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Microbial profiling: short-circuit flows around water wells

Leakages from the casings and clay seals of water wells can cause short circuits between the aquifers. This applies in particular to small, unnoticed leakages resulting from the…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
Role determination in area planning processes: summary of Vitens Tailored Research project results

In order to safeguard groundwater abstraction into the future, it is very important that water companies position themselves externally in a conscious and well-considered manner. Vitens wanted to…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
PROBE 3: an innovative model for vegetation development, groundwater recharge and nitrate leaching in a changing climate

Climate change can be expected to have big consequences for groundwater-independent vegetations, precisely because they rely entirely on the atmosphere for their water. Over the past few years,…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Ground passage in the adaptation of surface-water water companies due to population aging and climate change

According to predictions based on anticipated population aging and climate change, the concentrations of pharmaceuticals in surface water will significantly increase in the years ahead. Because of protracted…

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BTO Festival Day 2023: collective, circular and forty years of BTO

12 June 2023 — The BTO Festival Day 2023 on June 8 was a great success. KWR celebrated the fortieth anniversary of…

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Dunea working on future-resilient freshwater supplies – FRESHMAN

14 July 2020 — Drinking water company and nature management authority Dunea has signed a subsidy contract with the European Union on…

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SALutions and COASTAR presented at International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge

22 May 2019 — During the triennial International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR) held in Madrid, KWR and Arcadis presented results…

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Study into the consequences of fertiliser on drinking water extraction

27 June 2016 — The fertiliser problem for the drinking water companies in the south and east of the Netherlands is always…

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Energy-saving in groundwater abstraction

15 December 2015 — Water companies that use groundwater to produce drinking water can save from 5 to 10 percent of their…

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Effect of ATES systems on the spreading of contaminants

08 April 2015 — Old soil and groundwater contamination is present in many city centres. The installation of aquifer thermal energy storage…

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