Governance

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,...

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...

Multiplying societal value

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

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,...

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...

Stefania Munaretto PhD

Stefania works as researcher within the Innovation and Valorisation team. Her work has an applied focus and revolves...

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...

Governance Capacity Analysis

How to address our water, waste and climate challenges? Climate change and urban growth are making this question...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Customer perspectives

It is becoming increasingly clear that one can no longer generalise about drinking water customers. This project reveals...

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...

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),...

Collective research on Water in the Circular Economy (WiCE)

Circular Economy Our society and economy are dependent on natural resources, such as raw materials, water and 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...

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...

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,...

Area planning process systems

Space is scarce in the Netherlands and the responsibilities for the management of public space are often decentralised.

Water Knowledge Action Programme

Managers, researchers and practice innovators are working on water governance in the Water Knowledge Action Programme to realise...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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).

Stef Koop PhD

Steven (Stef) Koop PhD is a researcher at KWR. His expertise is in the analysis and evaluation of...

Prof. Kees van Leeuwen PhD

Cornelis Johannes (Kees) van Leeuwen, PhD, is Principal Scientist at KWR, and Professor in Water Management and Urban...