Water management

How to achieve a water-wise city?

07 December 2020 — Extreme rainfall can leave city streets under water. Drought can put pressure on the water supply. Two severe...

Developing solutions for optimized use of water through local living labs

26 October 2020 — The water sector in coastal areas is facing challenges such as water scarcity and increasing water demands due...

Quantitative assessment of water security in sight

03 February 2020 — The workshop Quantitative Assessment of Water Security took place at KWR on 29 January. The meeting with twenty...

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...

Stefania Munaretto PhD

Stefania works as researcher within the Innovation and Valorisation team. Her work has an applied focus and revolves...

A global perspective on local water, waste and climate challenges

08 February 2019 — This week I had the honour to provide a global perspective on the local challenges of water, waste...

Reducing water shortages in agriculture with recycled industrial residual water

28 November 2018 — Rather than discharging the residual water produced by industry into surface water, the water can be used to...

Reuse of industrial residual water to meet agricultural water needs

Agricultural yields depend on the amount of moisture in the root zone. But in the summer soil moisture...

Developing capacity to overcome water challenges in a rapidly changing world

20 September 2018 — How to address our water challenges? Climate change and urban growth are making this question increasingly important. Despite...

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...

Water wisdom comes with ups and downs

14 March 2018 — Over the last three months Stef Koop and Kees van Leeuwen have been very busy with a number...

Governance Capacity Analysis to address water challenges

19 June 2017 — How to address our water, waste and climate challenges? Climate change and urban growth are making this question...

Building Liveable Cities Together

20 April 2017 — The Human Cities Coalition is a public-private partnership of organizations from business, government, NGOs and academia dedicated to...

1st International Water and Sanitation Safety Planning and Extreme Weather Events Conference

13 April 2017 — Last Friday, I attended the first Pan-European Water and Sanitation Safety Planning and Extreme Weather Events (WSSP) conference,...

Ecosystem services benefit from water sector innovations

27 January 2017 — Ecosystem services are currently a focus of intense interest. An ecosystem service is a ‘service’ that the ecosystem...

Collaboration in knowledge and research programme Lumbricus formalised

15 December 2016 — The collaboration between the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and a consortium of water boards, knowledge institutions...

Workshop and concluding conference of the European BlueSCities project

15 December 2016 — The workshop and concluding conference of the BlueSCities project, part of the Horizon 2020 programme of...

Sustainable use of freshwater resources

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

Wim van Vierssen appointed IWA Fellow

25 August 2016 — Wim van Vierssen, CEO of KWR Watercycle Research Institute, has been appointed IWA Fellow by the...

WHO practical guide to quantitative microbial risk assessment, QMRA

21 July 2016 — During the Singapore International Water Week the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a practical guide for carrying out...

DESSIN

Water scarcity and water quality present a big challenge worldwide. DESSIN (Demonstrate Ecosystem Services Enabling Innovation in the...

POWER

Climate change and urbanisation are two of the most important trends in the 21st century: they have a...

SUBSOL

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

Ecohydrology

What is the impact of climate change, nutrients, and water and land management on biodiversity and groundwater recharge?...

City Blueprint

Extreme weather events that leave city streets under water in a flash. Or protracted drought that renders a...

Prof. Kees van Leeuwen PhD

Cornelis Johannes (Kees) van Leeuwen, PhD, is Principal Scientist at KWR, and Professor in Water Management and Urban...

Gerard van den Berg PhD

Gerard has a PhD in geochemistry. Over the past 15 years at KWR he has developed into an...

Horizon 2020 Subsol project launches its official website Subsol.org

12 April 2016 — Following the kick-off of the European project Subsol at KWR in Nieuwegein in October 2015, the consortium has...

DESSIN: How can we make sustainable use of the ecosystem to solve water problems?

18 March 2016 — The ecosystem can offer solutions to many of the ‘water’ problems that confront us, such as water scarcity...

Regional meetings on Asset Management Collaboration

11 March 2016 — Collaboration chiefly means sharing knowledge and trusting each other. Moreover, when it comes to asset management this is...

Vietnamese government organisation for water management establishes ties with SUBSOL and KWR

24 February 2016 — KWR leads the European Horizon 2020 SUBSOL project, which focuses on the international (market) introduction of so-called Subsurface...

New Watershare member: Victoria, Mexico

24 February 2016 — Victoria Director Raúl Mejorada González and KWR CEO Wim van Vierssen have signed the Watershare...

EIP Water Conference: collaborating on necessary innovation

11 February 2016 — Innovation is not easy in a fragmented water sector. That was one of the conclusions at...

André Arsénio and Jan Vreeburg win Jaap van der Graaf award

13 January 2016 — The Jaap van der Graaf award was presented on 8 January, during the 68th Vakantiecursus ‘Water in de...

TKI Water Technology knowledge partners intensify collaboration

28 September 2015 — In 2015, the TKI Water Technology knowledge partners intensified their collaboration. They launched a new, joint website and...

European POWER research project starts

15 September 2015 — In mid-2015, the European Commission selected POWER (Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges) as one of...

TRUST project final congress

20 May 2015 — The results of the European TRUST (Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow) project were presented at...

KWR and Naturalis sign cooperation agreement in Biodiversity & Water

16 April 2015 — In early 2015, KWR Watercycle Research Institute and Naturalis Biodiversity Center joined forces as each other’s preferred partners...

Updated, online database on waterborne pathogens

15 April 2015 — From 12 to 15 April 2015, an international group of 35 scientists working on the Global Water Pathogen...

Former colleague awarded article prize by Netherlands Hydrological Society

05 February 2015 — On 5 February 2015, the Netherlands Hydrological Society (NHV) held its General Members Meeting at KWR. On the...

Proximity influences collaborative knowledge production

22 January 2015 — On 23 January 2015, researcher Pieter Heringa was granted a doctorate by Delft University of Technology for his...