Year Review 2017

Year Review 2017: ‘On repetition.’

15 February 2018 — You’ll find our Year Review 2017 on our website. It includes recent facts and figures, an overview...

Concern about GenX and drinking water

31 December 2017 — 2017 was also the year in which the substance GenX attracted a lot of media attention. KWR, together...

Allied Waters: from solar energy to storage in the subsurface

31 December 2017 — On 22 March 2017, Allied Waters and other stakeholders launched a special project at Aqua Trade Fair Netherlands:...

Continuation of Dutch/Flemish research programme

31 December 2017 — In 2017, nine Dutch water companies, the Flemish water company De Watergroep, Vewin and KWR agreed on a...

Watershare communities in operation

31 December 2017 — Watershare, the international collaboration in which water sector-proven methods, techniques and experiences are shared and applied, was well...

Approach antibiotic resistance with WHO and water sector

31 December 2017 — Resistant bacteria and the genes for antimicrobial resistance are being increasingly detected in surface water and groundwater. During...

Drinking water sector investigating potential risks of antimicrobial resistance

04 December 2017 — Antimicrobial resistance forms a risk for public health. Resistant bacteria and the genes for antimicrobial resistance are also found in...

Emile Cornelissen: visiting professor at the University of Ghent

04 December 2017 — KWR researcher Emile Cornelissen has been appointed as visiting professor at the University of Ghent (Belgium) in order...

Water sector can do something about fake news

23 November 2017 — Fake news is not new, but its impact in our post-fact society is growing steadily. How can the...

GenX report: drinking water in the Netherlands is safe

22 November 2017 — RIVM and KWR have produced a report in response to the presence of GenX in...

Solar energy for Nieuwegein residents

14 November 2017 — In partnership with Allied Waters, Ad van Wijk, Professor of Future Energy Systems at TU Delft, gave a...

UPcycles: a second life for residuals from the water sector

02 November 2017 — At the Amsterdam International Water Week KWR, AquaMinerals and Allied Waters signed an ‘Amsterdam agreement’ on the new...

Three Watershare communities launched

02 November 2017 — On 1 November 2017, three Watershare Communities of Practice (CoPs) were launched in the Netherlands Pavilion at Aquatec...

CoRe Water: from WWTP to a sustainable water factory

31 October 2017 — On the first day of Aquatech 2017, Allied Waters, BLUE-tec, KWR and Royal HaskoningDHV signed a collaboration agreement...

Uniform Failure Registration Database Workshop

24 October 2017 — Good failure registration is very important in underpinning a water-main replacement policy. Indeed, failure registration is one of...

Brabant Water customers measure tap water hardness themselves

05 October 2017 — At the beginning of this week almost 100 ‘temporary water researchers’ gathered together in Oss to launch the...

Korean consortium wins IWA Award for Best Practices on Resource Recovery

08 August 2017 — Partnered with Watershare, the International Water Association’s (IWA) Resource Recovery Cluster has concluded the IWA Award...

COASTAR: saline at bay, fresh on hand

13 July 2017 — In the COASTAR (COastal Aquifer STorage and Recovery) project that recently got underway, KWR, together with Deltares...

WHO expert meeting: the role of water in spreading antimicrobial resistance

05 July 2017 — On 5 and 6 July, 30 experts from all over the world met at KWR to assist the...

Theo van den Hoven named Honorary Member of WssTP

22 June 2017 — The board of the European Water Platform WssTP has named Theo van den Hoven, who is Manager of...

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...

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...

Doctoral research into salt exposure and its impact on plants in low-lying polders

15 June 2017 — On 7 June, Sija Stofberg obtained her doctorate at Wageningen University & Research for her research into the...

Water reuse and subsurface storage: a logical combination

13 June 2017 — In Dinteloord (North Brabant) the Tuinbouwontwikkelingsmaatschappij (Horticultural Development Company) (TOM) has realised a high-quality, sustainable freshwater provision system...

Water companies, Vewin and KWR build upon structural research collaboration

09 June 2017 — As of 1 January 2018, a new period of collaboration in the joint water research of the water...

New citizen science research launched

24 May 2017 — On Monday, during a festive launch and information evening at the Limburg Maasbracht, a new citizen science research...

Urban Waterbuffer now also in practice

19 May 2017 — How can we retain rainwater in the subsurface of urban areas longer and more effectively? And can we...

Loet Rosenthal: KWR’s new Manager, Water Quality & Health

01 May 2017 — As of 1 May, Loet Rosenthal succeeds Idsart Dijkstra as the manager of KWR’s Water Quality & Health...

Urban Water Atlas for Europe

01 May 2017 — Last week the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe, a complete panorama...

Structural collaboration UGhent, KU Leuven and the water sector’s joint research programme

25 April 2017 — Last year the Flemish water company De Watergroep became a member of the joint research programme of the...

First Knowledge Workplace of the Water Knowledge Action Programme

14 April 2017 — On 12 April 2017, the Observant in Amersfoort was filled with practice innovators, researchers and decision-makers committed to...

Second Willem Koerselman Award for Emke and De Voogt

11 April 2017 — Erik Emke and Pim de Voogt have won the 2016 Willem Koerselman Award for the article,...

Transition to a hydrogen economy opens opportunities for water companies

03 April 2017 — The use of pure water for the production of hydrogen to serve as an energy carrier in a...

Launch of Power to X hydrogen project

22 March 2017 — On Wednesday, 22 March, a celebration was held for the launch of the Power to X project at...

Forensic hydrology: Detecting traces in groundwater

22 March 2017 — Water contains a large number of dissolved substances. These include all non-synthetic elements and many synthetic organic micropollutants,...

Water and Horticulture Top Sectors sign ‘Circular Netherlands’ collaboration agreement

21 March 2017 — Loek Hermans, the standard bearer of the Horticulture & Propagation Materials Top Sector, and Hans Huis in ’t...

Conclusion of multi-annual NanoNextNL programme

14 March 2017 — The NanoNextNL research programme was launched in 2011 with the objective of determining the possible applications, and the...

Doctoral research into flood governance responsibilities

08 February 2017 — On 10 February 2017, KWR researcher Emmy Bergsma was granted her doctorate by the University of Amsterdam. Now...

Determining contamination source with hydraulic software packages

25 January 2017 — When a drinking water contamination incident occurs, it is very important to take action to localise the contamination...

Joan Rose lectures at KWR on the importance of genomics for the water sector

19 January 2017 — On 16 January, Joan B. Rose of Michigan State University and Stockholm Water Prize winner, paid a visit...