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Investing in Research: organisational and financial

15 June 2017 — During the course of my career I have enjoyed the privilege of extensive travel. The period I spent...

Structural collaboration UGhent, KU Leuven and the water sector’s joint research programme

25 April 2017 — Last year the Flemish water company De Watergroep became a member of the joint research programme of the...

1st International Water and Sanitation Safety Planning and Extreme Weather Events Conference

13 April 2017 — Last Friday, I attended the first Pan-European Water and Sanitation Safety Planning and Extreme Weather Events (WSSP) conference,...

INTERREG ‘SPECTORS’

SPECTORS is a Dutch-German high-tech initiative that unlocks the market potential of civilian drone technology through sensor innovations...

KWR is part of German-Dutch research project into drones for remote sensing

19 January 2017 — On 1 September 2016, approval was given to the German-Dutch research project SPECTORS (Sensor Products for Enterprises Creating...

ARREAU workshop at WaterLink Symposium

KWR is organising an interactive ARREAU workshop at the annual WaterLink Symposium in Leeuwarden. ARREAU is the EIP...

The importance of sustainable networks

16 January 2017 — An analysis of water research in Europe shows that the international network has grown strongly, both in dimension...

Strong focus on Forward Osmosis research at the IMSTEC in Adelaide

19 December 2016 — Once every three years the IMSTEC (International Membrane Science and Technology Conference) is organized in Australia. This year...

Belgian De Watergroep shareholder in KWH

28 November 2016 — This afternoon representatives of De Watergroep and KWH Water B.V., in the presence of the Flemish Prime Minister Geert...

Watershare Annual Meeting: spotlight on Communities of Practice and Swedish water sector

27 November 2016 — From 10-11 November, Watershare members met in Stockholm for their 2016 annual meeting to discuss the community’s progress...

BLUESCITIES Final Conference

BlueSCities is a H2020 project that aims to develop the methodology for a coordinated approach to the integration...

BluesCities training course

BlueSCities is a H2020 project that aims to develop the methodology for a coordinated approach to the integration...

Collaboration between water companies and universities important at international CCWI conference

09 November 2016 — The Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI) conference attracted 180 representatives from numerous countries to...

Luckily, they all felt ‘blue’

19 October 2016 — Is traveling to the other side of the world already an experience in itself, a long lecture at...

Join us at ‘Computing and Control for the Water Industry’, from 7 through 9 November in Amsterdam

18 October 2016 — ICT, computer modelling and automation are increasingly important tools in the water sector and water research. The purpose...

University of Southern Queensland enters Watershare

12 October 2016 — On 12 October 2016, the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has entered Watershare, a consortium of several of...

Resource recovery: focus on the high value products

12 October 2016 — There are only a few subjects that have two sessions at the IWA World Water Congress here in...

On Extremes, Resilience and Wisdom…

11 October 2016 — Quite a lot of familiar keywords around IWA’s World Water Congress, particularly on Tuesday’s keynote, discussions...

Watershare launches community on subsurface usage

10 October 2016 — Today Watershare launched its Subsurface Water Solutions Community of Practice at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition...

No worries about Brisbane weather

09 October 2016 — GWRC has perfectly planned its 2016 meeting here in Brisbane. The weather is beautiful. But that is not...

Wim van Vierssen appointed IWA Fellow

25 August 2016 — Wim van Vierssen, CEO of KWR Watercycle Research Institute, has been appointed IWA Fellow by the...

Key Takeaways from ARREAU Struvite Recovery & Recycling Learning Alliance Workshop

03 July 2016 — The ARREAU Struvite Recovery & Recycling Learning Alliance workshop took place in Amersfoort on the 16th of June...

Paul Jeffrey appointed visiting professor

23 June 2016 — With the appointment of Prof. Dr. Paul Jeffrey as visiting professor at the Knowledge Management group, KWR has...

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...

New Watershare member, Japan Water Research Center

23 May 2016 — The President of the Japan Water Research Center JWRC, Prof. Dr. Shinichiro Ohgaki, and KWR Director Prof. Dr. Wim...

Victoria and KWR discuss redesign of water supply systems

23 May 2016 — Raúl Mejorada and Blanca Larios, top executives of Watershare partner Victoria, visited KWR and water supply company Oasen...

Innovation & Valorisation

KWR initiates and coordinates research and innovation in the water sector. We do this within national and international...

Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC)

The GWRC is an international research and knowledge sharing network. KWR is one of the 14 leading research...

Watershare

Watershare is an international network that brings together knowledge and expertise in the form of Communities of Practice,...

KWR is looking for Amsterdam residents for drinking water research

25 April 2016 — In the ‘Water Freshness’ field trial citizens will be participating for the first time as researchers in scientific...

Global Challenges We Face and the Need for International Collaboration

31 March 2016 — Over the past few decades, the water industry has undergone drastic change. This change, being experienced in many...

Water4India: KWR introduces new sampling and analysis methods in India

29 March 2016 — From 5 to 15 March three KWR analysts were in India to contribute to the EU’s Water4India project,...

Vietnamese government organisation for water management establishes ties with SUBSOL and KWR

24 February 2016 — KWR leads the European Horizon 2020 SUBSOL project, which focuses on the international (market) introduction of so-called Subsurface...

New Watershare member: Victoria, Mexico

24 February 2016 — Victoria Director Raúl Mejorada González and KWR CEO Wim van Vierssen have signed the Watershare...

TKI Water Technology and engineering consultancies discuss market potential of innovations

15 January 2016 — How can we make sure that as many of the innovations as possible produced by ...

Limited public acceptance is the biggest obstacle to the serious scaling-up of water reuse

11 January 2016 — The European Commissions sees water reuse as an important means of overcoming (future) water shortages. The stimulation of...

South Africa’s WRC is Watershare’s 15th member

17 November 2015 — In November 2015, the Watershare community welcomed the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) as a Gold Member.

Arcadis and KWR take first step towards Allied Waters

13 November 2015 — In November 2015, Arcadis and KWR signed a Memorandum of Understanding which launched their collaboration in the field...

New Watershare member City of Cape Town starts with CFPD

10 November 2015 — In November 2015, KWR welcomed the newest member of the Watershare family, the City of Cape Town (CCT),...

‘Resource Recovery in the Watercycle’: what does the future look like?

10 November 2015 — On 3 November, the ‘Accelerating Resource Recovery from Wastewater’ workshop was held during the Amsterdam International Water Week...

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...

Reststoffenunie, Waternet and partners win IWA-KWR Award

31 August 2015 — In 2015, chainpartners Reststoffenunie, Waternet, Ardagh Glass and Desso won the prestigious biennial IWA-KWR Award for Best Practice...

GWRC members set up new collaboration projects

12 June 2015 — During a two-day workshop on 9 and 10 June 2015 at TZW in Karlsruhe, researchers from KWR and...

Updated, online database on waterborne pathogens

15 April 2015 — From 12 to 15 April 2015, an international group of 35 scientists working on the Global Water Pathogen...

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