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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Longitudinal customer research

Longitudinal customer research can help drinking water utilities better tailor their services to their customers. To enable the best possible design of these studies, an ‘ideal’ questionnaire has been developed, as a part of a larger whole.…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Reducing drinking-water consumption by business

There has been an increasing emphasis in recent years on water savings and water awareness among domestic clients. A similar research focus is needed for business and that is the aim of…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Connecting the water cycle and the water system for a better balance of water demand and supply

Sufficient freshwater, for all users and functions. This is also a growing challenge in the Netherlands and Flanders. A solution is being sought in self-provision at the regional…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Water Conservation challenge

How can drinking water customers be moved to themselves save water? And is it actually possible to exert such influence? That is the objective of this practice-oriented research project, in which we challenged participants to consume as…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
SMART ways of saving water at home

Since the dry summers of 2018 and 2019, the water sector has paid increasing attention to saving water. Against that background, it is important to know how the general public can save…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Behavioural influence in practice

The objective of this research project is to generate scientific understanding and tested techniques to study how, and to what degree, the behaviour of domestic customers can be effectively influenced. This will involve setting up a behavioural…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Behavioural sciences and data

Citizens are increasingly asked to adapt their behaviour. Drinking water utilities also make such requests. During drought periods for instance we see customers asked to be economical with their water during peak hours. We also know that…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Tap water awareness

Since the publication of the 2014 OECD report on the future-fitness of water governance in the Netherlands, the concepts of ‘awareness’ and ‘developing awareness’ have become an inescapable part of the vocabulary of managers and water professionals.…

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Drinking-Water Conservation Symposium: How to get to 100 litres daily for each Dutch person?

24 February 2023 — Around 50 drinking water experts from the Netherlands and Flanders attended the drinking-water conservation symposium held at KWR…

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AquaSPICE: Implementation of circular water use in the European process industry

07 June 2022 — The first AquaSPICE General Assembly was held on 12 and 13 May 2022, bringing together 29 partners from…

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Rethinking water circularity in the process industry

12 April 2022 — Either we rethink how we use water, or we threaten its availability. History has shown an intertwined link…

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Managing drought calls for structural measures

16 December 2021 — The Water Authorities and the provinces commissioned knowledge institutions, including KWR, to research drought in the high sandy…

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KWR starts with innovative water reuse in its own building

22 October 2021 — Much of KWR’s research has to do with addressing the scarcity of water. The sustainable reuse of water…

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Joint effort to address climate changes

21 September 2021 — Climate change confronts the drinking water sector with a range of urgent questions. The consequences for drinking water…

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