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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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Society
Citizen science and public participation
The customer as ‘follow-up treatment actor’

Drinking water customers seem increasingly open to the idea of home filtration and rainwater applications in their own households. This project sheds light on the number and the kinds of customers concerned,…

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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
The integration of collective heating systems in society

The Climate Agreement (2019) included plans for making the built environment more sustainable. The roll-out of heat networks is an important strategy here. It is a major challenge…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Water poverty

Even in a prosperous and water-rich country like the Netherlands, it is reasonable to assume that people may face water poverty. The aim of the project is to explore and investigate this area from different perspectives in…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Multiple Value Creation Implementation

In this project we are developing and implementing an overall framework, an assessment framework and a process methodology to define and assess multiple values, for the purpose of sustainable investment in the…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Customer perspectives

It is becoming increasingly clear that one can no longer generalise about drinking water customers. This project reveals the existence of drinking water customers with different perspectives for all of the Netherlands and in De Watergroep’s supply…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
System Design Power-to-X

The Power-to-X concept aims to produce electricity, hydrogen, heat and service water sustainably. By converting electricity into heat and then storing the heat in the subsurface, we can achieve a better match between energy demand and supply.…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Governance and knowledge action for the circular water cycle

In this project we research the governance of the circular urban water cycle in four pilots. A knowledge-action method provides insights into the role distribution between stakeholders, the…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Area planning process systems

Space is scarce in the Netherlands and the responsibilities for the management of public space are often decentralised. This means that area planning processes – i.e., reaching agreements on the use of public space – involve many…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Water Knowledge Action Programme

Managers, researchers and practice innovators are working on water governance in the Water Knowledge Action Programme to realise the transition to the circular city of the future. The approach is scientifically founded and socially supported, action-oriented and…

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Experts

Arvid van Dam
Scientific researcher
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Arvid van Dam

Scientific researcher

Arvid van Dam is a researcher in the Innovation & Valorisation team. As an anthropologist, he is interested in the tensions and opportunities that may arise between different stakeholders in…

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arvid.van.dam@kwrwater.nl

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Sandra Sikkema
Scientific researcher
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Sandra Sikkema

Scientific researcher

Sandra Sikkema is a researcher in water governance on the Resilience Management & Governance team. In 2021 she graduated in International Land & Water Management, specialising in Water, Society &…

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sandra.sikkema@kwrwater.nl

06-54290049

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Fabi van Berkel
Scientific researcher
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Fabi van Berkel

Scientific researcher

Fabi van Berkel is water governance researcher in the Resilience Management & Governance Team. Fabi is fascinated by the questions: How to organize resilient and sustainable cities & regions? How…

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fabi.van.berkel@kwrwater.nl

06-52826058

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Stef Koop PhD
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Stef Koop PhD

Scientific researcher Project manager

Steven (Stef) Koop PhD is a researcher at KWR. His expertise is in analysing and evaluating urban water management and the governance capacity needed to solve water challenges. In addition,…

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News

Blog

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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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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Managing drought calls for structural measures

16 December 2021 — The Water Authorities and the provinces commissioned knowledge institutions, including KWR, to research drought in the high sandy…

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First meeting Aqua ludens advisory group

23 November 2021 — Having sufficient freshwater available now and in the future for all functions – such as drinking water, industry,…

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The city as a sponge: solutions for precipitation increase due to climate change

02 November 2021 — Technologies that increase the water-absorbing capacity of a city are necessary to cope with climate change. Jiangsu Sponge…

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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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Multiple values of water

07 July 2021 — The Implementation of Multiple Value Creation project began this year as part of the Water in the Circular…

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Making SENSE Of Diverse, Decentralised Water Innovations

06 July 2021 — The invention of piped sanitation systems has rightly been credited as one of the most significant medical milestones…

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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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A new phase for the City Blueprint Approach in Africa

17 June 2021 — On May 31, 2021, students in Abidjan, Lagos, Lusaka and Nairobi started applying the City Blueprint approach (CBA)…

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Waterwise cities will help make the world a better place

07 June 2021 — In ten years, the City Blueprint Approach (CBA) has developed into a powerful tool to assess how water-wise…

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Preserve and enhance the value of water throughout the cycle

28 May 2021 — The Water in the Circular Economy (WiCE) research programme revolves around the preservation of value in the water…

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Collaborating on the circular water economy for a sustainable and climate-proof Europe

31 December 2020 — KWR leads two big European projects that should point the way towards a circular water economy and greater…

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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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Sustainable water use in cities. A new role for social platforms

18 September 2020 — With the urban population set to hit 6.4 billion by 2050 and an increasing risk of too little,…

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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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Multiplying societal value

31 December 2019 — Multiple value creation already frequently occurs in the water sector, but it is not always clearly highlighted. KWR…

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Multiple sources of Genesee County Legionella Outbreak in 2014-2015

04 December 2019 — In 2017 the State of Michigan asked KWR to investigate the epidemic of Legionnaires’ Disease in Genesee County,…

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Creating multiple value for the challenges of the future

28 November 2019 — Multiple value creation is probably not yet a familiar expression for everybody. But it certainly is for the…

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Water reuse presents opportunities

05 June 2019 — The reuse of water is becoming an increasingly central focus of attention. This reuse presents companies with important…

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OECD: ‘Water Knowledge Action Programme is a model of innovative collaboration’

02 April 2019 — The Water Knowledge Action Programme (KAP Water) receives international praise. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…

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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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A global perspective on local water, waste and climate challenges

08 February 2019 — This week I had the honour to provide a global perspective on the local challenges of water, waste…

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Water Sector

Developing capacity to overcome water challenges in a rapidly changing world

20 September 2018 — How to address our water challenges? Climate change and urban growth are making this question increasingly important. Despite…

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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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Column

Water wisdom comes with ups and downs

14 March 2018 — Over the last three months Stef Koop and Kees van Leeuwen have been very busy with a number…

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Drought – a global challenge in cities

30 January 2018 — Recently, on 26 January 2018, an article on ‘thirsty cities’ appeared in ‘ het Algemeen Dagblad’ (AD), a…

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KWR partner in Consortium on Climate Change and Adaptation

31 August 2017 — On 31 August in Utrecht, seven knowledge organisations – besides KWR, they are Utrecht University, University of Twente,…

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Governance Capacity Analysis to address water challenges

19 June 2017 — How to address our water, waste and climate challenges? Climate change and urban growth are making this question…

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Water Sector

Citizen trust: key to successful introduction of water reuse

14 February 2017 — In principle, Europe’s citizens have a positive attitude towards water reuse. But whether they would personally reuse water…

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Unique citizen science project concludes: Amsterdam’s tap water is fresh

28 October 2016 — On Tuesday evening, 26 October, Amsterdam citizen scientists, KWR professional researchers and numerous other interested people gathered in…

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Future of Cities Forum 2016, Tianjin, China

24 October 2016 — Organizers The World Future Council, UN Habitat and the China Urban Research Center of Beijing Jiaotong University organize…

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DEMOWARE: Governance workshops and launch Water Reuse Europe

03 October 2016 — In September KWR organised two workshops on water reuse governance with stakeholders in Sabadell (Spain) and Capitanata (Italy).…

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Governance

IMPETUS

NEXOGENESIS

The customer as ‘follow-up treatment actor’

The integration of collective heating systems in society

Water poverty

Multiple Value Creation Implementation

Customer perspectives

System Design Power-to-X

Governance and knowledge action for the circular water cycle

Area planning process systems

Water Knowledge Action Programme

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

Water Futures project connects five European countries

Managing drought calls for structural measures

First meeting Aqua ludens advisory group

The city as a sponge: solutions for precipitation increase due to climate change

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

Multiple values of water

Making SENSE Of Diverse, Decentralised Water Innovations

Towards water-smart industrial symbiotic systems

A new phase for the City Blueprint Approach in Africa

Waterwise cities will help make the world a better place

Preserve and enhance the value of water throughout the cycle

Collaborating on the circular water economy for a sustainable and climate-proof Europe

ERC Synergy Grant for ‘Smart Water Futures’

Sustainable water use in cities. A new role for social platforms

Quantitative assessment of water security in sight

Multiplying societal value

Multiple sources of Genesee County Legionella Outbreak in 2014-2015

Creating multiple value for the challenges of the future

Water reuse presents opportunities

OECD: ‘Water Knowledge Action Programme is a model of innovative collaboration’

Stakeholder engagement in the NextGen CoP in Athens

A global perspective on local water, waste and climate challenges

Developing capacity to overcome water challenges in a rapidly changing world

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

Water wisdom comes with ups and downs

Drought – a global challenge in cities

KWR partner in Consortium on Climate Change and Adaptation

Governance Capacity Analysis to address water challenges

Citizen trust: key to successful introduction of water reuse

Unique citizen science project concludes: Amsterdam’s tap water is fresh

Future of Cities Forum 2016, Tianjin, China

DEMOWARE: Governance workshops and launch Water Reuse Europe

Governance Capacity Analysis

Collective research on Water in the Circular Economy (WiCE)