Water treatment

Electrochemical treatment processes

Electrochemical treatment processes present various advantages compared to conventional treatment processes. By gaining experience with a single, promising...

Preventing and controlling emissions in greenhouse cultivation 2

This project is a re-launch of the earlier ‘Preventing and controlling emissions in greenhouse cultivation’ project. In the...

The 8th International Congress & Exhibition on Arsenic in The Environment

KWR is glad to announce that the 8th International Congress & Exhibition on Arsenic in The Environment will...

Strengthening research into activated carbon filtration for micropollutant removal

Organic micropollutants (OMPs), including persistent compounds, are being increasingly detected in groundwater and surface water. Understanding the action...

The physico-chemical behaviour of purified water turbidity in distribution networks

The groundwater treatment processes at Brabant Water are designed for the removal of iron, ammonium and manganese. These...

Managing concentrate streams

A number of water utilities make use of reverse osmosis (RO) or (capillary) nanofiltration (NF) membranes as a...

Need for membranes with a better selectivity, better module design and higher log removal credits

04 July 2019 — In the last ten years, the membrane community experienced a tremendous surge in research of synthesizing novel membranes.

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,...

Use of natural viruses to monitor membrane integrity

12 March 2019 — KWR has been granted a patent for a new, very sensitive method to determine how effectively a physical...

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...

CoRe Water project launched with pilot plant at Wehl WWTP

13 December 2018 — TKI Water Technology’s CoRe Water project has begun with the installation of a first pilot at the Rijn...

Adsorptive and biological removal of plant protection products from jointly collected discharge water in greenhouse horticulture

The ‘Adsorptive and biological removal of plant protection products from jointly collected discharge water in greenhouse horticulture’ project...

KWR to advise the State of Michigan in Flint research dispute

In October 2017 KWR conducted a scoping mission for the State of Michigan in the US to get...

WQTC 2017 buzzing with potable water reuse

20 November 2017 — Potable water reuse was the central theme during this conference, recognizing the existing ‘de facto’ reuse of wastewater...

Remineralisation of RO permeate

Oasen is working on the full-stream treatment of, among others, river-bank filtrate using RO, which entails the complete...

Preventing and controlling emissions in greenhouse cultivation

Starting in 2018, greenhouse horticulturalists will be required to treat their discharge water containing plant protection products (PPPs)...

Rossella Messina finalist in Dopper Changemaker Challenge

16 March 2017 — Rossella Messina, master thesis intern at KWR, has reached the final round of the Dopper Changemaker Challenge. With...

Shale Gas and Water

Before the Netherlands can initiate shale gas extraction, answers must be given to the question of the possible...

AquaNES

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

Roberta Hofman PhD MSc

Roberta Hofman works as a senior scientist on the drinking water treatment team. She works with two types...

Wolter Siegers

Wolter Siegers is a Generic-B researcher. He worked on research in water treatment for drinking water, wastewater and...

Bas Wols PhD MSc

Bas Wols works as a scientific researcher on the Drinking Water Treatment team. He models water treatment processes,...

Emile Cornelissen PhD MSc

Emile Cornelissen is Senior Scientific Researcher in the Drinking Water Treatment team, and professor at the PaInT (Particle...

Patrick Bäuerlein PhD

Patrick Bäuerlein is a chemical researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team, and his main field...