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…

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.…

BTO/WiCE 2024-2029: current and urgent

...investigates how the increase in chemical contaminants, ranging from arsenic to PFAS, impacts the drinking water quality and entails health risks. Due to changes in climate, demography, agricultural innovation and...

Waterrotonde Eerbeek

...KWR provided support for the optimisation of water treatment processes (such as monitoring micropollutants, including PFAS) and brine management (including flocculation/coagulation and alternative brine treatment). The pilot plant was able...

Non-target screening

...are compared with a ‘suspect’ list of substances that are thought to be present in the sample, such as substances of very high concern and their metabolites, PFAS or substances...