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Purification in water reservoirs

Water reservoirs fulfil several functions in drinking water treatment. The reservoir determines to a large degree the quality...

7th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment in Beijing

10 July 2018 — Over 250 participants from over 40 countries and more than10 scientific disciplines participated in As2018. This shows the...

Emerging contaminants

More and more chemical substances are being produced and used all over the world. At the same time,...

TKI sewage fat solution

Local authorities regularly face threating blockages in their sewer networks caused by accumulated fat in the mains. The...

Better reuse of salt and water from waste flows

18 December 2017 — Converting salty waste flows from ion exchangers regenerate into new products and saving energy at the same time...

WWTP capacity increases by 10% with finescreen technology

21 November 2017 — The Aa and Maas Water Board, CirTec and KWR consortium has completed the Screencap research...

Innovations at centre-stage of Waterevent

18 October 2017 — More than 150 visitors attended the annual Waterevent at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) Greenhouse Horticulture and LTO...

Sulphate-reducing bacteria also work in WWTP

17 October 2017 — KWR, Paques and Delfluent Services BV have conducted a pilot test with sulphate-reducing bacteria under winter conditions at...

Aachen Conference on Water Technology

The Aachen Conference on Water Technology will focus on new developments in water treatment – both for drinking...

10th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference in Vienna

21 September 2017 — From 17 till 20 September the 10th Micropol & Ecohazard conference was held in Vienna. The conference consisted...

AgriAs

Toxic arsenic (compounds) in the soil and water present health risks worldwide for 220 million people. KWR is...

Urban Waterbuffer now also in practice

19 May 2017 — How can we retain rainwater in the subsurface of urban areas longer and more effectively? And can we...

Rossella Messina finalist in Dopper Changemaker Challenge

16 March 2017 — Rossella Messina, master thesis intern at KWR, has reached the final round of the Dopper Changemaker Challenge. With...

Shale Gas and Water

Before the Netherlands can initiate shale gas extraction, answers must be given to the question of the possible...

Nanotechnology in water applications

NanoNextNL is a consortium directed at research in the field of micro- and nanotechnology. More than one hundred...

The Urban Waterbuffer

Urban areas increasingly face flooding due to intense rainfall, as well as water shortages resulting from longer droughts.

Urban Waterbuffer gives value to excess rainwater

22 December 2016 — Urban areas increasingly face flooding due to intense rainfall, as well as water shortages due to long droughts.

Metals in the watercycle: insight and opportunities

15 November 2016 — Is it possible to recover (scarce) metals in an economically responsible manner from the watercycle – from drinking...

New university research programme on ‘emerging contaminants’

07 October 2016 — ‘Emerging contaminants’ or ‘contaminants of emerging concern’ are terms we use essentially to refer to a large and...

MICRORISK: Microbiological risk assessment

The aim of MICRORISK was to develop a microbial risk assessment process which will contribute to the decision...

Sustainability pilot with struvite pellets for lush Schiphol grasslands

08 September 2016 — On 7 September 2016 struvite fertilising pellets were applied to the areas next to Schiphol airport’s runways Schiphol-Rijk...

Kickoff EU project REWATCH

KWR is participating in the four-year European Life+ REWATCH project that is now being launched. In order to...

KWR uses water from its own pond for TKI research into membrane fouling

23 August 2016 — Pilot installation research is currently being carried out at KWR’s test facility into the single-stage reverse osmosis concept:...

Life+ REWATCH: reducing the environmental impact of the petrochemicals industry

07 July 2016 — KWR is participating in the four-year European Life+ REWATCH project that is now being launched. In order to...

Mülheimer Wassertechnisches Seminar “Adsorption in der Wasseraufbereitung”

27 June 2016 — On Wednesday Sept 14th in Mülheim (BRD) a symposium on adsorption technology for water treatment was organized. It...

Smarter measurement

Water quality is often extensively measured within the framework of Analysis of Microbial Safety of Drinking Water (Dutch...

Antibiotic resistance in surface water and water treatment

Over the past few decades the use of antibiotics by humans and for veterinary purposes has grown sharply.

Performance of nanotechnology-based membranes in the removal of pathogens and organic micropollutants

Applications of nanotechnology in (drinking) water treatment will possibly lead to revolutionary new applications (breakthrough technology), energy and...

Occurrence and removal of nanoparticles in drinking water treatment

Because of the global increase in the use of nanoparticles, in consumer and pharmaceutical products for example, it...

AquaPriori

Studies into the effectiveness of water treatment techniques for priority substances involve high costs and are closely related...

Innovative water treatment technologies

Drinking water treatment is subject to many demands, while circumstances are becoming increasingly complex. KWR’s multifaceted expertise in...

KWR tests water treatment technologies for WHO

20 July 2015 — Since the end of 2013, KWR has functioned as a test lab for the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Aa and Maas Water Board, BWA and KWR sign partnership agreement on finescreen technology

03 March 2015 — On 3 March 2015, the Aa and Maas Water Board, technology company BWA and KWR signed an agreement...

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