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…

Area-based PFAS approach: system & governance analysis

...international levels to effectively reduce human and environmental exposure to PFAS. The decision-making process for a European ban on PFAS was initiated on 7 February 2023. The pesticide…

PFAS: A Threat for the Dutch Drinking Water Cycle?

...increasing, and to-date more than 4000 chemicals have been classified as PFAS. Water contamination and resulting human exposures from legacy PFAS, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and emerging PFAS, such...

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

...complex mixes of PFAS in groundwater, surface water and drinking water is not known, particularly since industry is introducing more and more alternative PFAS to replace regulated substances.…

Industrial water and municipal wastewater

...and quinary processes. KWR develops, evaluates and optimises technologies for the removal of organic matter, nutrients, micropollutants, PFAS, heavy metals, pathogens and other substances of emerging concern. Our experts work...

Knowledge file for the water transition and drinking water

...environment – science policy PFAS in Europees water … een verkenning Gebiedsgerichte maatregelen voor het mestbeleid Other Innamestops waterwinbedrijven, 1969/2007-2022 | Compendium voor de Leefomgeving Ketenaanpak ‘Medicijnresten uit…