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Year Review 2018: ‘Our Path Ahead’

01 April 2019 — You’ll find our Year Review 2018 on our website. It includes recent facts and figures, an overview of…

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WiCE roadshow makes it clear: There’s energy in the Dutch water sector

18 December 2018 — On Friday, 14 December, a broad range of representatives from both within and outside the water sector were…

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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…

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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…

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Successful BTO Research Meeting ‘Together towards the next step’

15 November 2018 — The achievement of a future-proof drinking water provision requires making well-considered choices. Is it better to direct our…

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Prof. Pim de Voogt: 25 years in Environmental Chemistry

03 November 2018 — Prof. Pim de Voogt, is – after a fruitful career of more than 25 years – retiring from…

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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.…

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Water Quality Knowledge Impulse: room for acceleration

30 October 2018 — The participants in the Water Quality Knowledge Impulse are the national government, provinces, Water Authorities, water utilities, knowledge…

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WHO Meeting underscores importance of achieving SDG 6

24 October 2018 — KWR was present at the WHO High Level Meeting and Technical Workshop on Water Safety and SDG 6…

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Professor Annemarie van Wezel swaps KWR for IBED

22 October 2018 — Professor Annemarie van Wezel, KWR’s Chief Science Officer (CSO) and Principal Scientist, chemical water quality and health, is…

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Launch of WaterVision Nature and WaterVision Agriculture

18 October 2018 — Two tools for the climate-robust planning of water management in an area: WaterVision Nature (WWN) and WaterVision Agriculture…

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It happened at IWA Tokyo

04 October 2018 — When we look back a few years from now, I’m convinced we will all say that ‘it happened…

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BioMon: close collaboration in DNA biomonitoring

01 October 2018 — Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Institute for Environmental Studies in Leiden, Baseclear and KWR are collaborating more and more…

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Bernard Voortman earns doctorate on invisible water loss

21 September 2018 — Former KWR researcher Bernard Voortman has earned his doctorate from VU University Amsterdam for his thesis on ‘Evaporation…

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NextGen kick-off: demonstrating solutions for water in the circular economy

20 September 2018 — Thirty water utilities, industries, specialised SMEs, applied research institutes, technology platforms, and city and regional authorities from all…

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‘Power to X’ project brings residential districts that run on sunshine and rain a step closer

24 July 2018 — A residential district can use solar power to meet enough of its residents’ energy, heating and mobility needs.…

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STOP-IT project for protection of water infrastructures gains momentum

18 July 2018 — A year after the start of STOP-IT, the project that deals with the protection of water infrastructures against…

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Over 2300 publications available online at KWR

05 July 2018 — KWR’s renewed online library has recently been opened to public access. The first version of the library was…

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Some impressions from the Hydroinformatics International Conference 2018

03 July 2018 — This week, 400 researchers from around the world in the field of hydroinformatics are meeting in Palermo for…

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Data from smart water meters used to predict hotspots in distribution network

02 July 2018 — To ensure fresh and healthy drinking water in a future of climate change and urbanisation, it’s important to…

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KWR launches The Circonomist news site

28 June 2018 — KWR has launched The Circonomist news site in collaboration with Dutch water companies and the Flemish De Watergroep.…

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Workshop makes numerical optimisation more accessible for water companies

27 June 2018 — More and more attention is being directed at the optimisation of drinking water distribution systems. But the complexity…

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Elephants and brilliant storytelling at farewell symposium

26 June 2018 — Our water infrastructure is an elephant, says Kala Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director of the International Water Association, at the…

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Wim van Vierssen Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands

21 June 2018 — KWR Chief Executive Officer, Wim van Vierssen, has been made a Knight of the Order of the Lion…

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Urban Waterbuffer supplies water to Sparta Stadium

20 June 2018 — A Cruyff Court with a subsurface waterbuffer was opened today on the Spartaplein square in Rotterdam. The event…

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Useful UK-Dutch exchanges in the first 6 months of WatQual

20 June 2018 — Within the WatQual project, researchers from universities visit industry in another country and vice versa to study water…

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Methamphetamine in Ermelo sewage remarkable for the Netherlands

29 May 2018 — Commissioned by the municipal council of the town of Ermelo, KWR researched the presence of narcotics in the…

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Ana Causanilles earns doctorate in wastewater epidemiology

25 May 2018 — On Thursday, 24 May, former KWR staff member Ana Causanilles successfully defended her thesis, titled ‘Wastewater-based epidemiology, an…

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Large-scale freshwater provision in low-lying areas of the Netherlands through smart use of the subsurface

22 May 2018 — Water authorities, drinking water companies, knowledge institutes, consultant Arcadis, the Province of South Holland and the greenhouse horticultural…

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Methods for better planning for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems in cities

17 May 2018 — On 16 May 2018 at TU Delft, KWR researcher Martin Bloemendal defends his dissertation, ‘The hidden side of…

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Study of the effect of underground heat sources on drinking water temperature

30 April 2018 — Research institutes KWR and Deltares are to investigate the effect of underground heat sources on the temperature of…

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Buenos Aires water company AySA joins Watershare

26 April 2018 — AySA, the water company of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, became a Watershare member on Wednesday, 25 April. Now…

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‘Subsurface storage’ wins H2O award for best specialised article

23 April 2018 — The specialised article, ‘Waterhergebruik en –berging met aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) op tuinbouwlocatie Nieuw-Prinsenland’ (‘Water reuse and…

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Sugar beet reuse water used to grow tomatoes

23 April 2018 — On 19th April, Erik van Merrienboer, Province of North Brabant Executive for Spatial Planning and Finance, officially opened…

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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…

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Exploration: future visions of the circular economy

10 April 2018 — Exploratory research of eight key players in the circular economy (City of Amsterdam, Interface, Unilever, Natuurmonumenten, Alliander, Ministry…

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Dragan Savić appointed new CEO of KWR

09 April 2018 — Dragan Savić (57) will join KWR as its new CEO on July 1. He will succeed Wim van…

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Collaboration offers opportunities for clean water and sustainable agriculture

03 April 2018 — Agriculture and horticulture produce large-scale emissions of (artificial) fertilisers, plant protection products and veterinary pharmaceuticals, which hinder the…

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Water Boards and TKI Water Technology connect with CoRe Water

15 March 2018 — Gorinchem, 14 March 2018 – What does water purification of the future look like? With the CoRe Water…

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Netherlands number 1 user of XTC in Europe

07 March 2018 — The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) today (11:00 CET) published the results of the…

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First WatQual meeting a huge success

05 March 2018 — Researchers from various European countries gathered at the end of February for the kick-off of WatQual. Over two…

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Water reuse with a nanofiltration membrane bioreactor in Singapore

13 February 2018 — At the beginning of March, a project will start at the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) on water…

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EU Drinking Water Directive based on advice from KWR

13 February 2018 — KWR has produced an extensive advisory study on the revision of the EU Drinking Water Directive. KWR acted…

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Diam (Oman) joins Watershare

06 February 2018 — On 29 January Diam, the Public Authority for Electricity & Water of Oman (PAEW), became a member of…

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Professor Willy Verstraete appointed KWR Honorary Fellow

25 January 2018 — On 25 January Professor Willy Verstraete was appointed KWR Honorary Fellow. KWR bestowed Verstraete the Honorary Fellowship in…

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Sewer water analysis shows: amateur athletes use of ‘fat burner’ DNP

24 January 2018 — In the study entitled ‘Wastewater-based tracing of doping use by the general population and amateur athletes’, KWR researchers…

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