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Joint Research Programme - Thematic research - Treatment

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Digital twin for treatment process

A digital twin provides water utilities with a firm foundation for the transition towards a (more) data-driven organisation, with prospects of optimisation, better insight or more effective management. Many organisations want to…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
The customer as ‘follow-up treatment actor’

Drinking water customers seem increasingly open to the idea of home filtration and rainwater applications in their own households. This project sheds light on the number and the kinds of customers concerned,…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Impact of substances of very high concern in the environment

The water sector is being increasingly confronted with substances of very high concern and new emission pathways for those substances. Substances of very high concern are a threat…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Biological treatment processes: optimising biodegradation of OMPs in rapid filters

Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water sources are frequently in the news. To be able to continue supplying safe and reliable drinking water, the drinking water sector wishes,…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Prediction models for the removal of organic micropollutants

Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water sources are frequently in the news. The numbers of OMPs are typically very low and are not harmful to health, but, as…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Application of membrane fractionation for better understanding of biological stability of water

The selection of the water source and the subsequent water treatment processes have different impacts on the biological stability of the water. In the Netherlands and Flanders, the…

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Health
Microbial safety
Microbiological degradation of contaminants in reverse osmosis concentrate

In this project, we are investigating the possibility of the microbiological conversion of specific problem substances that are found in reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate during drinking water production.…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
(Soft) sensor for coagulation step in treatment

The increasing volume of collected data, developments in data science techniques and growing computing power present great opportunities to improve water treatment processes. By setting up ‘digital twins’, a virtual treatment can…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Seasonal influences of surface water on fouling potential in UF

The link between seasonal changes in the quality of surface waters and the operation of a membrane plant (especially ultrafiltration) regularly causes problems in practice. With a new…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Stand-alone local treatment for remote areas

It is difficult to supply drinking water from the central system in some parts of the Netherlands. Available alternatives for producing drinking water locally through stand-alone treatment plants have therefore been studied…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
River-bank filtration as alternative to direct intake

Surface water utilities in the Netherlands frequently intake their river water directly, or after the water is first stored in a reserve or reservoir. One of the first…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Electrochemical treatment processes

Electrochemical treatment processes present various advantages compared to conventional treatment processes. By gaining experience with a single, promising electrochemical method in a relevant water composition (with a focus on its effectiveness and…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Knowledge to the surface

Substances that are naturally present in the soil enter the groundwater and ultimately the surface water. This is a factor in drinking water production. High levels of iron are not harmful to health but, thanks to the…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Iron removal for the removal of organic microcontamination

Iron hydroxides are produced at various places during the production of drinking water. That results in the formation and breakdown of reactive oxygen compounds. There are indications that…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Stand-alone decentralised drinking water provision in outlying areas

In remote areas it is sometimes too costly or technically too complicated to connect homes to the central drinking water distribution system. Within this project an evaluation framework…

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Health
Biological activity
Regrowth of bacteria of the coli group in sand filters at the Bergen and Mensink pumping stations

Drinking water quality is controlled, among others, by measuring the presence of bacteria of the coli group. However, when these bacteria, which in themselves are not dangerous, grow…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Fiware4Water

Fiware4Water is a three-year European research and innovation project, coordinated by the French Office International de l’Eau, links the water sector to the smart solution platform ‘FIWARE’ via demonstration projects in the water cycle. FIWARE makes it…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Anammox

Anammox, an acronym for ANaerobic AMMonium OXidation, is a microbial process of the nitrogen cycle; it is a process that occurs in many natural environments. There is a huge interest in the application of the anammox process…

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Health
Biological activity
Particle composition and biological stability

Treatment processes can influence the biological stability of water in different ways. In the Netherlands and Flanders, the biological stability in drinking water treatment is being improved as much as possible. Extensive…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Development of a substance database

A databank that unlocks information about relevant substances – e.g., substance properties, the presence of known and unknown substances, standards, treatment efficiency – has been developed for water utilities, drinking water laboratories…

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Health
Microbial safety
Validation slow sand filtration at De Punt

Slow sand filtration is a treatment process that contributes importantly to drinking water safety. In water practice, however, the concentrations of microorganisms are so low that one cannot demonstrate the level of…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Purification in water reservoirs

Water reservoirs fulfil several functions in drinking water treatment. The reservoir determines to a large degree the quality of the raw water that flows to the treatment plant. This research aims to gain a better understanding of…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Ferramentum: tool for insights into rapid filtration

Previous tailored and thematic research work focused on iron and manganese removal from groundwater and led to the development of a first version of a software application (IJzersterke…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Prediction and validation in organic micropollutant removal

Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in sources of drinking water are regularly in the news. The quantities of OMPs are usually very low and not harmful to health, but the…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Biological conversion of micropollutants in drinking water treatment

Various scientific studies have shown that biological processes, such as rapid sand filtration (SF), river-bank filtration, biological granular activated carbon filtration (BAC), and slow sand filtration (SSF), can…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
‘Contaminants of Emerging Concern’ – a partnership in water technology

More and more chemical substances are being produced and used all over the world. At the same time, increasing volumes of water are being abstracted for domestic, industrial…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
TKI sewage fat solution

Deposits of fats, oils and grease (often referred to as FOG) clump together and settle in pumping stations for example. If this causes blockages or the failure of system components, it can entail high (societal) costs. Besides…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
AgriAs

Toxic arsenic (compounds) in the soil and water present health risks worldwide for 220 million people. KWR is participating in the European AgriAs project that aims to acquire reliable data about the presence of and exposure to…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Shale Gas and Water

Before the Netherlands can initiate shale gas extraction, answers must be given to the question of the possible environmental risks involved for the water system. The Shale Gas and Water programme is focused on issues in the…

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Enabling technologies
New materials and technologies
Nanotechnology in water applications

NanoNextNL is a consortium directed at research in the field of micro- and nanotechnology. More than one hundred companies, universities, knowledge organisations and university medical centres make up the consortium. As a…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
The Urban Waterbuffer

Urban areas are increasingly faced with temporary flooding caused by heavy rainfall, or water shortages due to longer drought periods. The conventional solutions aim in particular at rapidly discharging the water and at supplying water from external…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
MICRORISK: Microbiological risk assessment

The aim of MICRORISK was to develop a microbial risk assessment process which will contribute to the decision making process for risk management of drinking water. The drinking water production chain is…

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Health
Microbial safety
Smarter measurement

Water quality is often extensively measured within the framework of Analysis of Microbial Safety of Drinking Water (Dutch abbreviation: AMVD) and other research. The concentration distribution of microorganisms is highly variable, both in raw and treated water.…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
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. Doctors in the Netherlands exercise restraint in prescribing antibiotics, but…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
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 chemical savings, reduced residual streams and fewer operational problems (e.g.,…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
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 is expected that they will increasingly become a source of…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
AquaPriori

Studies into the effectiveness of water treatment techniques for priority substances involve high costs and are closely related to very specific conditions: treatment technique type, water type, substances present, and process conditions, such as residential times (distribution)…

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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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Christie Stuut-Klaucke MSc
Communications consultant
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Christie Stuut-Klaucke MSc

Communications consultant

Christie Stuut is an experienced marketing and communications consultant. Her expertise lies in the field of positioning, strategic communication and the further development of company vision to (online) communication. Within…

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Julian Muñoz Sierra PhD EngD
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Julian Muñoz Sierra PhD EngD

Scientific researcher Project manager

Julian Muñoz Sierra is a scientific researcher on the Water Treatment and Resource Recovery team. He studied chemical engineering at the National University of Colombia. He worked as a process…

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Luuk de Waal MSc
Scientific researcher
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Luuk de Waal MSc

Scientific researcher

Luuk de Waal is a practice-oriented researcher in the Water Treatment & Technology team of KWR water research institute. He uses various pilot installations to develop innovative techniques in future-proof…

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Roberta Hofman PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Roberta Hofman PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Roberta Hofman works as a senior scientist on the Water Treatment team. She mainly works with two types of processes to remove (mainly organic micro)pollutants from water: adsorption and oxidation.…

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Stefan Kools PhD
Manager Scientific researcher
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Stefan Kools PhD

Manager Scientific researcher

Stefan Kools works at KWR as a researcher and team leader. He has more than 20 years' experience in the water sector, both as a scientific researcher and ecotoxicology advisor.…

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Wolter Siegers
Scientific researcher
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Wolter Siegers

Scientific researcher

Wolter Siegers is a Generic-B researcher and has worked at KWR for more than 30 years. He worked on research in water treatment for drinking water, wastewater and industry water.…

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Bas Wols PhD MSc
Scientific researcher Manager
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Bas Wols PhD MSc

Scientific researcher Manager

Bas Wols works as a scientific researcher on the Water Treatment team. He models water treatment processes, such as UV/H2O2 oxidation, membrane filtration, sand filtration, softening and aeration. He uses…

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Emile Cornelissen PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Emile Cornelissen PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Emile Cornelissen is Senior Scientific Researcher in the Water Treatment team, and professor at the PaInT (Particle and Interfacial Technology) research group at Ghent University. Also, since 2014, he has…

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Patrick Bäuerlein PhD
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Patrick Bäuerlein PhD

Scientific researcher Project manager

Patrick Bäuerlein is a chemical researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team, and his main field of expertise is the chemical quality of the entire water cycle. He…

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Water Sector

CoRe Water: from evolution to a revolution in municipal water treatment

10 October 2022 — The development of a new modular and adaptive physical-chemical concept for the treatment of wastewater remains a big…

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HOD Update: opportunities and challenges for drinking water

08 July 2022 — On Thursday, 30 June, KWR organised ‘HOD Update’ for the first time with our partner Wateropleidingen: a networking…

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Blog

Towards a sustainable approach to concentrate treatment

11 March 2022 — Shifting the joint ambition regarding concentrate flows from discharge to recovery and reuse.

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FRESHMAN researches use of brackish groundwater as new drinking water source

01 February 2022 — After two years of preparatory and construction work, on 31 January 2022 the pumps at the Dunea pilot…

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Pilot starts with innovative technology for treating slaughterhouse wastewater

15 July 2021 — After successful bench-scale tests with an innovative anaerobic SBR (sequencing batch reactor) technology (AnSBR) for complex wastewater streams,…

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New BTO Water Matters Podcast

21 June 2021 — The Dutch water utilities, the Flemish De Watergroep and the branch association Vewin, together with KWR, carry out…

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Assessment framework to involve stakeholders in asset management

01 June 2021 — The sector study ‘360° stakeholder management’ systematically mapped out and analysed stakeholder involvement in three practical cases in…

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NWO funding for research on water in the circular economy: AquaConnect and ReCoVR

23 March 2021 — KWR will participate in two basic research programmes in the field of water and resource reuse. The two…

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World Water Day 2021: Valuing Water

22 March 2021 — A team of more than 20 KWR colleagues signed up to join the World Water Run from 16-22…

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Successful fat elimination with no adverse effects on wastewater treatment

11 March 2021 — Households, businesses and horeca in the Netherlands are still flushing too much fat into the sewer system. Even…

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Dealing differently with water in the built environment

31 December 2020 — Downpour flooding and persistent drought: two extremes that are familiar to every person living in a city or…

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Water Sector

CoRe pilot underway in Roermond: the next generation of wastewater treatment

05 October 2020 — Following successful clean-water tests at the KWR Water Research Institute in Nieuwegein, on 29 September the new CoRe…

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News

Clean water, now and in the future

31 December 2019 — KWR is a specialist in the detection, research and removal of undesirable substances, such as pharmaceutical residues and…

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Monitoring emerging drug problems in Europe

04 December 2019 — The partners of the EUSEME project came together on 19 and 20 November for the kick-off meetings. Researchers…

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Blog

Freo is the scene of the 4th desalination using membrane technology (MemDes) conference

04 December 2019 — Perth (Australia) has been dealing with severe water shortages, which has been mitigated by the construction of two…

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Working on water availability for industry

15 November 2019 — Many operational processes depend heavily on water. Companies need to have enough water, of the right quality and…

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Healthy drinking water and wastewater treatment for all

07 November 2019 — If you don’t measure what you want to know, you can’t manage the progress. That also applies to…

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Water Sector

Innovative drinking water supply technologies in Argentina

26 September 2019 — On 25 September, the Argentinian Water Supply Company, AySA, the Dutch companies, Royal HaskoningDHV and TRAIDE, and water…

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Water Sector

Research into microplastics in purified wastewater in full swing

13 September 2019 — The research into microplastics in purified wastewater by drinking water company PWN, Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier (HHNK), The Great…

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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…

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WHO approves 23 household water treatment systems

08 August 2019 — Household water treatment systems are important for public health in a number of countries, where the quality of…

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Is it good to further purify your drinking water at home?

18 July 2019 — Reports appear fairly regularly in the media suggesting that drinking water is not clean and that it’s better…

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What is the status of plastics in water?

11 July 2019 — It was recently reported on the news that people ingest a teaspoon, that is 5 grams, of microplastics…

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Membrane filtration as key technology to mitigate water and materials stress at IWA-MTC 2019

09 July 2019 — The IWA-MTC 2019 was attended by 410 attendants from 49 different countries with a strong representation from Asian…

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Need for membranes with a better selectivity, better module design and higher log removal credits

04 July 2019 — In the last ten years, the membrane community experienced a tremendous surge in research of synthesizing novel membranes.…

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Looking for a needle in a haystack? Non-target screening

02 July 2019 — Recent developments in analytical chemistry in combination with data handling appear to be a major gain for the…

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Launch of Fiware4Water: digital solutions for water

28 June 2019 — On 10 June 2019, Waternet and KWR, together with twelve European partners, launched the Fiware4Water project. This three-year…

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AgriAs project on arsenic contamination concluded

20 May 2019 — The European AgriAs project investigated the presence of arsenic in European agricultural soils and water, the most significant…

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Water Sector

Consortium researches impact of ‘Bubble Barrier’ on microplastics in treated wastewater

06 May 2019 — A research consortium, comprising the water utility PWN, Hollands Noorderkwartier Water Authority (HHNK), The Great Bubble Barrier and…

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KWR demonstrates value added of water knowledge for practice at trade fair

04 April 2019 — KWR presented the value added of water knowledge in water practice at Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs 2019. The event,…

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Dutch drinking water sources vulnerable to plant protection products

01 April 2019 — Ground- and surface-water sources in the Netherlands are vulnerable to contamination by old and new plant protection products…

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Water Sector

CatchAmed binds pharmaceuticals in the toilet

01 April 2019 — Increasing attention is being paid to methods for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater. In the TKI programme’s…

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How to deal with micropollutants in water

13 March 2019 — Additional treatment steps for WWTPs; Learning by doing, doing while learning As WWTPs in general haven’t been designed…

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Use of natural viruses to monitor membrane integrity

12 March 2019 — KWR has been granted a patent for a new, very sensitive method to determine how effectively a physical…

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Membrane distillation and freeze crystallisation treat salt-streams containing organic pollutants

23 January 2019 — The Orpheus project shows that membrane distillation and freeze crystallisation offer possibilities for the concentration of high-saline streams…

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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…

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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…

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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 project at the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Water Sector

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…

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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.…

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Metals in the water cycle: insight and opportunities

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

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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…

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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…

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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:…

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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…

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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…

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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)…

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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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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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Kickoff EU project REWATCH

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

Joint Research Programme - Thematic research - Treatment

Digital twin for treatment process

The customer as ‘follow-up treatment actor’

Impact of substances of very high concern in the environment

Biological treatment processes: optimising biodegradation of OMPs in rapid filters

Prediction models for the removal of organic micropollutants

Application of membrane fractionation for better understanding of biological stability of water

Microbiological degradation of contaminants in reverse osmosis concentrate

(Soft) sensor for coagulation step in treatment

Seasonal influences of surface water on fouling potential in UF

Stand-alone local treatment for remote areas

River-bank filtration as alternative to direct intake

Electrochemical treatment processes

Knowledge to the surface

Iron removal for the removal of organic microcontamination

Stand-alone decentralised drinking water provision in outlying areas

Regrowth of bacteria of the coli group in sand filters at the Bergen and Mensink pumping stations

Fiware4Water

Anammox

Particle composition and biological stability

Development of a substance database

Validation slow sand filtration at De Punt

Purification in water reservoirs

Ferramentum: tool for insights into rapid filtration

Prediction and validation in organic micropollutant removal

Biological conversion of micropollutants in drinking water treatment

‘Contaminants of Emerging Concern’ – a partnership in water technology

TKI sewage fat solution

AgriAs

Shale Gas and Water

Nanotechnology in water applications

The Urban Waterbuffer

MICRORISK: Microbiological risk assessment

Smarter measurement

Antibiotic resistance in surface water and water treatment

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

Occurrence and removal of nanoparticles in drinking water treatment

AquaPriori

CoRe Water: from evolution to a revolution in municipal water treatment

HOD Update: opportunities and challenges for drinking water

Towards a sustainable approach to concentrate treatment

FRESHMAN researches use of brackish groundwater as new drinking water source

Pilot starts with innovative technology for treating slaughterhouse wastewater

New BTO Water Matters Podcast

Assessment framework to involve stakeholders in asset management

NWO funding for research on water in the circular economy: AquaConnect and ReCoVR

World Water Day 2021: Valuing Water

Successful fat elimination with no adverse effects on wastewater treatment

Dealing differently with water in the built environment

CoRe pilot underway in Roermond: the next generation of wastewater treatment

Clean water, now and in the future

Monitoring emerging drug problems in Europe

Freo is the scene of the 4th desalination using membrane technology (MemDes) conference

Working on water availability for industry

Healthy drinking water and wastewater treatment for all

Innovative drinking water supply technologies in Argentina

Research into microplastics in purified wastewater in full swing

Quality of drinking water sources under growing pressure

WHO approves 23 household water treatment systems

Is it good to further purify your drinking water at home?

What is the status of plastics in water?

Membrane filtration as key technology to mitigate water and materials stress at IWA-MTC 2019

Need for membranes with a better selectivity, better module design and higher log removal credits

Looking for a needle in a haystack? Non-target screening

Launch of Fiware4Water: digital solutions for water

AgriAs project on arsenic contamination concluded

Consortium researches impact of ‘Bubble Barrier’ on microplastics in treated wastewater

KWR demonstrates value added of water knowledge for practice at trade fair

Dutch drinking water sources vulnerable to plant protection products

CatchAmed binds pharmaceuticals in the toilet

How to deal with micropollutants in water

Use of natural viruses to monitor membrane integrity

Membrane distillation and freeze crystallisation treat salt-streams containing organic pollutants

7th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment in Beijing

Better reuse of salt and water from waste flows

WWTP capacity increases by 10% with finescreen technology

Innovations at centre-stage of Waterevent

Sulphate-reducing bacteria also work in WWTP

10th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference in Vienna

Urban Waterbuffer now also in practice