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Rainwater as a source of drinking water: production costs and environmental aspects

Many people think it would be sustainable to make drinking water from collected rainwater. However, there is not enough rainwater in the Netherlands to meet demand. The costs…

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Climate change and resilience
A cost-effective system for measuring evapotranspiration

Evapotranspiration is nearly always the main source of moisture loss in water balance studies. Most of the precipitation in an area is actually evaporated by crops, trees, natural…

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The city as a sponge: solutions for precipitation increase due to climate change

02 November 2021 — Technologies that increase the water-absorbing capacity of a city are necessary to cope with climate change. Jiangsu Sponge…

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W orking visit to Zeeland by Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen

17 July 2020 — Last Tuesday, 14 July, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, paid a working visit to…

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Water Sector

World’s coolest artificial grass pitch in Amsterdam

27 September 2019 — On Wednesday, 25 September, TKI CitySports introduced the world’s coolest artificial grass playing field on the Laan van…

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Four years’ research into smaller scale climate projections concluded

01 July 2019 — June of this year saw the conclusion of four years’ research under the Horizon 2020 BINGO project. More…

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Launch of Power to X hydrogen project

22 March 2017 — On Wednesday, 22 March, a celebration was held for the launch of the Power to X project at…

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Collaboration in knowledge and research programme Lumbricus formalised

15 December 2016 — The collaboration between the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and a consortium of water boards, knowledge institutions…

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KWR contributes to third Freshwater Knowledge Day

09 November 2016 — The Delta Program Freshwater Plan includes initiatives and measures aimed at making the freshwater provision in the Netherlands…

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KWR places ‘water in the circular city’ centre-stage at the Aqua Trade Fair Netherlands

31 March 2016 — The circular city was the theme this year of KWR’s stand at the Aqua Trade Fair Netherlands. The…

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New apparatus measures invisible water loss

16 September 2015 — We can see rain and snow, but that’s not the case for the biggest cause of water loss…

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Sustainable use of freshwater resources

Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is not a given. Globally, the water sector is…

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Sustainability

Climate change and resilience

The water sector needs practice-oriented research to help it confront the wide-ranging consequences of climate…

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Rainfall

Rainwater as a source of drinking water: production costs and environmental aspects

A cost-effective system for measuring evapotranspiration

The city as a sponge: solutions for precipitation increase due to climate change

W orking visit to Zeeland by Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen

World’s coolest artificial grass pitch in Amsterdam

Four years’ research into smaller scale climate projections concluded

Launch of Power to X hydrogen project

Collaboration in knowledge and research programme Lumbricus formalised

KWR contributes to third Freshwater Knowledge Day

KWR places ‘water in the circular city’ centre-stage at the Aqua Trade Fair Netherlands

New apparatus measures invisible water loss

Sustainable use of freshwater resources

Climate change and resilience