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Dune infiltration

Projects

Health
Emerging contaminants
Clearer picture of the formation of transformation products during drinking water treatment thanks to integrated strategies

During drinking water production, biotic and antibiotic processes can form transformation products (TP) from organic micropollutants (OMP). How these substances behave in water treatment and how toxic they…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Improved water quality through advanced oxidation and dune infiltration

The Dunea drinking water utility uses surface water to produce drinking water by means of dune filtration. In the decades ahead, the quality of the river water that…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Monitoring the effects on nature of the redevelopment of the Middel- en Oostduinen water extraction area

The water extraction activities of the Evides water company in the Middel- and Oostduinen area have been substantially modified since 1999. The aim is to make the open,…

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Health
Biological activity
Microbial profiling in dune infiltration

DNA sequencing has made enormous strides over the past few years. The technology has advanced to the point where is should be possible, on the basis of information from the DNA (and…

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Experts

Peer Timmers
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Peer Timmers

Scientific researcher Project manager

Peer Timmers is trained in microbial ecophysiology. He applies as broad a range of chemical and molecular biological techniques as possible to determine which microorganisms are responsible for a particular…

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peer.timmers@kwrwater.nl

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Alex Hockin MSc
Scientific researcher
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Alex Hockin MSc

Scientific researcher

Alex Hockin is a researcher in the Geohydrology team. In 2018, she completed her Master's in environmental hydrogeology at Utrecht University, graduating cum laude. For her Master's she studied the…

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alex.hockin@kwrwater.nl

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Luuk de Waal MSc
Scientific researcher
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Luuk de Waal MSc

Scientific researcher

Luuk de Waal is a practice-oriented researcher in the Water Treatment & Technology team of KWR water research institute. He uses various pilot installations to develop innovative techniques in future-proof…

030-6069551

luuk.de.waal@kwrwater.nl

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Niels Hartog PhD
Principal scientist
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Niels Hartog PhD

Principal scientist

Dr. Niels Hartog's research focuses on the sustainable use and improvement of the quality of groundwater and the use of the subsurface as a sustainable source and storage of water…

030-6069652

niels.hartog@kwrwater.nl

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News

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FRESHMAN researches use of brackish groundwater as new drinking water source

01 February 2022 — After two years of preparatory and construction work, on 31 January 2022 the pumps at the Dunea pilot…

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KWR collaborated on the book “Het vroon ontrafeld”

13 May 2020 — The recently published Het vroon ontrafeld: veertig jaar waterwinning en natuurbeheer in de Middel- en Oostduinen op Goeree…

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New thesis prize named after leading hydrogeology expert Stuyfzand

17 December 2019 — Over the course of forty years, hydrogeologist Pieter Stuyfzand has worked at Kiwa/KWR, Delft University of Technology and…

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SALutions and COASTAR presented at International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge

22 May 2019 — During the triennial International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR) held in Madrid, KWR and Arcadis presented results…

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Blog

DPWE Workshop: Water Quality and Sources

13 November 2018 — On November 5th I attended a DPWE mini workshop in Castricum at the visitors center of PWN. DPWE is…

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Workshop DPWE & OBN: Restoration of dune grasslands by reactivation of small scale eaolian dynamics

23 March 2017 — In Dutch coastal dunes dune grasslands are endangered by an elevated atmospheric nitrogen deposition, a decline of grazing…

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