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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
VIPNL: Wetland crops on water-rich peat

This project is investigating how wetland agriculture on water-rich peat can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and land subsidence, and deliver improvements in water quality and biodiversity. The focus is on…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Solar panels on water reservoirs

Drinking water reservoirs have a large water surface. The installation of floating solar panels on reservoirs can be an effective strategy to generate energy. However, the question is, if and what impacts do solar panels have on…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
H-Flex: green hydrogen in a flexible electricity system

The conversion of (surplus) electricity into hydrogen and heat contributes to a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy system. This has been demonstrated in earlier projects, such as Power-to-X.…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Behavioural influence in practice

The objective of this research project is to generate scientific understanding and tested techniques to study how, and to what degree, the behaviour of domestic customers can be effectively influenced. This will involve setting up a behavioural…

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Health
Biological activity
Preventing and controlling emissions in greenhouse cultivation 2

This project is a re-launch of the earlier ‘Preventing and controlling emissions in greenhouse cultivation’ project. In the present project, knowledge will be further developed on optimising the…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
CitySports – climate-adaptive artificial pitches

Challenges facing cities include urban densification and climate change. As a result, every location has to serve multiple functions so that cities will continue to be healthy and…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Exploratory research into data mining

The promises of data mining techniques have long been very inviting – and for the water utilities as well. In this research we will lay out the most important techniques and produce…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Citizen Science and Lead

In this innovative research project of KWR and the Dunea water company, customers of a water company are taking part for the first time in a scientific study, as researchers, into lead water pipes. Dunea wants to…

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Experts

Robbie van Pelt
Technician
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Robbie van Pelt

Technician

Robbie van Pelt works as a construction technician within KWR. He is involved in designing, installing and maintaining pilot plants and equipment for the benefit of all KWR teams and…

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robbie.van.pelt@kwrwater.nl

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Djordje Mitrovic
Junior Scientific researcher
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Djordje Mitrovic

Junior Scientific researcher

Djordje is a new member of Water Infrastructure (WIS) team. As a part of WIS team he'll primarily be working on the optimization of water distribution networks' design. Such as…

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djordje.mitrovic@kwrwater.nl

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Niek de Graaf
Facility technician/Coordinator Hard Services
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Niek de Graaf

Facility technician/Coordinator Hard Services

Niek de Graaf works as a general facilities technician at KWR. He has a background in facilities and followed supplementary training to ensure that the facilities support runs as smoothly…

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niek.de.graaf@kwrwater.nl

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Goffe Elsinga BSc
Senior technician
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Goffe Elsinga BSc

Senior technician

Goffe Elsinga has worked as an HBO technician in the microbiology laboratory since October 2012. During this period he has been mainly active in projects involving molecular biological techniques. Among…

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News

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Test ponds in KWR garden come to life

06 September 2023 — The plants in the test ponds (“mesocosms”) in the KWR garden flourished in the first year. This gives…

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Academic Collaborative Centre for Healthy and Safe Water

03 July 2023 — Academic Collaborative Centre for Healthy and Safe Water allows KWR and Utrecht University (IRAS) to focus on remedying…

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Exploring the Frontiers of Environmental Science

07 June 2023 — Five researchers from the Chemical Water Quality & Health team visited the 2023 edition of the SETAC Europe…

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ETV supports market introduction of new environmental technologies

10 November 2022 — Within the European ETV programme to help the market introduction of innovative environmental technologies, KWR provides services as…

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Microplastics, toxic substances and new approaches

20 June 2022 — Many challenges lie ahead of us due to a fast-changing environment and increasing anthropogenic pressure. The Society of…

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Solving society’s water issues on the basis of a dynamic alliance

03 March 2022 — A strategic partnership agreement between KWR and TU Delft lays the foundation for continuity in joint knowledge development…

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EU-wide Wastewater Warning System for SARS-CoV-2

08 June 2020 — The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Environment, in close collaboration with leading experts from…

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Studio KWR Podcast: learn more about water

24 July 2019 — Is tap water as healthy as bottled water? How can water contribute to energy saving? Do dry summers…

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Successful BTO Research Meeting ‘Together towards the next step’

15 November 2018 — The achievement of a future-proof drinking water provision requires making well-considered choices. Is it better to direct our…

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NextGen kick-off: demonstrating solutions for water in the circular economy

20 September 2018 — Thirty water utilities, industries, specialised SMEs, applied research institutes, technology platforms, and city and regional authorities from all…

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Analysis of Uzbek groundwater monitoring data powered by Menyanthes

07 August 2018 — The Uzbek O’zgashkliti Institute wanted to apply monitoring of groundwater levels and hydrological analyses to better understand fluctuating…

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Over 2300 publications available online at KWR

05 July 2018 — KWR’s renewed online library has recently been opened to public access. The first version of the library was…

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The next generation of managing our most important resource: water

16 May 2018 — As appetite for the world’s most important resource continues to grow – from water use in industrial processes…

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Annemarie van Wezel New CSO at KWR: ‘Our position can never be taken for granted.’

01 May 2018 — For eight years Gertjan Medema held ultimate responsibility for KWR’s scientific publications. On 1 May he is laying…

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Buenos Aires water company AySA joins Watershare

26 April 2018 — AySA, the water company of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, became a Watershare member on Wednesday, 25 April. Now…

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Emile Cornelissen: visiting professor at the University of Ghent

04 December 2017 — KWR researcher Emile Cornelissen has been appointed as visiting professor at the University of Ghent (Belgium) in order…

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Water sector can do something about fake news

23 November 2017 — Fake news is not new, but its impact in our post-fact society is growing steadily. How can the…

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Doctoral research into flood governance responsibilities

08 February 2017 — On 10 February 2017, KWR researcher Emmy Bergsma was granted her doctorate by the University of Amsterdam. Now…

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Collaboration between water companies and universities important at international CCWI conference

09 November 2016 — The Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI) conference attracted 180 representatives from numerous countries to share…

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Join us at ‘Computing and Control for the Water Industry’, from 7 through 9 November in Amsterdam

18 October 2016 — ICT, computer modelling and automation are increasingly important tools in the water sector and water research. The purpose…

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Watershare Community Emerging Substances launched

11 July 2016 — Watershare has launched its first Watershare Community of Practice, which is dedicated to Emerging Substances, at the Singapore…

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The three roles of applied research

02 March 2016 — Today, as an applied scientist, you now play three different roles. You have to excel and therefore count…

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Van Leerdam and De Voogt in special publication American Chemical Society

27 January 2016 — An article by KWR researchers Ton van Leerdam and Pim de Voogt, together with 19 other trend-setting pieces,…

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South Africa’s WRC is Watershare’s 15th member

17 November 2015 — In November 2015, the Watershare community welcomed the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) as a Gold Member.…

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Former PWN director, Martien den Blanken, is first KWR Honorary Fellow

31 October 2015 — At the end of October 2015, Former PWN director Martien den Blanken became the first person to be…

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European POWER research project starts

15 September 2015 — In mid-2015, the European Commission selected POWER (Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges) as one of…

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DEMEAU conclusion: bioassays add great value in determining water quality

10 September 2015 — The three-year DEMEAU project was concluded in September 2015. KWR led the consortium, comprising 17 members from 5…

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Christos Makropoulos member of IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics

01 September 2015 — In 2015, KWR’s Chief Information Officer, Christos Makropoulos, became a member of the Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics of…

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European Technology Platform for Water (WssTP) growths and strengthens position

30 June 2015 — Over the past few years, WssTP has developed into the platform for European collaboration in the field of…

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Subsurface water storage without health risks

04 May 2015 — On 29 April 2015, Andreas Antoniou was awarded his doctorate from VU University Amsterdam for his research into…

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Best H2O article 2014: pharmaceutical spreading via WWTPs

23 April 2015 — On 23 April 2015, at the Royal Dutch Water Network (KNW) spring conference in Utrecht, Lieke Coppens (KWR;…

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Research into health risks in urban water systems

08 April 2015 — On 8 April 2015, Helena Sales Ortells received a doctorate for her research into the health risks in…

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KWR researcher Yuki Fujita wins 2nd prize for Best Paper

16 February 2015 — In February 2015, KWR researcher Yuki Fujita, together with her co-authors, won 2nd prize for Best Paper during…

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Former colleague awarded article prize by Netherlands Hydrological Society

05 February 2015 — On 5 February 2015, the Netherlands Hydrological Society (NHV) held its General Members Meeting at KWR. On the…

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Proximity influences collaborative knowledge production

22 January 2015 — On 23 January 2015, researcher Pieter Heringa was granted a doctorate by Delft University of Technology for his…

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