International

Droplet Digital RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in wastewater

04 May 2021 — Wastewater monitoring has developed into a valuable and efficient tool to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 in the...

KWR is part of Watershare, a true community of water experts

19 April 2021 — KWR is one of the 25 members of the international platform Watershare. Over the past year, Watershare has developed...

Nextgen is exploring an augmented reality app to help engage citizens on water reuse

23 March 2021 — The water industry is exploring Augmented Reality (AR) as one of the technologies to accelerate circular solutions implementation.

World Water Day 2021: Valuing Water

22 March 2021 — A team of more than 20 KWR colleagues signed up to join the World Water Run from 16-22...

Building NextGen wastewater treatment systems

15 March 2021 — The four-year NextGen project brings together a partnership of 30 organisations to demonstration solutions for water in the...

The Wastewater4COVID project aims to develop a method for early detection of the coronavirus

12 February 2021 — Early in the pandemic, Gertjan Medema demonstrated that genetic traces of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage correlate with COVID-19...

Identifying a shared vocabulary and relevant stakeholders are essential in developing a circular approach

11 February 2021 — Circular economy developments often focus on technology. To be successful, we need to define a common vocabulary and...

To unlock a Circular Economy in 2021, we need trust

19 January 2021 — Climate change has such a tremendous impact on the water sector that it is in our interest to...

Scoping monitoring of coronavirus in wastewater in Peru

12 January 2021 — The current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is a major concern for human health. The spread of this virus needs...

ULTIMATE uses real-world, large scale industrial demonstrations to build evidence-based symbiosis applications

07 January 2021 — A total of 27 project partners have come together under the ULTIMATE project (indUstry water-utiLiTy symbIosis for a...

Turning Wastewater into a Resource

15 June 2020 — A team of European researchers and engineers initiated the ULTIMATE project to turn wastewater into a resource. This...

Rinske Potjewijd MSc

Rinske Potjewijd is an experienced marketing communications consultant, with a strong vision and external focus. She graduated as...

ULTIMATE

KWR coordinates the EC funded ULTIMATE project, working closely with 27 project partners (research institutes, utilities and SMEs).

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...

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,...

Visit Gulf States to the Netherlands aimed at tackling water problems

21 November 2019 — The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the (Dutch) Regional Business Development...

Innovative drinking water supply technologies in Argentina

26 September 2019 — On 25 September, the Argentinian Water Supply Company, AySA, the Dutch companies, Royal HaskoningDHV and TRAIDE, and water...

Stefania Munaretto PhD

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

US committee recommends strong Legionella management measures, comparable to those in the Netherlands

15 August 2019 — Every year, 52,000 to 70,000 Americans are afflicted by Legionnaires’ disease, a pneumonia caused by certain Legionella species.

Fiware4Water

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

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...

Kees Roest ISPT Program Director

04 June 2019 — Since the beginning of April, Kees Roest has been program director at the Institute for Sustainable Process...

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,...

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...

Creating social platforms for citizen engagement

31 January 2019 — The European project POWER (Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges) consortium held a meeting, hosted by...

Joep van den Broeke

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

It happened at IWA Tokyo

04 October 2018 — When we look back a few years from now, I’m convinced we will all say that ‘it happened...

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...

NextGen

NextGen will demonstrate innovative technological, business and governance solutions for water in the circular economy in ten high-profile,...

Analysis of Uzbek groundwater monitoring data powered by Menyanthes

07 August 2018 — The Uzbek O’zgashkliti Institute wanted to apply monitoring of groundwater levels and hydrological analyses to...

Niels Hartog appointed president of IAH-NL

12 July 2018 — The Netherlands chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has a new president. On 25 June, KWR...

Useful UK-Dutch exchanges in the first 6 months of WatQual

20 June 2018 — Within the WatQual project, researchers from universities visit industry in another country and vice versa to study water...

Julian Muñoz Sierra PhD(c) PDEng

Julian Muñoz Sierra is a scientific researcher on the Water Treatment and Resource Recovery team. He studied chemical...

Self-Cleaning networks concept presented at annual meeting of American PVC pipe association

21 March 2018 — The PVC pipe association held its annual meeting at Key West, Florida. Mirjam Blokker presented the concept of...

Wat-Qual

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

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...

Launch of Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)

13 February 2018 — A new platform to accelerate the circular economy was launched during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in...

Water and sanitation, the Dutch Way

27 November 2017 — In the coming years, Bosnia Herzegovina will make important steps towards EU candidacy. With the help of funds...

Three Watershare communities launched

02 November 2017 — On 1 November 2017, three Watershare Communities of Practice (CoPs) were launched in the Netherlands Pavilion at Aquatec...

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,...

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...

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...

Futures studies and response strategies

Futures research improves the resilience of the water sector by supporting anticipatory governance and by maximising the adaptive...

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...

Stef Koop PhD

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

Patrick Smeets PhD MSc

Patrick Smeets is a Senior Scientific Researcher in microbiological water quality and health, with over 20 years’ experience...

Gerard van den Berg PhD

Gerard has a PhD in geochemistry. Over the past 15 years at KWR he has developed into an...

Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC)

The GWRC is an international research and knowledge sharing network. KWR is one of the 13 leading research...

Watershare

Watershare is an international network that brings together knowledge and expertise in various thematic areas. in Watershare, knowledge...

European research

KWR’s participation in Horizon 2020 and other European research projects underlines the importance that we, as an applied...

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...