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Water infrastructure

Projects

Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Digital Twin II

In this project a so-called ‘digital twin’ of a drinking water distribution network of a Dutch city is being made, with the aim of determining the impact of corona measures – lockdown and increased working-from-home – and…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Nanostructures on pipe walls to control regrowth

Nano- and microtechnology makes it possible to manipulate material structures at the molecular or atomic level. The macroscopic properties are thus determined not only by the material, but also by the modified…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Agent-based models for water demand – an exploration

The design of a future-proof drinking water distribution network requires a vision of the evolution of the demand for drinking water. There is a need for a method…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Development of DiVerDi software for GeoWater

Drinking water utilities strive to achieve maximum quality in the provision of drinking water to customers. This aspiration relates not only to the treatment of drinking water, but also to its distribution.…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
STOP-IT

Water infrastructures are essential for society, human welfare and health, but they can be endangered by physical threats and cyberattacks. These can have severe societal consequences. Examples can be seen almost daily in the news. To address…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
DiAMANT-Water: Data of the Future

The integrity of the water infrastructure is hard to determine using a directly measurable parameter, such as the condition of the underground mains network for instance. In the event of a change or deterioration in the condition…

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Experts

Lydia Tsiami
Scientific researcher
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Lydia Tsiami

Scientific researcher

Lydia Tsiami is a researcher in the Hydroinformatics team. She is a civil engineer specializing in hydraulic engineering and water management (MEng, NTUA). During her thesis, she developed a deep...

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Jan Vreeburg PhD MSc
Scientific researcher
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Jan Vreeburg PhD MSc

Scientific researcher

Jan Vreeburg is Principal Scientist in the Water Infrastructure team. Jan has a long history of research and development in the field of drinking water distribution infrastructure, and in implementing...

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Peter van Thienen PhD
Senior scientific researcher
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Peter van Thienen PhD

Senior scientific researcher

Peter van Thienen is a senior researcher. Based on his background as a quantitative natural scientist, Peter works with a number of colleagues on the drinking water distribution network, from...

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Ina Vertommen MSc
Manager Scientific researcher
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Ina Vertommen MSc

Manager Scientific researcher

Ina Vertommen is the team leader of Hydroinformatics at KWR. In this role, she is responsible for the content and profile of the team. The team’s goal is to strengthen...

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News

Blog

The second day of the CCWI conference

04 September 2019 — CCWI (Computing and Control in the Water Industry) has always been an important conference for KWR and in…

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News

Making better predictions of peak water demand

11 July 2019 — The summer of 2018 was an extremely dry one and 2019 is on course to follow suit. A…

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Forecasting models and scenario development for the drinking water infrastructure

07 May 2019 — Forecasting models and scenario development can help water utilities better manage their current water infrastructure and also better…

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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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Workshop makes numerical optimisation more accessible for water companies

27 June 2018 — More and more attention is being directed at the optimisation of drinking water distribution systems. But the complexity…

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Useful UK-Dutch exchanges in the first 6 months of WatQual

20 June 2018 — Within the WatQual project, researchers from universities visit industry in another country and vice versa to study water…

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Kees van Leeuwen appointed David Parkin Visiting Professor at Bath

23 April 2018 — Kees van Leeuwen, Principal Scientist at KWR and professor of Water Management and Urban Development at Utrecht…

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Drinking water companies improve USTORE through uniform quality code failure registration

19 December 2017 — Last week the joint USTORE operational code was incorporated into the Platform Bedrijfsvoering (Management Platform). This is a…

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Water and sanitation, the Dutch Way

27 November 2017 — In the coming years, Bosnia Herzegovina will make important steps towards EU candidacy. With the help of funds…

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Protecting water infrastructure against physical threats and cyberattacks

16 June 2017 — On 7 and 8 June, approximately 60 stakeholders gathered in Oslo for the kick-off meeting of the STOP-IT…

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