrate – no PFAS discharge to the environment in the drinking water sector (PAH 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…