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Brabant Water customers measure tap water hardness themselves

05 October 2017 — At the beginning of this week almost 100 ‘temporary water researchers’ gathered together in Oss to launch the...

Langenau drinking water production more sustainable thanks to pellet softening

03 October 2017 — Langenau has switched from a precipitation process (cold lime softening) to a crystallisation process (pellet softening) at its...

Aachen Conference on Water Technology

The Aachen Conference on Water Technology will focus on new developments in water treatment – both for drinking...

KWR partner in Consortium on Climate Change and Adaptation

31 August 2017 — On 31 August in Utrecht, seven knowledge organisations – besides KWR, they are Utrecht University, University of Twente,...

Water supply and drainiage for buildings, in Haarlem

29 August 2017 — During the second day of the symposium, it was presented how the new knowledge and tools are being...

International symposium of CIB W062

24 August 2017 — The annual international symposium for water supply and drainage for buildings was held in Haarlem. Jacqueline Cramer opened...

Area planning process systems

Space is scarce in the Netherlands and the responsibilities for the management of public space are often decentralised.

Legionella control in the tropics

Legionella pneumophila, the main cause of legionnaires’ disease, multiply primarily in aqueous environments at temperatures between 30 and...

Webinar on global approach to arsenic in drinking water

Under the title of ‘Arsenic in Drinking Water: Best Practices for Control and Management’, Arslan Ahmad (KWR) and...

WHO expert meeting: the role of water in spreading antimicrobial resistance

05 July 2017 — On 5 and 6 July, 30 experts from all over the world met at KWR to assist the...

LESAM 2017 – Trondheim

26 June 2017 — LESAM 2017 – Trondheim – day 1 Today is the first day of LESAM, the Leading Edge Sustainable...

Arsenic removal to <1 µg/L with advanced oxidation-coagulation-filtration (AOCF)

Arsenic is one of the most poisonous substances on earth. Nevertheless, millions of people worldwide are exposed to...

Water companies, Vewin and KWR build upon structural research collaboration

09 June 2017 — As of 1 January 2018, a new period of collaboration in the joint water research of the water...

New citizen science research launched

24 May 2017 — On Monday, during a festive launch and information evening at the Limburg Maasbracht, a new citizen science research...

The Blue Route: water as a pathway to innovation and sustainable growth

17 May 2017 — ‘The Blue Route’ was launched today during a special event on board the SS Rotterdam. Based on water-related...

Detection, removal and recovery potential of metals from the watercycle

08 May 2017 — The focus of water treatment is increasingly shifting to the recovery of raw materials. Drinking water companies, waterboards...

Remineralisation of RO permeate

Oasen is working on the full-stream treatment of, among others, river-bank filtrate using RO, which entails the complete...

Year Review 2016: ‘Not without reason.’

14 April 2017 — You will find our Year Review 2016 on our website. It includes facts and figures, an overview...

1st International Water and Sanitation Safety Planning and Extreme Weather Events Conference

13 April 2017 — Last Friday, I attended the first Pan-European Water and Sanitation Safety Planning and Extreme Weather Events (WSSP) conference,...

Transition to a hydrogen economy opens opportunities for water companies

03 April 2017 — The use of pure water for the production of hydrogen to serve as an energy carrier in a...

Water Knowledge Workplace

Meet those who design disruptive innovations, and take part in building a knowledge network in the field of...

Rossella Messina finalist in Dopper Changemaker Challenge

16 March 2017 — Rossella Messina, master thesis intern at KWR, has reached the final round of the Dopper Changemaker Challenge. With...

Nanotechnology in water applications

NanoNextNL is a consortium directed at research in the field of micro- and nanotechnology. More than one hundred...

The connecting role of water in the circular economy

24 February 2017 — As of 21 March 2017, the TKI Water Technology partners will be present at the ...

Workshop on pharmaceuticals

21 February 2017 — Load and concentrations of pharmaceuticals in water are increasing. Therefore, it will become more and more important to...

Big Data Epidemiology – statistical relationship between drinking water quality and health

The scientific literature reports on – sometimes contradictory – research results on the relationship between the quality of...

Refreshing drinking water thanks to water temperature mapping

A new type of water meter makes it possible to monitor water temperature. It provides a minimum temperature...

Heat and Cold from drinking water (HCD)

‘Heat and Cold from Drinking water’, ‘HCD ’ for short, constitutes a unique combination of water and energy:...

Next step in research on L. pneumophila growth conditions

19 January 2017 — KWR has taken an extra step in our understanding of the conditions that favour the growth of L.

ARREAU workshop at WaterLink Symposium

KWR is organising an interactive ARREAU workshop at the annual WaterLink Symposium in Leeuwarden. ARREAU is the EIP...

Belgian De Watergroep shareholder in KWH

28 November 2016 — This afternoon representatives of De Watergroep and KWH Water B.V., in the presence of the Flemish Prime Minister Geert...

Unique citizen science project concludes: Amsterdam’s tap water is fresh

28 October 2016 — On Tuesday evening, 26 October, Amsterdam citizen scientists, KWR professional researchers and numerous other interested people gathered in...

Presenting QMRA at Iranian Conference on Environmental Health and Sustainable Development

24 October 2016 — Iran is facing many challenges in the field of environmental health, including air pollution, water and food contamination...

Future of Cities Forum 2016, Tianjin, China

24 October 2016 — Organizers The World Future Council, UN Habitat and the China Urban Research Center of Beijing Jiaotong University organize...

City Blueprint at Habitat III conference: host city under the microscope

13 October 2016 — Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, will take place from 17 to...

MICRORISK: Microbiological risk assessment

The aim of MICRORISK was to develop a microbial risk assessment process which will contribute to the decision...

Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability

06 July 2016 — The 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2016) was held in Stockholm from 19 to 23...

Annual Report 2015: ‘The circular economy as social contract’

21 June 2016 — You’ll find our Annual Report 2015 on our website. With all the facts and figures, an overview...

Water field pilot: The Freshness of Water

In this citizen-science field pilot project, citizens participate for the first time as actual researchers in scientific research...

Oportunistic pathogenic microorganisms in drinking water

Because of the expected climate change, it is probable that in the future the earth’s warming will lead...

Water4India

Freshwater of sufficient quality for human consumption is becoming scarce. In India the availability of such water is...

Validation and standardisation of the BPP test for drinking water

Since regrowth of microorganisms in the water distribution system is not desirable, the Dutch water companies strive to...

Elaboration of heat-cold recovery from drinking water

Water companies want to actively contribute to cutting back the societal costs associated with the consumption of fossil...

Path and prerequisites for implementation of backtracing and source identification in hydraulic packages

In the event of a drinking water contamination incident, the tracing of the contamination source is crucial in...

KWR is looking for Amsterdam residents for drinking water research

25 April 2016 — In the ‘Water Freshness’ field trial citizens will be participating for the first time as researchers in scientific...

Regional meetings on Asset Management Collaboration

11 March 2016 — Collaboration chiefly means sharing knowledge and trusting each other. Moreover, when it comes to asset management this is...

Research helps Vitens zoom in on customer desires more sharply

29 January 2016 — Vitens has for many years focused on giving its customers peace of mind by providing them with water...

Arcadis and KWR take first step towards Allied Waters

13 November 2015 — In November 2015, Arcadis and KWR signed a Memorandum of Understanding which launched their collaboration in the field...

New Watershare member City of Cape Town starts with CFPD

10 November 2015 — In November 2015, KWR welcomed the newest member of the Watershare family, the City of Cape Town (CCT),...

Safe drinking water toolbox developed

27 July 2015 — With the introduction of the new WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality and the Water Safety Plans, a need...

KWR participates in the review of the Drinking Water Directive

01 June 2015 — In collaboration with Ecorys and WUR/Alterra, KWR organised a stakeholder event in Brussels on Tuesday, 26 May 2015.

Subsurface water storage without health risks

04 May 2015 — On 29 April 2015, Andreas Antoniou was awarded his doctorate from VU University Amsterdam for his research into...

On the way to ‘biologically stable’ drinking water

01 January 2015 — In 2015, within the joint research programme for the water companies, KWR worked on the further development of...

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