Bioassay - KWR

More and more substances are being found worldwide in surface water that may have adverse effects on the...

Anne Zwartsen works as a researcher and toxicologist in the KWR Chemical Water Quality and Health team. She...

10 June 2020 — KWR disposes of advanced laboratories for research into the quality of drinking water and drinking water sources. Our...

The number of chemicals encountered in water is increasing worldwide. Effect-based chemical measurements add value because they provide...

Due to improved detection techniques, we are aware of a large number of chemicals that may be present...

For new, emerging contaminants in drinking water sources and for transformation products, there are sometimes very little or...

The Drinking Water Regulations require a water company to follow the statutory monitoring programme or otherwise have...

13 March 2019 — Additional treatment steps for WWTPs; Learning by doing, doing while learning As WWTPs in general haven’t been designed...

18 September 2018 — The aim of the 11th BioDetectors conference 2018 was to bring together scientists involved in the development and...

Frederic Béen works as a researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team. His research activities focus...

Neurotoxicity is the occurrence of adverse effects on the nervous system. Particularly during its early-development stages, the brain...

23 January 2018 — In the Meander Medical Center Amersfoort STOWA organized a conference about the presence of pharmaceuticals in wastewater. The...

Before the Netherlands can initiate shale gas extraction, answers must be given to the question of the possible...

23 February 2017 — GWRC organized a workshop to get insight in the developments in bioassay applications and the aims and needs...

Stefan Kools works at KWR as a researcher and team leader. He has more than 20 years’ experience...

10 September 2015 — The three-year DEMEAU project was concluded in September 2015. KWR led the consortium, comprising 17 members from 5...

09 July 2015 — In the summer of 2015, Limburg Water Distribution Company (WML) detected a pollutant in the river Meuse, which...

24 April 2015 — In 2015 a new research project, party financed by Technology Foundation STW, began mapping the extent to which...