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Organic kitchen waste via the sewer

Within the framework of the circular economy, it is important for municipalities to make the best possible use of kitchen waste (fruit and vegetable waste, or ‘FVW’) through high-value, sustainable processing. In…

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Experts

Amitosh Dash PhD
Scientific researcher
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Amitosh Dash PhD

Scientific researcher

Amitosh Dash is a researcher in the Water Infrastructure team. He is utilizing in-house modeling tools to predict water quality in distribution networks. His research shall assist water companies in…

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amitosh.dash@kwrwater.nl

06-13724261

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Georgios Chatzistefanou
PhD candidate
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Georgios Chatzistefanou

PhD candidate

Georgios Alexandros Chatzistefanou (Alex) is a scientific researcher in the Hydroinformatics team. He conducts research in the field of resilience modeling and assessment with a focus on the cascading effects…

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alex.chatzistefanou@kwrwater.nl

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Bram Hillebrand MSc
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Bram Hillebrand MSc

Scientific researcher Project manager

Bram Hillebrand is a scientific researcher in the Water Infrastructure team. After earning a Master's in geophysics, he worked for four years on a PhD at Utrecht University in the…

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bram.hillebrand@kwrwater.nl

06-53248293

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Ralph Beuken MSc
Scientific researcher
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Ralph Beuken MSc

Scientific researcher

Ralph Beuken works as a researcher on the Water Infrastructure team. His expertise is in asset management of underground infrastructure, with a focus on knowledge building of pipe conditions, setting…

030-6069758

Ralph.Beuken@kwrwater.nl

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How are we going to prepare the water sector for data-driven decision-making?

02 June 2022 — Traditional decision making often relies on intuition, experience and theory. Data can play an important role in strategic…

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EGU 2022 – the future of water, and a bit of nostalgia?

30 May 2022 — Machine learning has become a valuable tool for all kinds of system predictions. In my opinion, there is…

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Data explosion – dealing with a data overload

28 February 2022 — During this year’s first Knowledge Exchange Meeting of the Hydroinformatics Platform, the general problem of data overload and…

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Interest in smart water networks on the increase

01 June 2021 — Establishing smart water networks requires vision, patience and stamina. This is not an easy task, as was shown…

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Digital transformation bears fruit for the water sector

29 March 2021 — The digital transformation taking place in many areas of our lives is now also bearing fruit for the…

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The hunt for leaks is on!

25 January 2021 — Leakage has been a major concern for water utilities around the world for a long time. Progressing urbanization…

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Water sector explores possibilities of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

07 December 2020 — Several water utilities are exploring the possibilities of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. We have long known that…

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Smart Water Utility – how smart do you want to be?

14 May 2020 — During this year’s second knowledge exchange meeting of the Hydroinformatics Platform on 23 April, the central question was…

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Parameter selection for water infrastructure optimization

07 May 2020 — Water and wastewater networks are one of the major infrastructure assets providing essential service to the society. The…

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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…

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Healthy drinking water and wastewater treatment for all

07 November 2019 — If you don’t measure what you want to know, you can’t manage the progress. That also applies to…

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Data-driven, sustainable drinking water provision in Mexico

28 May 2019 — On 20 May, the water utility SAPAZA, the municipality of Zapotlán El Grande and MGB Victoria from Mexico,…

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As Hong Kong grows, so does demand for better water infrastructure

23 April 2019 — From 8-10 April I visited Hong Kong together with Idsart Dijkstra, Water Systems and Technology manager, and Prof.…

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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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Better wildfire management through knowledge of vegetation dryness

10 January 2019 — The fire service’s Wildfire Spread Model has been expanded with a module that takes into account the dryness…

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Wim van Vierssen advocates human dimensioning of innovation

31 May 2018 — Wim van Vierssen is leaving his chair at TU Delft. On Tuesday 29 May, he gave his farewell…

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First WatQual meeting a huge success

05 March 2018 — Researchers from various European countries gathered at the end of February for the kick-off of WatQual. Over two…

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Evaluation framework for technique choices in water mains rehabilitation

15 January 2018 — The Netherlands has almost 120,000 km of buried water mains. An increasingly large portion of these will now,…

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DSS mission to Lebanon to assist UNICEF with water supply for Syrian refugees

14 August 2017 — Patrick Smeets (KWR) and Jeroen Helder are on a scoping mission to Lebanon to advise UNICEF on water…

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LESAM 2017 – Trondheim

26 June 2017 — LESAM 2017 – Trondheim – day 1 Today is the first day of LESAM, the Leading Edge Sustainable…

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Seoul International Water Conference 2016

27 October 2016 — Organizers The Seoul Water Institute sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, the Korea Water and Wastewater Works Association,…

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