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Membrane filtration

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Application of membrane fractionation for better understanding of biological stability of water

The selection of the water source and the subsequent water treatment processes have different impacts on the biological stability of the water. In the Netherlands and Flanders, the…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Natural viruses to monitor the integrity of membrane installations

Urbanisation, industrialisation, climate change and other phenomena are placing pressure on the sources used in the production of impeccable (drinking) water. For a variety of treatment objectives, membrane…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Seasonal influences of surface water on fouling potential in UF

The link between seasonal changes in the quality of surface waters and the operation of a membrane plant (especially ultrafiltration) regularly causes problems in practice. With a new…

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Enabling technologies
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Micro- and ultrafiltration in surface water treatment

Surface water utilities in the Netherlands often directly intake river water, which has sometimes passed through a reserve or reservoir. This water needs to be treated in a…

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Enabling technologies
Hydrogenomics
Managing concentrate streams

A number of water utilities make use of reverse osmosis (RO) or (capillary) nanofiltration (NF) membranes as a component of their drinking water treatment, since these provide a good barrier for all kinds of substances (e.g., salts,…

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Experts

Maria Lousada Ferreira PhD
Scientific researcher
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Maria Lousada Ferreira PhD

Scientific researcher

Maria is an environmental engineer, with a PhD in wastewater treatment. She has been working for more than 20 years on how to combine environmental preservation with economic/social growth. Her…

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maria.lousada.ferreira@kwrwater.nl

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Luuk de Waal MSc
Scientific researcher Portfolio manager
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Luuk de Waal MSc

Scientific researcher Portfolio manager

Luuk de Waal is a researcher in the Water Treatment & Resource Recovery team and manages the organization-wide project-portfolio Water cycle. His research focusses on innovative water treatment technologies and…

030-6069551

luuk.de.waal@kwrwater.nl

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Bas Wols PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Bas Wols PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Bas Wols works as a scientific researcher on the Water Treatment team. He models water treatment processes, such as UV/H2O2 oxidation, membrane filtration, sand filtration, softening and aeration. He uses…

030-6069604

Bas.Wols@kwrwater.nl

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Emile Cornelissen PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Emile Cornelissen PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Emile Cornelissen is Senior Scientific Researcher in the Water Treatment team, and professor at the PaInT (Particle and Interfacial Technology) research group at Ghent University. Also, since 2014, he has…

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Emile.Cornelissen@kwrwater.nl

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Article on membrane technology for reusing water most cited article in 2021

11 April 2022 — Emile Cornelissen was the winner of the 2021 Willem Koerselman Prize (WKP) for the publication with the most…

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Towards a sustainable approach to concentrate treatment

11 March 2022 — Shifting the joint ambition regarding concentrate flows from discharge to recovery and reuse.

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AquaPriori web application predicts effect of treatment processes

05 November 2021 — During a demonstration workshop at KWR, the participants from drinking-water utilities and laboratories got a good impression of…

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KWR starts with innovative water reuse in its own building

22 October 2021 — Much of KWR’s research has to do with addressing the scarcity of water. The sustainable reuse of water…

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Freo is the scene of the 4th desalination using membrane technology (MemDes) conference

04 December 2019 — Perth (Australia) has been dealing with severe water shortages, which has been mitigated by the construction of two…

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Membrane filtration as key technology to mitigate water and materials stress at IWA-MTC 2019

09 July 2019 — The IWA-MTC 2019 was attended by 410 attendants from 49 different countries with a strong representation from Asian…

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Need for membranes with a better selectivity, better module design and higher log removal credits

04 July 2019 — In the last ten years, the membrane community experienced a tremendous surge in research of synthesizing novel membranes.…

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Use of natural viruses to monitor membrane integrity

12 March 2019 — KWR has been granted a patent for a new, very sensitive method to determine how effectively a physical…

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Membranes: opportunities and challenges in wastewater reuse

08 October 2018 — Recycling municipal wastewater offers a reliable and sustainable solution to cities and regions facing water shortages. California and…

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New generation membranes for drinking water production focuses on separating contaminants from salt

05 April 2018 — New developments in the membrane synthesis aim at producing a membrane that is as close as possible to…

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Water Boards and TKI Water Technology connect with CoRe Water

15 March 2018 — Gorinchem, 14 March 2018 – What does water purification of the future look like? With the CoRe Water…

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Water reuse with a nanofiltration membrane bioreactor in Singapore

13 February 2018 — At the beginning of March, a project will start at the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) on water…

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Water Sector

KWR uses water from its own pond for TKI research into membrane fouling

23 August 2016 — Pilot installation research is currently being carried out at KWR’s test facility into the single-stage reverse osmosis concept:…

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Enabling technologies

Innovative water treatment technologies

Drinking water treatment is subject to many demands and, today, the challenges it faces are…

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Membrane filtration

Application of membrane fractionation for better understanding of biological stability of water

Natural viruses to monitor the integrity of membrane installations

Seasonal influences of surface water on fouling potential in UF

Micro- and ultrafiltration in surface water treatment

Managing concentrate streams

Article on membrane technology for reusing water most cited article in 2021

Towards a sustainable approach to concentrate treatment

AquaPriori web application predicts effect of treatment processes

KWR starts with innovative water reuse in its own building

Freo is the scene of the 4th desalination using membrane technology (MemDes) conference

Membrane filtration as key technology to mitigate water and materials stress at IWA-MTC 2019

Need for membranes with a better selectivity, better module design and higher log removal credits

Use of natural viruses to monitor membrane integrity

Membranes: opportunities and challenges in wastewater reuse

New generation membranes for drinking water production focuses on separating contaminants from salt

Water Boards and TKI Water Technology connect with CoRe Water

Water reuse with a nanofiltration membrane bioreactor in Singapore

KWR uses water from its own pond for TKI research into membrane fouling

Innovative water treatment technologies