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Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Monitoring nutrient measures

In many areas of the Netherlands the surface-water quality still does not meet the WFD targets. In the present project two catchment areas in the provinces of North Brabant and Flevoland are being intensively monitored for nutrients,…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Water Quality Knowledge Impulse

Over the past four years, work in the Water Quality Knowledge Impulse has focused on learning more about the quality of groundwater and surface water, and the factors that affect that quality. The aim of the Water…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
NEXOGENESIS

The water, energy, food and ecosystem (WEFE) nexus is a complex interrelationship governed by climatic and socio-economic drivers. We need holistic cross-sector considerations and policies to achieve resource use efficiency, leverage synergies and promote cross-sectoral cooperation. NEXOGENESIS,…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Climate adaptation in practice (KLIMAP)

In the four-year KLIMAP project, a consortium of 24 organisations is looking at which measures can contribute, and what joint process will be needed, to adapt Dutch sandy areas to climate change.…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
The importance of good water supply and water management

Over the last few years the south-west of the Netherlands, and thus also the Rusthoeve Experimental Farm, have experienced periods of heavy rainfall and dry periods. This was…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
LCA study of urban farming in Singapore

In order to be less dependent on other countries, Singapore wants to grow its own vegetables for food. The urban environment means that this has to be done in buildings. The large…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Drought in the Pleistocene uplands of Southern, Central and Eastern Netherlands

The summer of 2018 was particularly dry in the Netherlands, which led to water supply problems for agriculture and nature in the Pleistocene uplands. This project focuses on…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Healthy soil, healthy water system

The properties of the soil have a major influence on drought sensitivity and leaching into groundwater, for instance, of fertilisers. Both agriculture and the drinking water utilities that abstract groundwater have an…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Nutrients: which agricultural measures make sense?

This project is part of the Water Quality Knowledge Impulse. Agriculture plays a major part in the nutrient loading in our waters. In this project we are studying the effects of measures…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Water reuse and the freshwater provision

We are confronted more and more with increasing drought damage in agriculture and nature. There is growing pressure on our supply of water for high-quality uses, such as drinking water production. The…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Reuse of industrial residual water to meet agricultural water needs

Agricultural yields depend on the amount of moisture in the root zone. But in the summer soil moisture levels are often insufficient and result in reduced yields. In…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Re-USe of Treated effluent for agriculture – RUST

Worldwide, water scarcity is problematic, e.g. in semi-arid regions with inadequate natural precipitation, and other water resources are needed for irrigation. Also in humid temperate regions as The…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
WaterVision Agriculture

WaterVision Agriculture: instrumentarium to quantify the effects of water management and climate on agricultural production. WaterVision Agriculture is a method to determine the impact on agricultural production of changes in hydrological conditions. These changes can be the…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Circular Water 2050

The project ‘Circular Water 2050 – impact and opportunities of the “fully circular in 2050” target for an urban water cycle falls under the WiCE ‘Efficient with Raw Materials’ research area. The project’s aim is to develop…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
AgriAs

Toxic arsenic (compounds) in the soil and water present health risks worldwide for 220 million people. KWR is participating in the European AgriAs project that aims to acquire reliable data about the presence of and exposure to…

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Health
Microbial safety
ANSWER

In response to the growing problem of water scarcity, the reuse of treated urban wastewater is considered to be the most suitable and reliable alternative for sustainable water management and agricultural development. In spite of the benefits…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
New applications of subsurface water storage in practice

Subsurface water storage and supply-building offer multiple opportunities for the development of robust water systems and their responsible exploitation. Pilots can contribute to demonstrating the application range and…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Circular water provision in horticulture: Water to the greenhouse – Freshwater provision and well technology

Water supply is of crucial importance for greenhouse horticulture. An adequate supply of fresh (irrigation) water has to be available – during dry periods as well – and…

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Sustainable resources
Application of drinking water sludge to phosphorus-rich soils to favour nature development

Species rich vegetation generally develops on nutrient poor soils. On former agricultural land, in which phosphorus availability levels are high because of years of fertilisation, the development of…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
Production and application of granular aquafer

Every year in the Netherlands about 95,000 tons of aquafer is generated (62,000 tons of liquid aquafer and 33,000 tons of dewatered aquafer). Reststoffenunie (now AquaMinerals) disposes of this water company residual…

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Arvid van Dam
Scientific researcher
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Arvid van Dam

Scientific researcher

Arvid van Dam is a researcher in the Innovation & Valorisation team. As an anthropologist, he is interested in the tensions and opportunities that may arise between different stakeholders in…

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Prof. Ruud Bartholomeus PhD MSc
Chief Science Officer / Principal scientist
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Prof. Ruud Bartholomeus PhD MSc

Chief Science Officer / Principal scientist

Ruud Bartholomeus works as Chief Science Officer of KWR and Principal Scientist of the Ecohydrology team on a robust freshwater supply in rural areas, and is special professor 'plant water…

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Controlled drainage with subirrigation as a water solution for agriculture

20 March 2024 — Controlled drainage with subirrigation has the potential to provide support for agriculture in a good way. Whether it…

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Treatment sludge offers opportunities for the reuse or recycling of micronutrients

08 June 2022 — Zuiveringsslib biedt in het agro-voedsel-afvalsysteem de beste mogelijkheden om hergebruik of recycling van micronutriënten te verhogen. Dit staat…

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Helping growers to improve their own freshwater situation

11 April 2022 — DrainStore deserves a place among the other freshwater projects in Zeeland. The report with the results of the…

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Open day turns the spotlight on subirrigation

13 July 2021 — All eyes were on a test array for ‘underground irrigation’ at the Rusthoeve Test Farm in Zeeland on…

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‘New regulatory and legal framework for water reuse calls for an interdisciplinary approach’

05 January 2021 — In 2020 the European Union approved a legislative proposal on the requirements for water reuse in irrigation applications.…

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Water sector sets course for the circular economy

26 November 2020 — The recently published report ‘Stip op de horizon Circulair Water 2050’ (‘Point on the Circular Water 2050 horizon’)…

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Four water technology projects honoured within PPP call for Agriculture, Water and Food

23 November 2020 — De PPP (Public-Private Partnership) call for Agriculture, Water and Food has resulted in four projects in which TKI…

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Developing knowledge and measures to make high sandy grounds climate-robust

21 July 2020 — Making the high-elevation sandy grounds in the Netherlands resilient to climate change: over the next four years, the…

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How can water reuse contribute to a more robust freshwater system?

02 April 2020 — Researchers at KWR have quantified and clarified the potential contribution of water reuse to the freshwater system by…

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New Bosatlas also maps sustainable water projects

17 October 2019 — In the new Bosatlas van de duurzaamheid (‘Bos Sustainability Atlas’), water utility Evides and KWR describe several inspiring…

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Biodiversity and water inextricably linked

08 May 2019 — Of the estimated eight million species on Earth, fully one million are threatened with extinction in the decades…

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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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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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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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Groundwater Atlas for pesticides launched

15 October 2017 — This week saw not only the signing of the long-awaited coalition agreement but – at least as important…

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Water Indicators show impact of water management and climate change on agriculture and nature

29 June 2017 — With the Nature Water Indicator and the Agriculture Water Indicator one can obtain more detail and user-friendly predictions…

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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…

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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…

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The connecting role of water in the circular economy

24 February 2017 — As of 21 March 2017, the TKI Water Technology partners will be present at the Aqua Trade Fair Netherlands…

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Ecosystem services benefit from water sector innovations

27 January 2017 — Ecosystem services are currently a focus of intense interest. An ecosystem service is a ‘service’ that the ecosystem…

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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…

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Waterwinst website online

09 June 2016 — The ‘Waterwinst’ (water gain) website presents building blocks for and examples of function combinations of drinking water extraction…

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DESSIN: How can we make sustainable use of the ecosystem to solve water problems?

18 March 2016 — The ecosystem can offer solutions to many of the ‘water’ problems that confront us, such as water scarcity…

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New apparatus measures invisible water loss

16 September 2015 — We can see rain and snow, but that’s not the case for the biggest cause of water loss…

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Sustainable use of freshwater resources

Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is not a given. Globally, the water sector is…

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