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Health
Microbial safety
Quickly measuring after work on network

When water utilities carry out work on their distribution networks, there is a risk that dirt, which might contain pathogens, will get into the pipes. For this reason, the activities are conducted…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Menyanthes in Oezbekistan

Uzbekistan is confronted with problems caused by high groundwater levels. The groundwater in the country has always been close to the surface, but over the last few years it has risen by about 1.5 meters. Finding a…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
WATCH

Request for services for a waste water analysis report on the stimulant illicit drug markets in the EU. Objectives Conduct a wastewater monitoring exercise utilising a standardized protocol approved by the Commission and the EMCDDA to describe…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Rapid Filtration Engineering Assistant

The application of rapid sand filtration combined with front-end aeration forms a robust barrier in the removal of ammonium, iron and/or manganese from (ground)water. Rapid filtration systems are applied at a large…

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Frederic Béen PhD
Senior scientific researcher
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Frederic Béen PhD

Senior scientific researcher

Frederic Béen works as a researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team. His research activities focus on the implementation of analytical and sampling techniques to monitor emerging contaminants…

030-6069748

frederic.been@kwrwater.nl

06-11365219

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Pascal Kooij BSc
Senior technician
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Pascal Kooij BSc

Senior technician

Over the past years, Pascal Kooij worked as an HLO analyst at the Materials Research and Chemical Analysis Laboratory (LMC). He mainly focuses on organic analyses. For this, he developed…

030-6069730

Pascal.Kooij@kwrwater.nl

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Claudia Kooijman
Technician
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Claudia Kooijman

Technician

Claudia Kooijman is active as a chemical analyst in the Laboratory for Materials Research and Chemical Analysis (LMC). She works mostly in the application of ICP-MS for metal analysis, but…

030-6069572

claudia.kooijman@kwrwater.nl

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Patrick Bäuerlein PhD
Senior scientific researcher Project manager
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Patrick Bäuerlein PhD

Senior scientific researcher Project manager

Patrick Bäuerlein is a chemical researcher in the Chemical Water Quality and Health team, and his main field of expertise is the chemical quality of the entire water cycle. He…

030-6069702

patrick.bauerlein@kwrwater.nl

06-54296020

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News

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Handles to determine the occurrence of microplastics in the urban water cycle

04 August 2021 — The doctoral thesis, ‘Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Urban Water Cycle’, by Svenja Mintenig helps the water sector…

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A moral compass: using sewage water to study drugs use

03 July 2020 — More than half of the Dutch population believe that privacy concessions are an option in the fight against…

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Blog

How to deal with micropollutants in water

13 March 2019 — Additional treatment steps for WWTPs; Learning by doing, doing while learning As WWTPs in general haven’t been designed…

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News

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…

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Blog

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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News

Detecting fish and bacteria through eDNA analysis

20 December 2017 — We can determine fish populations on the basis of DNA traces. DNA techniques also make it possible to…

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Water Sector

‘Contaminants of Emerging Concern’ research programme begins

01 September 2017 — Today saw the start of a new research programme aimed at expanding our knowledge about the presence, hazards…

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Water Sector

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, ‘Spatial differences…

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Water Sector

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…

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Water Sector

Successful meeting of KWR proficiency test participants

14 November 2016 — On 8 November 2016, KWR received the participants in its proficiency tests. The attendance was high: more than…

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Water Sector

Scientists from 40 countries focus on interdisciplinary approaches for health and the environment

07 October 2016 — On Sunday, 9 October, the international congress on interdisciplinary approaches for health and the environment, ISES 2016, organised…

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Water Sector

Water4India: KWR introduces new sampling and analysis methods in India

29 March 2016 — From 5 to 15 March three KWR analysts were in India to contribute to the EU’s Water4India project,…

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