Drugs - KWR

A moral compass: using sewage water to study drugs use

03 July 2020 — More than half of the Dutch population believe that privacy concessions are an option in the fight against...

Anne Zwartsen PhD

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

EUSEME: Drugs in sewage during Dutch lockdown

17 June 2020 — In the week after the announcement of the ‘intelligent’ lockdown in the Netherlands, KWR tested levels of illegal...

Wastewater-based epidemiology: Wastewater reflection on society

16 June 2020 — Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) uses sewage as a source of information about citizens’ health and lifestyle. Analysis of sewage...

First methamphetamine waste discharge measured in Eindhoven

12 March 2020 — The consumption of cocaine and MDMA (XTC) in the Netherlands has been the highest in Europe for a...

EUSEME: Europe-wide Sewage analysis to Monitor Emerging drug problems

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is now an established approach in monitoring the consumption of a selection of illicit drugs.

Monitoring emerging drug problems in Europe

04 December 2019 — The partners of the EUSEME project came together on 19 and 20 November for the kick-off meetings. Researchers...

Wastewater analysis reveals trends in international drug use

23 October 2019 — The results of seven years’ wastewater analysis have been compiled in an article published in the prestigious journal...

2018 figures on drugs in European cities’ wastewater

14 March 2019 — The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) today published the results of drug monitoring of...

KWR researchers discover cause of wastewater treatment malfunction

22 October 2018 — The cause of malfunctions in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) or industrial wastewater treatment plants (IWWTs) is often difficult...

Frederic Béen PhD

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

EMCON 2018 Conference on emerging contaminants

05 July 2018 — The 6th International Conference on Emerging Contaminants was held in Oslo, Norway, from 25 to 28 June, 2018.

Methamphetamine in Ermelo sewage remarkable for the Netherlands

29 May 2018 — Commissioned by the municipal council of the town of Ermelo, KWR researched the presence of narcotics in the...

Ana Causanilles earns doctorate in wastewater epidemiology

25 May 2018 — On Thursday, 24 May, former KWR staff member Ana Causanilles successfully defended her thesis, titled ‘Wastewater-based epidemiology, an...

Wastewater epidemiology has grown up

24 May 2018 — In ten years wastewater epidemiology has developed into a mature field of knowledge which provides objective data on...

Netherlands number 1 user of XTC in Europe

07 March 2018 — The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) today (11:00 CET) published the results of the...

Sewer water analysis shows: amateur athletes use of ‘fat burner’ DNP

24 January 2018 — In the study entitled ‘Wastewater-based tracing of doping use by the general population and amateur athletes’, KWR researchers...

WATCH

Request for services for a waste water analysis report on the stimulant illicit drug markets in the EU.

Second Willem Koerselman Award for Emke and De Voogt

11 April 2017 — Erik Emke and Pim de Voogt have won the 2016 Willem Koerselman Award for the article,...

New dumps and increase in the use of cocaine and cannabis

13 December 2016 — The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) today published the result of drug monitoring in...

Emerging contaminants

Emerging contaminants are a possible threat to the public health and environment. KWR develops smarter, more integrative, more...

Sewage research becomes policy instrument for towns

15 June 2016 — On a commission from eight towns in the Province of Utrecht, KWR has analysed the presence of narcotic...

Drugs of abuse

In 2017, for the seventh year in a row, a European study into drugs in sewer water was...

Dutch cities once again in the top 5 for drugs use

31 May 2016 — In 2015, for the fifth year in a row, a European study into drugs in sewer water was...

Erik Emke BSc

Erik Emke is a researcher on the Chemical Water Quality and Health team. Erik has 25 years of...

Thomas ter Laak PhD

Thomas ter Laak works as a senior researcher in Chemical Water Quality on the sources, monitoring, behaviour, presence,...

Chemical water quality

KWR conducts research into compounds in water and their possible impact on health and the environment. For this,...