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Urban Photosynthesis; three functions on a single roof

Urban Photosynthesis involves research in the urban environment on an integrated solution, which closes as many water loops as possible at the building level, combined with the generation…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
LCA study of urban farming in Singapore

In order to be less dependent on other countries, Singapore wants to grow its own vegetables for food. The urban environment means that this has to be done in buildings. The large…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Calculation of drinking water utilities’ CO2 footprint

Drinking water utilities currently have a clearly defined utility function: to produce and supply safe and reliable drinking water at a cost acceptable to society. Part of this…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
SUBSOL

Coastal areas are the most productive and economically dominant regions of the world. The high water demand in these regions, however, puts tremendous pressure on their freshwater resources and ecosystems. This leads to problems like seasonal water…

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Health
Microbial safety
Water4India

Freshwater of sufficient quality for human consumption is becoming scarce. In India the availability of such water is a matter of concern. The growing wealth and population create greater needs and thus higher consumption, while tighter standards…

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Enabling technologies
New materials and technologies
Smart Wellfield: gains from smart management or separate abstraction?

In several Vitens’ wellfields, water quality varies greatly from well to well. This has adverse consequences for the treatment of the abstracted water. Over the past few years,…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Efficient hot water heating

As homes become better insulated, energy consumption for spatial heating is decreasing. It is therefore increasingly important to have a clear picture of another reason for household energy consumption: hot water heating. In this project we determined…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
BTO workshop on Collaboration Opportunities in the Cycle

The water companies have the intention of reducing their CO2 footprint. But their own operations consume a limited amount of energy, and there are only modest levels of…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Exploration of climate-neutrality in the watercycle at the tactical and strategic level

Practically all water companies have ambitions and objectives concerning a climate-neutral water cycle. In the first instance, these ambitions target the drinking-water part of the water cycle, but,…

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Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Towards an optimal management of wellfields; conduct of two pilots

We still don’t know enough about how well clogging, energy use and treatment management can be optimised in an integrated manner, and the extent to which integrated optimisation…

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Health
Biological activity
Biological sulphate reduction in wastewater treatment

The sludge line accounts for about one-quarter of total wastewater treatment costs. Minimising the volume of excess sludge would therefore lead to considerable cost savings. Sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB)…

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Daniel Bakker PhD
Scientific researcher
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Daniel Bakker PhD

Scientific researcher

Daniël Bakker works as a researcher Energy and Water in the team Energy and Circular Systems. He investigates the opportunities and challenges of the interaction between the energy transition and...

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Brenda Montanus
Facility manager
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Brenda Montanus

Facility manager

Brenda Montanus works as a Facility Manager at KWR. The Facility Services Department ensures that all our employees are able to carry out their work in a pleasant environment every...

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Heatstore: High Temperature Underground Thermal Energy Storage

18 December 2019 — Heatstore is one of the nine projects under the European GEOTHERMICA – ERA NET COfund umbrella. It is…

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Ruud, Martin and Jan Jaap @ European Geoscience Union

01 May 2017 — KWR gave one oral presentation, presented several posters and organized a session at the European Geosciences Union in…

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Effective removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater

03 May 2016 — Wastewater contains more and more pharmaceuticals that are difficult to remove in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This issue…

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Energy-saving in groundwater abstraction

15 December 2015 — Water companies that use groundwater to produce drinking water can save from 5 to 10 percent of their…

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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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Tools

Water-Use Info

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Clean Membrane

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Power Consumption

Urban Photosynthesis; three functions on a single roof

LCA study of urban farming in Singapore

Calculation of drinking water utilities’ CO2 footprint

SUBSOL

Water4India

Smart Wellfield: gains from smart management or separate abstraction?

Efficient hot water heating

BTO workshop on Collaboration Opportunities in the Cycle

Exploration of climate-neutrality in the watercycle at the tactical and strategic level

Towards an optimal management of wellfields; conduct of two pilots

Biological sulphate reduction in wastewater treatment

Heatstore: High Temperature Underground Thermal Energy Storage

Ruud, Martin and Jan Jaap @ European Geoscience Union

Effective removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater

Energy-saving in groundwater abstraction

Innovative water treatment technologies

Water-Use Info

Clean Membrane