Drugs - KWR

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...

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. KWH 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

Latest results announced for the Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven sewer water study In 2015, for the fifth year...

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...

Chemical water quality

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