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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...

Science meets Practice in Delft

03 October 2018 — On 12 September TU Delft was once again the venue for the (eighteenth) meeting of the Industry Water...

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...

KWR with Watershare at IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition

Watershare will be present at this globally important water-sector platform for the fourth time in a row. Watershare...

STOP-IT project for protection of water infrastructures gains momentum

18 July 2018 — A year after the start of STOP-IT, the project that deals with the protection of water infrastructures against...

Session on knowledge sharing at conference in Wageningen

Water Authorities work with provinces, drinking water companies, the national government and other stakeholders on the Delta-approach Water...

Over 2300 publications available online at KWR

05 July 2018 — KWR’s renewed online library has recently been opened to public access. The first version of the library was...

Diam (Oman) joins Watershare

06 February 2018 — On 29 January Diam, the Public Authority for Electricity & Water of Oman (PAEW), became a member of...

Professor Willy Verstraete appointed KWR Honorary Fellow

25 January 2018 — On 25 January Professor Willy Verstraete was appointed KWR Honorary Fellow. KWR bestowed Verstraete the Honorary Fellowship in...

Future cooling water conditioning without cooling towers

18 December 2017 — Together with ENVAQA, the Stichting Kennisuitwisseling Industriële Watertechnologie (SKIW) organised the Industrial Cooling Water Themed Day in Rozenburg...

Industrial and drinking water softening techniques compared

17 October 2017 — On Wednesday afternoon, 27 September, the Industry Water Network Group visited Brabant Water’s production site at Veghel. Following...

DPWE programme evaluation

This project consists of an evaluation of the collective research programme of the four dune water companies (DPWE).

BTO evaluation 2016

The Dutch water companies, the Flemish De Watergroep and the branch association Vewin are collectively engaged in a...

Chinese Pome Technology joins Watershare

10 July 2017 — Pome Technology became the newest member of Watershare. This consortium of several of the world’s most reputable water...

About my first time ‘interactive vlogging’

05 July 2017 — Presenting at conferences is exciting. Sometimes I travel far and meet interesting new people. Like last November, when...

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...

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...

Customer & Market Platform

In the Customer & Market Platform water companies share knowledge about their service provision to customers. They provide...

The Blue Route: water as a pathway to innovation and sustainable growth

17 May 2017 — ‘The Blue Route’ was launched today during a special event on board the SS Rotterdam. Based on water-related...

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...

Year Review 2016: ‘Not without reason.’

14 April 2017 — You will find our Year Review 2016 on our website. It includes facts and figures, an overview...

First Knowledge Workplace of the Water Knowledge Action Programme

14 April 2017 — On 12 April 2017, the Observant in Amersfoort was filled with practice innovators, researchers and decision-makers committed to...

Industry Water Network Group

Through the Industry Water Network Group , KWR’s Industry, Wastewater & Reuse team provides industrial partners with a...

KWR contribution to the GWRC bioassay workshop

23 February 2017 — GWRC organized a workshop to get insight in the developments in bioassay applications and the aims and needs...

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...

BluesCities training course

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

Watershare at IWA Brisbane 2016

15 September 2016 — In 2012 KWR launched Watershare at the IWA Congress & Exhibition in Busan, South Korea. In 2014,...

Blue Cities: everything revolves around the city

27 July 2016 — Blue, green, sustainable, smart or climate-adaptive. In the interest of the transition towards the habitable city of the...

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...

Annual Report 2015: ‘The circular economy as social contract’

21 June 2016 — You’ll find our Annual Report 2015 on our website. With all the facts and figures, an overview...

Innovation & Valorisation

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

Joint knowledge development

Because of the rapid growth of knowledge occurring within a variety of collaborations, water organisations need a party...

Watershare

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

New Watershare member: Victoria, Mexico

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

TU Delft and KWR strengthen collaboration

21 December 2015 — TU Delft and KWR collaborate because high-quality research and education are fundamental to the Dutch Top Sector for...

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.

TKI Water Technology knowledge partners intensify collaboration

28 September 2015 — In 2015, the TKI Water Technology knowledge partners intensified their collaboration. They launched a new, joint website and...

European PREPARED project bundles knowledge on urban climate adaptation

27 August 2015 — Climate-proof measures for drinking water and sanitation systems contribute to a sustainable urban water sector. This is one...

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...

Watershare partners CTM and KWR explore extended collaboration

26 May 2015 — On Wednesday, 20 May 2015, Deputy Director, Miquel Rovira, and Richard Elelman of the Spanish research institute, Fundació...

TRUST project final congress

20 May 2015 — The results of the European TRUST (Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow) project were presented at...

io Solutions of Turkey becomes Watershare member

19 March 2015 — In 2015, io Environmental Solutions R&D Cl of Istanbul became a Silver Member of the Watershare community. On...

KWR researcher Mirjam Blokker is visiting professor at the University of Sheffield

17 March 2015 — Since 1 March 2015, researcher Mirjam Blokker has been visiting professor in the Faculty of Civil and Structural...

Proximity influences collaborative knowledge production

22 January 2015 — On 23 January 2015, researcher Pieter Heringa was granted a doctorate by Delft University of Technology for his...