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Water-Futures

How should the world achieve high-quality water services in the future while facing severe climate, economic and population pressures under deep uncertainty? Water-Futures, a 10M Euros European Research Council (ERC) funded project (ERC Synergy Grant), aims to…

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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
ARSINOE

Resilience to climate change ARSINOE, a large four-year European Commission (EC) funded project (budget 15M Euros), aims to build an innovative ecosystem for climate change adaptation solutions. ARSINOE is funded under the Green Deal EC Calls (2021)…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
IMPETUS

With persisting impacts of climate change on people's health and livelihoods and the environment, the need to build resilience, adaptive capacity and sustainable and environmentally-friendly economic measures become more urgent. IMPETUS, a four-year European Commission-funded project coordinated…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
NEXOGENESIS

The water, energy, food and ecosystem (WEFE) nexus is a complex interrelationship governed by climatic and socio-economic drivers. We need holistic cross-sector considerations and policies to achieve resource use efficiency, leverage synergies and promote cross-sectoral cooperation. NEXOGENESIS,…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
LIFE NEW HYTS: reNEWable green Hydrogen for TranSport

The LIFE NEW HYTS project will demonstrate the opportunities and feasibility for local production, distribution, and application of green hydrogen in road transport. It aims to create the…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Water Mining

Securing enough and safe water is a crucial challenge for water management today. This situation calls for innovative water management solutions and alternative water resources. The EU-funded WATER-MINING project will demonstrate innovative next-generation water resource solutions in…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
ULTIMATE

KWR coordinates the EC funded ULTIMATE project, working closely with 27 project partners (research institutes, utilities and SMEs). ULTIMATE is a project on water smart industrial symbiosis, and demonstrates, at 9 large scale sites across Europe, enabling…

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Enabling technologies
New materials and technologies
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. However, WBE can also become a valuable source of information…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
HEATSTORE

The HEATSTORE project is an European project aimed at making technologies for the subsurface seasonal storage of sustainable heat ready for market uptake. With 23 European parties from nine countries the deployment is Europe-wide. In six demonstration…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
NextGen

NextGen will demonstrate innovative technological, business and governance solutions for water in the circular economy in ten high-profile, large-scale, demonstration cases across Europe. We will also develop the necessary approaches, tools and partnerships for transfer and upscaling.…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
STOP-IT

Water infrastructures are essential for society, human welfare and health, but they can be endangered by physical threats and cyberattacks. These can have severe societal consequences. Examples can be seen almost daily in the news. To address…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
AquaNES

Water scarcity, excess water in cities and micro-pollutants in the water cycle are challenges for now and the future. In AquaNES, we test constructed Natural and Engineered Systems (cNES) to face these challenges, develop a monitoring programme…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
SCREENCAP

The essence of the innovative concept of Screencap is the recovery of solids from raw wastewater on the basis of particle size rather than density. The partners, Aa and Maas Water Board, CirTec and KWR Water Research…

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Niek de Graaf
Facility technician/Coordinator Hard Services
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Niek de Graaf

Facility technician/Coordinator Hard Services

Niek de Graaf works as a general facilities technician at KWR. He has a background in facilities and followed supplementary training to ensure that the facilities support runs as smoothly…

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Rinske Potjewijd MSc
Communications consultant
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Rinske Potjewijd MSc

Communications consultant

Rinske Potjewijd is an experienced marketing communications consultant, with a strong vision and external focus. She graduated as a food technologist from the University of Wageningen. Rinske has 25 years…

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Maria Lousada Ferreira PhD
Scientific researcher
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Maria Lousada Ferreira PhD

Scientific researcher

Maria is an environmental engineer, with a PhD in wastewater treatment. She has been working for more than 20 years on how to combine environmental preservation with economic/social growth. Her…

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Joep van den Broeke
Senior scientific researcher Project manager
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Joep van den Broeke

Senior scientific researcher Project manager

Joep van den Broeke is a senior researcher and project manager in the Innovation and Valorisation team. Drawing on his background in technology development, implementation and commercialisation, he contributes to…

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Gerard van den Berg PhD
Manager Project manager International Research Programme
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Gerard van den Berg PhD

Manager Project manager International Research Programme

Gerard has a PhD in geochemistry. Over the past 15 years at KWR he has developed into an experienced project manager and team leader of the Innovation & Valorisation team.…

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Engaging Stakeholders – An Important Ingredient for Climate Adaptation

25 October 2023 — In October 2023, KWR hosted European projects’ IMPETUS and ARSINOE for their General Assemblies. Over 100 people from…

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Water certainty in an uncertain future

16 March 2023 — The Water Futures project looks for robust and adaptive water solutions that perform well over many unexpected futures.

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Applying the Nexogenesis Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus governance approach: update from the three field visits.

22 November 2022 — Water, energy, food, and ecosystems (the WEFE nexus) are interconnected and have limited resources. Lack of consideration of…

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Giving Digital Twins the IMPETUS to become regional

15 November 2022 — The phrase “Digital Twins” has become more common in the water industry to describe creating virtual replicas of…

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Presenting blue-green roofs in Bolzano

08 August 2022 — My first in-person conference in two years was the Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Conference…

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Utrecht embraces green hydrogen for heavy transport

04 July 2022 — Green hydrogen is on the rise and an ambitious project has also been set up out of Nieuwegein,…

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AquaSPICE: Implementation of circular water use in the European process industry

07 June 2022 — The first AquaSPICE General Assembly was held on 12 and 13 May 2022, bringing together 29 partners from…

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Water Futures project connects five European countries

11 February 2022 — Water Futures project connects five European countries to design smarter urban water systems linking hydroinformatics to economics. A…

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Serious gaming can raise stakeholder awareness on water supply and demand

27 January 2022 — Gaming has always been an integral part of human culture. One of the oldest forms of social interaction…

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Creating the ULTIMATE Young Professional programme

03 January 2022 — KWR recently initiated a new network has to unite young water professionals across Europe. Called the ULTIMATE Young…

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Four-year European LIFE-Climate grant for regional hydrogen project LIFE NEW HYTS

27 October 2021 — A broad-based consortium in the region of Utrecht has launched the LIFE NEW HYTS (reNEWable green HYdrogen for…

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New HORIZON 2020 project aims to build an ecosystem for innovative climate change adaptation solutions

11 October 2021 — A brand-new Horizon 2020 project entitled Climate Resilient Regions Through Systemic Solutions and Innovations—ARSINOE, kicked off on October…

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Towards water-smart industrial symbiotic systems

25 June 2021 — According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the circular economy aims to design waste and pollution management with new…

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Nextgen is exploring an augmented reality app to help engage citizens on water reuse

23 March 2021 — The water industry is exploring Augmented Reality (AR) as one of the technologies to accelerate circular solutions implementation.…

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Building NextGen wastewater treatment systems

15 March 2021 — The four-year NextGen project brings together a partnership of 30 organisations to demonstration solutions for water in the…

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Identifying a shared vocabulary and relevant stakeholders are essential in developing a circular approach

11 February 2021 — Circular economy developments often focus on technology. To be successful, we need to define a common vocabulary and…

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To unlock a Circular Economy in 2021, we need trust

19 January 2021 — Climate change has such a tremendous impact on the water sector that it is in our interest to…

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ULTIMATE uses real-world, large scale industrial demonstrations to build evidence-based symbiosis applications

07 January 2021 — A total of 27 project partners have come together under the ULTIMATE project (indUstry water-utiLiTy symbIosis for a…

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Water research opportunities in COVID year 2020

18 December 2020 — The global COVID pandemic posed enormous challenges for all sectors of society in 2020. The national and international…

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ERC Synergy Grant for ‘Smart Water Futures’

05 November 2020 — To ensure a high-quality and reliable supply of drinking water in the face of urban growth, KWR-CEO Dragan…

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Turning Wastewater into a Resource

15 June 2020 — A team of European researchers and engineers initiated the ULTIMATE project to turn wastewater into a resource. This…

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Quantitative assessment of water security in sight

03 February 2020 — The workshop Quantitative Assessment of Water Security took place at KWR on 29 January. The meeting with twenty…

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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…

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An ANSWER to the risks of antibiotics (resistance) with water reuse

16 July 2019 — Water reuse is an important weapon in the fight against water scarcity, but the purification and reuse of…

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Kees Roest ISPT Program Director

04 June 2019 — Since the beginning of April, Kees Roest has been program director at the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology…

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Development of tuneable laser to detect oil in water

16 April 2019 — At a Technical Meeting in Katschberg (Austria), discussions took place on the progress of the European AQUARIUS project,…

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Stakeholder engagement in the NextGen CoP in Athens

01 March 2019 — The first and exciting meeting of the NextGen Community of Practice (CoP) was held on 21 February in…

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Creating social platforms for citizen engagement

31 January 2019 — The European project POWER (Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges) consortium held a meeting, hosted by…

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Subsurface thermal storage also helps heat the Netherlands sustainably in the winter

04 October 2018 — This week sees the start of the HEATSTORE project: a 16-million-euro European project aimed at making technologies for…

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NextGen kick-off: demonstrating solutions for water in the circular economy

20 September 2018 — Thirty water utilities, industries, specialised SMEs, applied research institutes, technology platforms, and city and regional authorities from all…

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STOP-IT project for protection of water infrastructures gains momentum

18 July 2018 — A year after the start of STOP-IT, the project that deals with the protection of water infrastructures against…

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The next generation of managing our most important resource: water

16 May 2018 — As appetite for the world’s most important resource continues to grow – from water use in industrial processes…

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Water and sanitation, the Dutch Way

27 November 2017 — In the coming years, Bosnia Herzegovina will make important steps towards EU candidacy. With the help of funds…

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Water Sector

Protecting water infrastructure against physical threats and cyberattacks

16 June 2017 — On 7 and 8 June, approximately 60 stakeholders gathered in Oslo for the kick-off meeting of the STOP-IT…

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Water Sector

Urban Water Atlas for Europe

01 May 2017 — Last week the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe, a complete panorama of water management in…

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Water Sector

1 November DWSI meeting ‘Quo Vadis, Europe?’ with top economist Bas Jacobs

13 October 2016 — The Dutch water sector is confronted with a continuously changing context. Some of the changes demand flexibility if…

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Martin Bloemendal attended the European Geothermal conference

26 September 2016 — From September 19-22 I attended the European Geothermal conference, a once in every 2-3 year event which was…

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Water Sector

Watershare at IWA Brisbane 2016

15 September 2016 — In 2012 KWR launched Watershare at the IWA Congress & Exhibition in Busan, South Korea. In 2014, KWR…

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Water Sector

Watershare Community Emerging Substances launched

11 July 2016 — Watershare has launched its first Watershare Community of Practice, which is dedicated to Emerging Substances, at the Singapore…

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Water Sector

Workshop on Groundwater Monitor in Flanders

30 May 2016 — Hosted by VITO in Antwerp, Jos von Asmuth (KWR) organised a second workshop on the Groundwater Monitor tool…

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European TAPES project concludes in Brussels

30 September 2015 — On 24 September 2015, over 50 participants attended the closing conference of the Interreg programme’s Transnational Action Program…

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European POWER research project starts

15 September 2015 — In mid-2015, the European Commission selected POWER (Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges) as one of…

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DEMEAU conclusion: bioassays add great value in determining water quality

10 September 2015 — The three-year DEMEAU project was concluded in September 2015. KWR led the consortium, comprising 17 members from 5…

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European PREPARED project bundles knowledge on urban climate adaptation

27 August 2015 — Climate-proof measures for drinking water and sanitation systems contribute to a sustainable urban water sector. This is one…

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European Technology Platform for Water (WssTP) growths and strengthens position

30 June 2015 — Over the past few years, WssTP has developed into the platform for European collaboration in the field of…

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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.…

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Watershare partners CTM and KWR explore extended collaboration

26 May 2015 — On Wednesday, 20 May 2015, Deputy Director, Miquel Rovira, and Richard Elelman of the Spanish research institute, Fundació…

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TRUST project final congress

20 May 2015 — The results of the European TRUST (Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow) project were presented at…

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io Solutions of Turkey becomes Watershare member

19 March 2015 — In 2015, io Environmental Solutions R&D Cl of Istanbul became a Silver Member of the Watershare community. On…

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Aa and Maas Water Board, BWA and KWR sign partnership agreement on finescreen technology

03 March 2015 — On 3 March 2015, the Aa and Maas Water Board, technology company BWA and KWR signed an agreement…

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