Salinisation

COASTAR, one of the water-future visions at the Rotterdam biennale

18 September 2020 — On 19 September, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) opened with the exhibition ‘Drought in the Delta’, for...

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...

Christie Stuut-Klaucke MSc

Christie Stuut is an experienced marketing and communications consultant. Her expertise lies in the field of positioning, strategic...

Quality of drinking water sources under growing pressure

12 September 2019 — A survey study by KWR on the quality of drinking water sources in the Netherlands shows that these...

Doctoral research into salt exposure and its impact on plants in low-lying polders

15 June 2017 — On 7 June, Sija Stofberg obtained her doctorate at Wageningen University & Research for her research into the...

Sustainable use of freshwater resources

Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is not a given. Globally, the water sector is confronted with ever-increasing...

Subsurface as a solution for a robust freshwater supply

05 August 2016 — Using the subsurface to resolve water issues: it’s a well-known approach for the Dutch water companies, who...

Fresh in saline: Suitability maps for South Holland

Greenhouse horticulture in the Province of South Holland already makes use of subsurface water storage in areas with...

Salinisation and freshwater: Ovezande

In the Southwest Netherlands Delta the availability of fresh water cannot be taken for granted. Fresh groundwater, or...

Salinisation and freshwater: Westland

Prominent, the tomato growers association in ‘s-Gravenzande, recently started operating an installation for the aquifer storage and recovery...

Salanisation and freshwater: Nootdorp

Since mid January 2012, within the framework of the Knowledge for Climate programme (Climate Proof Fresh Water Supply...

‘Freshkeeper’ wins Implementation Award

09 June 2016 — During the BTO conference today, the BTO Implementation Award was presented to Ate Oosterhof from Vitens and Klaasjan...

SUBSOL

Coastal areas are the most productive and economically dominant regions of the world. The high water demand in...

Drinking water treatment

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

Freshkeeper

The supply of fresh groundwater is limited in coastal areas all over the world, while the demand for...

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...

Klaasjan Raat PhD

Klaasjan J. Raat is a Senior scientific researcher and Project manager in the Geohydrology team. He is an...

European research

KWR’s participation in Horizon 2020 and other European research projects underlines the importance that we, as an applied...