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How green is digital water?

06 October 2020 — As the amount of data stored by our global civilization soars, concerns about the energy consumption of the...

Water sector can use hydroinformatics to take uncertainties into account in decision-making

09 July 2020 — The third knowledge exchange meeting of the Hydroinformatics Platform on 25 June focused on uncertainty and uncertainty propagation.

All is hydroinformatics?

25 June 2020 — The world is becoming increasingly digitalised, and we are reaping many benefits from this, in terms of convenience...

Picturing the pipe network

With the development of inspection robots and new kinds of sensors, and thanks to a growing wealth of...

Strategic decision-making for IAM: what can serious games contribute?

Drinking water companies can use serious games or other decision-support tools to help with strategic decision-making about issues...

Robotics in the water industry

19 February 2020 — The first 2020 knowledge-sharing meeting of the Hydroinformatics Platform was organised on 5 February, and dedicated to the...

DMA Fingerprinting – Fase II

The objective of this project is to investigate how the use of transients measurement (pressure waves) with spectral...

Combining water research and information technology

31 December 2019 — The combination of water research with information technology generates fruitful solutions that support the water sector in taking...

Agent-based models for water demand – an exploration

The design of a future-proof drinking water distribution network requires a vision of the evolution of the demand...

Smart Water Networks – 2

This project within the Joint Research Programme of KWR and the water utilities concerns the question of how...

Hydroinformatics Platform coordination and knowledge sharing

Over the last two years, the Hydroinformatics Platform has developed into a highly valued means of knowledge sharing.

Distribution experts from Europe and the US look behind each other’s scenes

09 December 2019 — Over the last two years, experts and researchers from Europe and the US have had the opportunity to...

Data-driven processes require good data management

27 November 2019 — Data management is a necessity in the new IT landscape: investing in ‘data literacy’ is vital in moving...

Responsible AI for the water sector?

10 October 2019 — Artificial Intelligence has penetrated many aspects of our lives, often without (most of) us realising that this is...

On the path to digital twins: experiences, opportunities and limitations

03 October 2019 — The idea of a digital twin is appealing and we should certainly develop it further, but in doing...

KWR at the CCWI conference

03 September 2019 — CCWI (Computing and Control in the Water Industry) has always been an important conference for KWR and in...

Fiware4Water

Fiware4Water is a three-year European research and innovation project, coordinated by the French Office International de l’Eau, links...

Circular Water System Co-Creation in Brainport Smart District

Brainport Smart District (BSD) is an especially innovative district with about 1,500 homes and a business park of...

Behavioural sciences and data

Citizens are increasingly asked to adapt their behaviour. Drinking water utilities also make such requests. During drought periods...

Making better predictions of peak water demand

11 July 2019 — The summer of 2018 was an extremely dry one and 2019 is on course to follow suit. A...

Launch of Fiware4Water: digital solutions for water

28 June 2019 — On 10 June 2019, Waternet and KWR, together with twelve European partners, launched the Fiware4Water project. This three-year...

Cranfield University new Watershare member

28 June 2019 — Cranfield University has joined Watershare. With this, Watershare expands its collaboration with a strong knowledge partner in the...

Digital twin demonstrator

This project will create a so-called ‘digital twin’ of a Dutch city’s drinking water distribution system, and use...

HydroMonitor

Groundwater levels are influenced by a variety of factors, such as precipitation, evaporation, groundwater...

Sensors & big data in hydrology

12 June 2019 — During this years’ Spring Symposium in Amersfoort, the Dutch Hydrological Society (NHV) gathered around the question ‘sensors and...

Navigating the Smart Water Journey

29 May 2019 — On the 15th and 16th of May the 9th annual Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) conference took place...

Peter van Thienen new Chief Information Officer at KWR

21 May 2019 — Peter van Thienen is KWR’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO). Van Thienen is currently finalising KWR’s new hydroinformatics...

Smart Water Networks

Hydroinformatics and smart water are becoming increasingly important in the water sector. Reliance on this technology is rapidly...

Forecasting models and scenario development for the drinking water infrastructure

07 May 2019 — Forecasting models and scenario development can help water utilities better manage their current water infrastructure and also better...

Oasen forecasts peaks in water demand with data-driven algorithm from KWR

01 May 2019 — This spring the Oasen water utility began using a new, data-driven algorithm which, on the basis of population...

Future proof opportunities at the ‘Waterinfodag’

03 April 2019 — At the ‘Waterinfodag’, which took place end of March 2019, I presented a theme session on innovative processing...

Exploratory research into data mining

The promises of data mining techniques have long been very inviting – and for the water utilities as...

Hydroinformatics Platform foresees great value in data visualisation

12 February 2019 — Data visualisation is an important tool in the effective application of data streams for informed decision-making. Data visualisation...

Cyber-physical security of water systems – a new frontier for interdisciplinary water research

13 December 2018 — Water Companies and other critical infrastructure operators have been adopting ICT technologies (sensors, actuators, real time control systems...

Joep van den Broeke

Joep van den Broeke is a senior researcher and project manager in the Innovation and Valorisation team. Drawing...

Validation slow sand filtration at De Punt

Slow sand filtration is a treatment process that contributes importantly to drinking water safety. In water practice, however,...

Application future failure frequency prediction method

The prediction of failure frequencies is important in determining pipe replacement volumes and replacement prioritisation. The predictions are...

Contamination Source Toolkit

When contamination incidents occur in the distribution system, as a result of work on the network for example,...

Hydroinformatics Platform Pilot Data Validation

Water utilities find themselves in a transition with regard to their decision-making process. The inputs in decision-making models...

Tessa Pronk

Tessa Pronk is a scientific researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team. She has a broad...

Resilience of distribution systems under crisis scenarios

This exploratory research project is producing an inventory of the possible physical and cyber threats (crisis scenarios) that...

Peak consumption causes

Water companies need a water consumption model to help them size their production locations. In this project KWR...

Data from smart water meters used to predict hotspots in distribution network

To ensure fresh and healthy drinking water in a future of climate change and urbanisation, it’s important to...

Ferramentum: tool for insights into rapid filtration

Previous tailored and thematic research work focused on iron and manganese removal from groundwater and led to the...

Prof. Dragan Savic FREng

Professor Dragan Savic FREng is the CEO of KWR Water Research Institute, the Dutch drinking water companies’ collective...

Gondwana

Over the last decades growing attention has been directed at the optimisation of drinking water distribution systems. But...

USTORE

Every year the drinking water sector replaces about 1% of the total drinking water distribution network. This replacement...

PVC degradation model in Comsima

In the Netherlands PVC is the pipe material that is most used: more than half of the drinking...

Real-time sensor measurements for a better water-quality policy

The current, hydraulic models are infrequently applied to water-quality issues in the distribution network; moreover, they are poorly,...

Optimal design of robust and future-proof target structures

The design of target structures is a topical subject in the water sector. Drinking water companies are busy...

Discolouration prediction tool for optimal cleaning policy

The quality of drinking water in the Netherlands is excellent. Nonetheless, this quality can deteriorate between the water...

Wat-Qual

Safe drinking water is paramount for the health and wellbeing of all populations. Unsafe drinking water can contain...

Heat transfer to drinking water mains

The warming of the soil around a drinking water main can make the temperature of the water in...

Menyanthes

Groundwater levels are influenced by a variety of factors, such as precipitation, evaporation, groundwater abstraction and the water...

Bram Hillebrand MSc

Bram Hillebrand is a scientific researcher in the Water Infrastructure team. After earning a Master’s in geophysics, he...

SIMDEUM

Our water consumption is predictable. After getting up in the morning most people use the toilet. They take...

STOP-IT

Water infrastructures are essential for society, human welfare and health, but they can be endangered by physical threats...

DiAMANT-Water: Data of the Future

The integrity of the water infrastructure is hard to determine using a directly measurable parameter, such as the...

Big Data Epidemiology

The scientific literature reports on – sometimes contradictory – research results on the relationship between the quality of...

Andrea Mizzi Brunner PhD

Andrea Mizzi Brunner (PhD) is deputy team leader of the Chemical Water Quality and Health team at KWR...

Data mining for asset management – survey and water sector examples

Data mining (the search for statistical connections in databases) is one step in ‘Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD)’.

Perspective and preconditions for the development and use of autonomous inspection robots in water mains

Asset management of distribution networks is currently based on generic knowledge and models of mains groups, supplemented by...

QMRA of the distribution network

Drinking water companies use quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) to demonstrate that the drinking water they produce is...

Network Flow Performance

For managers of water distribution networks, flow volume time series in the network, for example, for a District...

From mains data to mains knowledge

Decision-making about which mains to replace, and when, is one of the most important issues for asset management...

Efficient hot water heating

As homes become better insulated, energy consumption for spatial heating is decreasing. It is therefore increasingly important to...

Rapid Filtration Engineering Assistant

The application of rapid sand filtration combined with front-end aeration forms a robust barrier in the removal of...

Data mining in suspect screening data; searching for relevant new chemicals in different water types

Data from suspect screening analyses collected over the past few years contain a treasure of information. The data...

Future water use and peak factors under climate change

According the prognoses of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), weather extremes, such as heat and drought, will...

Incorporation of soil nutrients and acidity into PROBE

The vegetation composition in freshwater natural ecosystems can be explained on the basis of the soil moisture, nutrient...

Water-Use Info

Both in the design and the operational stage of a drinking water installation or drinking water distribution network...

OptiValves

The complexity of drinking water distribution systems sometimes makes it difficult to have a good sense of a...

Robustness of the drinking water infrastructure

Drinking water consumption and the functionality of the drinking water infrastructure are subject to the influence of external...

Modelling regrowth in the distribution network

Regrowth in the distribution network is a complex phenomenon. Measures to manage regrowth in the distribution network have...

Strategies for the optimal placement of water quality sensors in the distribution network

Monitoring water quality with sensors placed at strategic points in the distribution network provides an online picture of...

PROBE 3: an innovative model for vegetation development, groundwater recharge and nitrate leaching in a changing climate

Climate change can be expected to have big consequences for groundwater-independent vegetations, precisely because they rely entirely on...

Physical vulnerability of mains to climate change

Climate change can lead to a higher probability of failure in drinking water mains. Analysis of failure data...

Future temperature in the distribution network under the impact of urbanisation and climate change

Water temperature at the pumping station has limited impact on the temperature at the tap, but groundwater temperature...

Andreas Moerman MSc

Peter van Thienen PhD

Peter van Thienen is a senior researcher and Chief Information Officer of KWR. In his CIO role, Peter...

From big water data to smart water grids

Due to far-reaching computerisation, smart metering, the use of (online) sensor systems in drinking water production companies and...

INTEREST – Investment in, and returns from, sensor networks

The current monitoring of our drinking water quality is done on the pure water as it leaves the...

Design guidelines for sewer systems for domestic wastewater

In the urban context there are two key water discharge streams: the dry-weather stream and the stormwater stream.

On-site sensoring & monitoring

Determining nutrient concentrations with electronic finger prints and an algorithm based on an artificial neural network. Technology Within...

Energy-efficient and sustainable Tergooi hospital

Tergooi is developing a new hospital as part of the redevelopment of the Monnikenberg country estate to the...

Path and prerequisites for implementation of backtracing and source identification in hydraulic packages

In the event of a drinking water contamination incident, the tracing of the contamination source is crucial in...

Mirjam Blokker PhD

Mirjam Blokker is a Principal Scientist on the Drinking Water Infrastructure team. She is an expert in drinking...

Prediction model condition-determination of cementitious mains – Data mining phase 2

To further structure its existing mains replacement policy, Brabant Water wants to gain more insight into factors that...