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Adsorption processes

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Polishing pellets

During the production process of drinking water (dissolved) iron is removed from the water. Sand filtration is a treatment technique commonly used for this purpose. The flushing of the sand filters then generates aquafer, which is a…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Impact of substances of very high concern in the environment

The water sector is being increasingly confronted with substances of very high concern and new emission pathways for those substances. Substances of very high concern are a threat…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Adsorptive and biological removal of plant protection products

The horticultural sector is faced with a major challenge: it is obligated to remove at least 95% of the plant protection products from its discharge water. A solution…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Strengthening research into activated carbon filtration for micropollutant removal

Organic micropollutants (OMPs), including persistent compounds, are being increasingly detected in groundwater and surface water. Understanding the action of (surface water) treatment in the removal of OMPs is…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Prediction and validation in organic micropollutant removal

Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in sources of drinking water are regularly in the news. The quantities of OMPs are usually very low and not harmful to health, but the…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Affinity adsorption

The presence of pharmaceuticals and degradation products in surface water represents a threat to ecological water quality and drinking water sources. The removal of pharmaceuticals and organic micropollutants is also becoming more and more topical. Many pharmaceuticals…

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Experts

Wolter Siegers
Scientific researcher
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Wolter Siegers

Scientific researcher

Wolter Siegers is a Generic-B researcher and has worked at KWR for more than 30 years. He worked on research in water treatment for drinking water, wastewater and industry water.…

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Wolter.Siegers@kwrwater.nl

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Bas Wols PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Bas Wols PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Bas Wols works as a scientific researcher on the Water Treatment team. He models water treatment processes, such as UV/H2O2 oxidation, membrane filtration, sand filtration, softening and aeration. He uses…

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Bas.Wols@kwrwater.nl

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Research helps to reduce the impact of Substances of Very High Concern on drinking water supplies

11 May 2023 — More knowledge about the toxicity and behaviour in soil and treatment of Substances of Very High Concern helps…

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Water Sector

CatchAmed binds pharmaceuticals in the toilet

01 April 2019 — Increasing attention is being paid to methods for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater. In the TKI programme’s…

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Mülheimer Wassertechnisches Seminar “Adsorption in der Wasseraufbereitung”

27 June 2016 — On Wednesday Sept 14th in Mülheim (BRD) a symposium on adsorption technology for water treatment was organized. It…

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Adsorption processes

Polishing pellets

Impact of substances of very high concern in the environment

Adsorptive and biological removal of plant protection products

Strengthening research into activated carbon filtration for micropollutant removal

Prediction and validation in organic micropollutant removal

Affinity adsorption

Research helps to reduce the impact of Substances of Very High Concern on drinking water supplies

CatchAmed binds pharmaceuticals in the toilet

Mülheimer Wassertechnisches Seminar “Adsorption in der Wasseraufbereitung”