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Osmosis

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Health
Biological activity
Biological treatment of RO concentrate

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water treatment technique that involves the use of semi-permeable membranes to remove unwanted molecules and particles. It is an effective way of extracting a wide variety of…

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Health
Microbial safety
Microbiological degradation of contaminants in reverse osmosis concentrate

In this project, we are investigating the possibility of the microbiological conversion of specific problem substances that are found in reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate during drinking water production.…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
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 greenhouse horticulture. In light of the fact that discharge standards…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
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) in greenhouse horticulture. In light of the fact that discharge…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
AquaPriori

Studies into the effectiveness of water treatment techniques for priority substances involve high costs and are closely related to very specific conditions: treatment technique type, water type, substances present, and process conditions, such as residential times (distribution)…

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Water Sector

CoRe Water: from evolution to a revolution in municipal water treatment

10 October 2022 — The development of a new modular and adaptive physical-chemical concept for the treatment of wastewater remains a big…

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RO with minimal pre-treatment offers financial scope for optimisation

17 June 2021 — Using reverse osmosis (RO) on (drinking) water sources can produce high quality water directly. In practice, however, RO…

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Dunea working on future-resilient freshwater supplies – FRESHMAN

14 July 2020 — Drinking water company and nature management authority Dunea has signed a subsidy contract with the European Union on…

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Which drinking water is the safest?

30 January 2018 — In recent times the safety of drinking water has regularly been in the news. Some believe that tap…

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Software tool simulates removal of micropollutants from surface water

12 June 2017 — A new demo-software application simulates the efficiency with which two common treatment processes (reverse osmosis and activated carbon…

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New materials and technologies

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

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Osmosis

Biological treatment of RO concentrate

Microbiological degradation of contaminants in reverse osmosis concentrate

Zero liquid discharge for greenhouse horticulture (phase 2)

Zero liquid discharge for greenhouse horticulture (phase 1)

AquaPriori

CoRe Water: from evolution to a revolution in municipal water treatment

RO with minimal pre-treatment offers financial scope for optimisation

Dunea working on future-resilient freshwater supplies – FRESHMAN

Which drinking water is the safest?

Software tool simulates removal of micropollutants from surface water

New materials and technologies