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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
VIPNL: Wetland crops on water-rich peat

This project is investigating how wetland agriculture on water-rich peat can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and land subsidence, and deliver improvements in water quality and biodiversity. The focus is on…

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Biological activity
Biological stability parameters in operational practice

New methods for determining and predicting biological stability developed since 2010 are applied less often in daily drinking water practice than are the previously existing older methods. This,…

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Biological activity
Survival and growth of water lice on organic matter in drinking water distribution networks

Earlier research has indicated that a correlation exists between the presence of water lice and the Aeromonas count in drinking water, and that this bacterium probably partly lives…

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Biological activity
Practical guidelines for use of PE as pipe material

Synthetic drinking water pipes can release substances into the water upon which bacteria can grow. The resulting biofilm on the pipe wall can lead to water-quality problems. The…

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Biological activity
Validation and standardisation of the BPP test for drinking water

Since regrowth of microorganisms in the water distribution system is not desirable, the Dutch water companies strive to produce drinking water with a low microbial growth potential. In…

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Experts

Jeroen Geurts PhD
Scientific researcher
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Jeroen Geurts PhD

Scientific researcher

Jeroen is an ecology researcher on the Ecohydrology team. He researches the rewetting of peatlands, multifunctional use of buffer zones, paludiculture ('wet agriculture'), soil and water quality, greenhouse gas emissions…

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jeroen.geurts@kwrwater.nl

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Test ponds in KWR garden come to life

06 September 2023 — The plants in the test ponds (“mesocosms”) in the KWR garden flourished in the first year. This gives…

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Training students in Sustainable Development & Water Science and Management

09 December 2016 — The conclusion of the Transdisciplinary Case Study (TCS) Sustainable Development & Water Science and Management course of the…

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Biomass

VIPNL: Wetland crops on water-rich peat

Biological stability parameters in operational practice

Survival and growth of water lice on organic matter in drinking water distribution networks

Practical guidelines for use of PE as pipe material

Validation and standardisation of the BPP test for drinking water

Test ponds in KWR garden come to life

Training students in Sustainable Development & Water Science and Management