Membrane - KWR

Capillary nanofiltration (capNF) for drinking water treatment

High-pressure membranes are a frequently used means of achieving optimal water quality of drinking water from different sources.

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...

Softening 2.0 at Waternet; Leiduin production location

To identify the best option for a new water softening system in Leiduin, five different scenarios were compared...

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...

Silicon Carbide (SiC) membranes for innovative applications

The separation of oil from stable oil-in-water emulsions is a challenge. This is especially the case if the...

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...

Maria Lousada Ferreira PhD

Maria is an environmental engineer, with a PhD in wastewater treatment. She has been working for more than...

Managing concentrate streams

A number of water utilities make use of reverse osmosis (RO) or (capillary) nanofiltration (NF) membranes as a...

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...

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.

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...

Nanotechnology in water applications

NanoNextNL is a consortium directed at research in the field of micro- and nanotechnology. More than one hundred...

New materials and technologies

Detecting and removing emerging contaminants calls for advanced materials and technologies. KWR develops knowledge about new materials and...

Drinking water treatment

KWR conducts research into conventional and advanced techniques that water companies can use to guarantee clean and safe...

Industry, wastewater & reuse

KWR conducts research into the treatment of wastewater and the reuse of the water, resources and energy it...

Validation and standardisation of the BPP test for drinking water

Since regrowth of microorganisms in the water distribution system is not desirable, the Dutch water companies strive to...

Performance of nanotechnology-based membranes in the removal of pathogens and organic micropollutants

Applications of nanotechnology in (drinking) water treatment will possibly lead to revolutionary new applications (breakthrough technology), energy and...

Occurrence and removal of nanoparticles in drinking water treatment

Because of the global increase in the use of nanoparticles, in consumer and pharmaceutical products for example, it...

Multi-Source, Single-Stage, Full-Stream RO

The objective is a tested Multi-Source, Full-Stream RO concept, with minimal pre- and post-treatment (single stage), which uses...

Zero liquid discharge for greenhouse horticulture (phase 2)

The objective of this project is the development of a concept to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD) in...

Innovative drinking water treatment

At its new drinking water plant in Andijk, PWN is applying self-developed innovations based on ion exchange (Suspended...

Zero liquid discharge for greenhouse horticulture (phase 1)

The objective of this TKI project is the development of a concept to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD)...

Innovative treatment technologies – Application of AiRO technology

In the first instance the focus is on ‘Innovative Desalination Technologies’, in which Dutch innovations and knowledge are...

NOMixed

In 2014, PWN designed, built and put into operation a new water treatment process (Andijk III), which makes...

Emile Cornelissen PhD MSc

Emile Cornelissen is Senior Scientific Researcher in the Water Treatment team, and professor at the PaInT (Particle and...

World Health Organization (WHO)

KWR is a Collaborating Centre (CC) of the World Health Organization (WHO). We are an interesting partner for...

2015 Willem Koerselman Award to Cornelissen and Roest

12 April 2016 — Emile Cornelissen and Kees Roest won the 2015 Willem Koerselman Award for their article ‘Forward osmosis for application in...