Water storage

Cool heads and dry feet thanks to blue-green roof

01 November 2018 — At the annual National Delta Congress, outgoing Delta Programme Commissioner, Wim Kuijken, shined the spotlight on Smartroof 2.0.

Innovative blue-green roof cools the city and prevents flooding

08 September 2017 — On Friday, 8 September, the innovative, blue-green SmartRoof 2.0 was opened at the Marineterrein in Amsterdam. The hot,...

‘The future of the water economy is circular’

30 March 2017 — ‘There is nothing in the urban watercycle that is negotiable. Water is a matter of quality and safety...

AquaNES

Water scarcity, excess water in cities and micro-pollutants in the water cycle are challenges for now and the...

Blue-green roof system for active cooling, urban biodiversity and lower rainwater runoff

Heat stress is a growing problem in the urban environment. Industry, real-estate managers and government are working in...

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...

SUBSOL

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

Ecohydrology

KWR’s conducts research into the impact, among others, of climate change, nutrients, water management and site management on...

Geohydrology

KWR conducts research into the quality and supply of groundwater, an important water source. We also develop techniques...

Effluent reuse – Harnaschpolder

Technology The greenhouse horticultural sector in the Netherlands requires large quantities of high-quality irrigation water at an attractive...

Effluent reuse – TOM Dinteloord

The successful realisation of the greenhouse horticulture area of Nieuw Prinsenland (Dinteloord) requires that the supply of irrigation...

Sustainable use of freshwater resources

Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is not self-evident. Increasingly, and all over the world, the water sector...

Allied Waters

Allied Waters is a public-private partnership (PPP) dedicated to commercialising game-changing innovations in the watercycle with the aim...

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is a European programme for research and innovation aimed at strengthening European competitiveness. In consultation with...

More and more interest in KWR’s Freshmaker

27 August 2015 — In 2013, together with ZLTO and Meeuwse Goes BV, KWR developed the Freshmaker technique, a method for storing...

On the way to ‘biologically stable’ drinking water

01 January 2015 — In 2015, within the joint research programme for the water companies, KWR worked on the further development of...