Drugs - KWR

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 & Health team. His work focuses on...

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...

Chemical water quality

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