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Value Case Development: a process methodology for sustainable decision-making

Drinking water utilities will have to make major investments in the coming decades in areas such as asset infrastructure in order to maintain their capacity to continue supplying…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Solar panels on water reservoirs

Drinking water reservoirs have a large water surface. The installation of floating solar panels on reservoirs can be an effective strategy to generate energy. However, the question is, if and what impacts do solar panels have on…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Power-to-X Province of Utrecht

The Dutch energy system has to be clean and future-resilient in the future, but also reliable and affordable. The local production of renewable solar or wind energy plays a crucial role in this transition. The Power-to-X approach…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
UNESCO, KWR and the University of Bath assess urban water management in 4 cities in Africa

By applying the City Blueprint approach, they will define the risks and opportunities for improvements in the cities of Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Lusaka (Zambia), Lagos (Nigeria) and Nairobi…

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Urban Photosynthesis; three functions on a single roof

Urban Photosynthesis involves research in the urban environment on an integrated solution, which closes as many water loops as possible at the building level, combined with the generation…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
Water Mining

Securing enough and safe water is a crucial challenge for water management today. This situation calls for innovative water management solutions and alternative water resources. The EU-funded WATER-MINING project will demonstrate innovative next-generation water resource solutions in…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
H-Flex: green hydrogen in a flexible electricity system

The conversion of (surplus) electricity into hydrogen and heat contributes to a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy system. This has been demonstrated in earlier projects, such as Power-to-X.…

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Sustainable energy
Material Flow Analysis & City Blueprint Framework ReCirc Singapore

The project will establish a clear picture of performance and bottlenecks, the main social, environmental and financial aspects, and material flows in relation to, for example, food waste,…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Stand-alone local treatment for remote areas

It is difficult to supply drinking water from the central system in some parts of the Netherlands. Available alternatives for producing drinking water locally through stand-alone treatment plants have therefore been studied…

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Health
Microbial safety
Rainwater as a source of drinking water: production costs and environmental aspects

Many people think it would be sustainable to make drinking water from collected rainwater. However, there is not enough rainwater in the Netherlands to meet demand. The costs…

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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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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
LCA study of variants of activated carbon

The use of activated carbon in drinking water treatment means that it has to be reactivated on a regular basis, and so this type of treatment has a significant environmental impact. Studying…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Environmental impact of NaOH and lime milk in drinking water treatment

All kinds of chemicals are used to treat drinking water. Caustic soda and lime milk are used on a large scale. On the basis of information from the…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Calculation of drinking water utilities’ CO2 footprint

Drinking water utilities currently have a clearly defined utility function: to produce and supply safe and reliable drinking water at a cost acceptable to society. Part of this…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Behavioural influence in practice

The objective of this research project is to generate scientific understanding and tested techniques to study how, and to what degree, the behaviour of domestic customers can be effectively influenced. This will involve setting up a behavioural…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Radical new sources of drinking water

The drinking water provision in the Netherlands makes use of fresh groundwater and fresh surface water as its principal sources. After the water’s intake or abstraction, it is used to produce drinking…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Chalk Aquifer Management (CHARM)

De Watergroep, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and KWR join forces to study the Krijt chalk aquifer. This groundwater aquifer is important for the water utility De Watergroep, since it accounts for 22% of the utility’s drinking water…

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Society
Stakeholder involvement and governance
4D Source protection in a changing world

This project involves studying the application of a 4D approach to source protection. The approach is based on knowledge about subsurface (3D) and future (4D) developments, and also takes into account the…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
System Design Power-to-X

The Power-to-X concept aims to produce electricity, hydrogen, heat and service water sustainably. By converting electricity into heat and then storing the heat in the subsurface, we can achieve a better match between energy demand and supply.…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
Reuse of coagulant from aquafer (HerCauWer)

In the Netherlands drinking water treatment almost always generates aquafer as a residual. By treating this material with acid, we can again transform it into iron salts, which can then be applied…

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Society
Citizen science and public participation
Water Knowledge Action Programme

Managers, researchers and practice innovators are working on water governance in the Water Knowledge Action Programme to realise the transition to the circular city of the future. The approach is scientifically founded and socially supported, action-oriented and…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Power to X

In the future our energy supply will have to be renewable, but also reliable and affordable. In Nieuwegein we will be making a contribution to meeting this challenge through the realisation of a unique project: Power to…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Heat and Cold from drinking water (HCD)

‘Heat and Cold from Drinking water’, ‘HCD ’ for short, constitutes a unique combination of water and energy: the thermal energy, which the drinking water contains, is used to bring together the…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
BlueSCities

Climate change and urbanisation are crucial phenomena for water supply, economic development and health worldwide. Since many cities battle with droughts and floods, it is imperative that urban water management be radically improved. In the European Commission’s…

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Health
Microbial safety
Water4India

Freshwater of sufficient quality for human consumption is becoming scarce. In India the availability of such water is a matter of concern. The growing wealth and population create greater needs and thus higher consumption, while tighter standards…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Effects of Sand-Drift Dynamics on the Conservation and Restoration of Grey Dunes

Since 2012, within the framework of DPWE, research has been ongoing on the restoration and management issues of dry dune grasslands (habitat Grey dunes). The research is a…

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Sustainable energy
Elaboration of heat-cold recovery from drinking water

Water companies want to actively contribute to cutting back the societal costs associated with the consumption of fossil fuel energy in connection with drinking water use. Among the…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
Improvement potential of residuals from WML drinking water production

The drinking water production process at Limburg Water Distribution Company (WML) results in a variety of residuals: liquid aquafer, lime pellets, back-wash water, (iron) lime sludge and filter…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Sustainable water cycle and geothermal energy at Lelystad Airport

At the beginning of 2015 the Airport Decree was ratified for Lelystad Airport, providing official authorisation for the airport’s expansion. Since the new work will take place on…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Multi-Source, Single-Stage, Full-Stream RO

The objective is a tested Multi-Source, Full-Stream RO concept, with minimal pre- and post-treatment (single stage), which uses flexible water sources and produces water of impeccable quality. The concept is researched in…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Urban water management tools

Over the next decades cities will experience a number of megatrends. In order to render the sustainability of the urban water cycle visible, a great deal of effort has been invested over the past few years in…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Energy-efficient and sustainable Tergooi hospital

Tergooi is developing a new hospital as part of the redevelopment of the Monnikenberg country estate to the east of Hilversum. The hospital is part of the supraregional health-care park that is…

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Sustainability
Sustainable resources
High-value reuse of lime pellets from drinking water production

About half of the drinking water in the Netherlands is softened in pellet reactors. This technology generates a residual in the form of lime pellets, which consist of…

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Noor van Dooren
Scientific researcher
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Noor van Dooren

Scientific researcher

Noor van Dooren is a researcher on Public Design in the Resilience Management and Governance team. She earned her master's degree in Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management, a double-degree programme at…

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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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Jolijn van Engelenburg PhD
Management Joint Water Sector Research Programme Project manager
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Jolijn van Engelenburg PhD

Management Joint Water Sector Research Programme Project manager

Jolijn van Engelenburg is Programme Manager within the Joint Research Programme of KWR and the Dutch and Flemish water utilities, and of DPWE, the joint research programme for the dune…

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Christie Stuut-Klaucke MSc
Communications consultant
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Christie Stuut-Klaucke MSc

Communications consultant

Christie Stuut is an experienced marketing and communications consultant. Her expertise lies in the field of positioning, strategic communication and the further development of company vision to (online) communication. Within…

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Ron Bol
Expert Green Hydrogen
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Ron Bol

Expert Green Hydrogen

Within Allied Waters Ron is working on the subject of green hydrogen, a model for bridging science to practice: from conceptual development of KWR to practical application and realisation by…

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RECREATE: a system-wide look at the water system

02 July 2024 — PWN and KWR are working together in the European RECREATE project about alternative water sources.

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BTO 2018 – 2023 What have we learned?

29 February 2024 — The latest six-year BTO research programme came to a close in 2023. KWR researchers look back in the…

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The exposome: a new paradigm for the water sector?

26 September 2023 — It is hoped that exploratory research looking at the role of water in the exposome will provide an…

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WiCE Inspiration Session: working together on water, circularity and sustainability

06 July 2023 — The WiCE inspiration session brings together people involved in water, circularity and sustainability. Water in the Circular Economy…

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WiCE: research programme, knowledge broker and bridge to practice

05 July 2023 — Henk-Jan van Alphen takes us from a shower at a campsite through the process of thinking about, and…

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ANCHOR scrutinises urban water reuse

26 June 2023 — New EU project ANCHOR examines urban water reuse from technical, societal, governance and economic perspectives.

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Introducing the ‘Value Generator’ in area agendas

20 April 2023 — The 'Value Generator' is an online toolbox that brings together knowledge, tools and practical stories about integrated working…

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Mannoury blue-green energy roof wins 2022 Roof of the Year award

29 March 2023 — Roof of the Year: housing project Mannoury (Amsterdam), where TKI project Urban PhotoSynthesis provides integrated solutions for the…

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Water Sector

Collective sustainable heating systems are technically feasible and socially acceptable

28 March 2023 — The three-year WarmingUP innovation programme demonstrates that collective sustainable heat systems are technically feasible and socially acceptable. Heating…

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Water Technology Growth Plan receives €135 million from National Growth Fund

27 February 2023 — A consortium of about 600 parties will invest €342 million in the development, growth and exports of the…

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Springtij

03 November 2022 — On Wednesday 21 September, several KWR researchers headed to Terschelling to take part for the first time in…

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Presenting blue-green roofs in Bolzano

08 August 2022 — My first in-person conference in two years was the Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Conference…

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New opportunities for the circular economy of water

26 April 2022 — A consistent terminology and a clear description of strategies are needed if new circular opportunities are to be…

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Towards a sustainable approach to concentrate treatment

11 March 2022 — Shifting the joint ambition regarding concentrate flows from discharge to recovery and reuse.

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KWR and WarmteStad work on enhancing the sustainability of heat plant with a digital twin

21 October 2021 — A digital twin of the future heat plant in Groningen will help make smarter use of renewable sources…

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Water in the circular economy (WiCE) brings water sector together

12 October 2021 — The societal challenges of today and tomorrow call for a united water sector. Big issues such as the…

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The water sector as a reliable supplier of commodities recovered from the water cycle

20 July 2021 — Water is probably the most circular resource on earth. So it’s hardly surprising that the water sector has…

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Multiple values of water

07 July 2021 — The Implementation of Multiple Value Creation project began this year as part of the Water in the Circular…

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Strengthen the water sector’s capacity by transferring practice-oriented knowledge

24 June 2021 — As we move towards a more circular and sustainable water chain and climate robust water system, new insights,…

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A new phase for the City Blueprint Approach in Africa

17 June 2021 — On May 31, 2021, students in Abidjan, Lagos, Lusaka and Nairobi started applying the City Blueprint approach (CBA)…

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Waterwise cities will help make the world a better place

07 June 2021 — In ten years, the City Blueprint Approach (CBA) has developed into a powerful tool to assess how water-wise…

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It can be done: processing organic kitchen waste from multi-storey buildings sustainably using the sewer system

04 June 2021 — Municipal authorities want to process kitchen waste in sustainable, high-grade, ways in order to contribute to the circular…

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Preserve and enhance the value of water throughout the cycle

28 May 2021 — The Water in the Circular Economy (WiCE) research programme revolves around the preservation of value in the water…

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World Water Day 2021: Valuing Water

22 March 2021 — A team of more than 20 KWR colleagues signed up to join the World Water Run from 16-22…

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Water research opportunities in COVID year 2020

18 December 2020 — The global COVID pandemic posed enormous challenges for all sectors of society in 2020. The national and international…

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How to achieve a water-wise city?

07 December 2020 — Extreme rainfall can leave city streets under water. Drought can put pressure on the water supply. Two severe…

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Power-to-X in Nieuwegein a further step closer

11 August 2020 — Storage and conversion are becoming increasingly important for a robust and reliable energy system of the future. These…

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#WorldWaterDay – “We cannot afford to wait”

22 March 2020 — The theme of World Water Day 2020 is how water plays a key role in climate change adaptation…

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Water and energy in the circular city

12 February 2020 — How can the water sector assist a city achieve its circular ambitions? A city like Nieuwegein, where the…

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Multiplying societal value

31 December 2019 — Multiple value creation already frequently occurs in the water sector, but it is not always clearly highlighted. KWR…

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Creating multiple value for the challenges of the future

28 November 2019 — Multiple value creation is probably not yet a familiar expression for everybody. But it certainly is for the…

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Healthy drinking water and wastewater treatment for all

07 November 2019 — If you don’t measure what you want to know, you can’t manage the progress. That also applies to…

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KWR installs hydrogen filling station at its site

01 August 2019 — Hydrogen-electric transport is increasingly playing a role when it comes to sustainable mobility. Besides passenger cars, this is…

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Water reuse presents opportunities

05 June 2019 — The reuse of water is becoming an increasingly central focus of attention. This reuse presents companies with important…

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SALutions and COASTAR presented at International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge

22 May 2019 — During the triennial International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR) held in Madrid, KWR and Arcadis presented results…

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OECD: ‘Water Knowledge Action Programme is a model of innovative collaboration’

02 April 2019 — The Water Knowledge Action Programme (KAP Water) receives international praise. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…

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Water sector strategists delve into multiple value creation

28 March 2019 — Multiple value creation is a topical issue of relevance to the water sector. On 12 March, water sector…

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The keys to the post-fossil energy age

14 March 2019 — A sustainable energy system can only thrive if it includes a satisfactory energy-storage system. Besides heat, green hydrogen…

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Stakeholder engagement in the NextGen CoP in Athens

01 March 2019 — The first and exciting meeting of the NextGen Community of Practice (CoP) was held on 21 February in…

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KWR and CWTS join forces in research on social impact

25 January 2019 — KWR and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University are going to collaborate in…

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Water Sector

COASTAR goes Chile

20 December 2018 — Certain regions in Chile are characterized as dry areas, partly because Chile currently takes too much groundwater in…

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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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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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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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Launch of Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)

13 February 2018 — A new platform to accelerate the circular economy was launched during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in…

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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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Code of Practice helps businesses monitor their own carbon neutrality

19 December 2017 — Calculating carbon neutrality or the CO₂ footprint is an excellent tool for industry when formulating CO₂ reduction targets.…

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Future cooling water conditioning without cooling towers

18 December 2017 — Together with ENVAQA, the Stichting Kennisuitwisseling Industriële Watertechnologie (SKIW) organised the Industrial Cooling Water Themed Day in Rozenburg…

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Langenau drinking water production more sustainable thanks to pellet softening

03 October 2017 — Langenau has switched from a precipitation process (cold lime softening) to a crystallisation process (pellet softening) at its…

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The Blue Route: water as a pathway to innovation and sustainable growth

17 May 2017 — ‘The Blue Route’ was launched today during a special event on board the SS Rotterdam. Based on water-related…

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Water Sector

Urban Water Atlas for Europe

01 May 2017 — Last week the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe, a complete panorama of water management in…

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Water Sector

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…

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Water Sector

‘The future of the water economy is circular’

30 March 2017 — ‘There is nothing in the urban watercycle that is negotiable. Water is a matter of quality and safety…

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Water Sector

Inventory of hazards of geothermics for groundwater

08 February 2017 — The generation of renewable energy by exploiting the earth’s heat using geothermal technology is developing rapidly in the…

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Water Sector

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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Initial results of “Boer Bier Water” are promising

15 December 2016 — The initial results of the study being undertaken by KWR show that the trial using reverse Level Controlled…

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Blog

Future of Cities Forum 2016, Tianjin, China

24 October 2016 — Organizers The World Future Council, UN Habitat and the China Urban Research Center of Beijing Jiaotong University organize…

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Subsurface as a solution for a robust freshwater supply

05 August 2016 — Using the subsurface to resolve water issues: it’s a well-known approach for the Dutch water companies, who…

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Water Sector

Blue Cities: everything revolves around the city

27 July 2016 — Blue, green, sustainable, smart or climate-adaptive. In the interest of the transition towards the habitable city of the…

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Water Sector

Annual Report 2015: ‘The circular economy as social contract’

21 June 2016 — You’ll find our Annual Report 2015 on our website. With all the facts and figures, an overview of…

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Water Sector

Surinamese MBA students visit Reststoffenunie and KWR

26 April 2016 — On 26 April, Reststoffenunie and KWR hosted 11 students and 2 supervisors from the Innovation & Technology MBA…

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Water Sector

KWR building nominated for the BNA ‘Best Building of the Year 2016’ award

01 April 2016 — The jury examined 125 submissions and drew up a short-list of 8 nominees for the ‘Best Building of…

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Water Sector

High-value reuse of lime from drinking water softening is sustainable and profitable

16 February 2016 — At the end of 2015, the TKI Water Technology research project ‘Marketing Dutch lime pellets’ was successfully completed.…

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Challenging governance research for Vitens

03 August 2015 — Customer excellence is of paramount importance for Vitens. To this end, KWR explored how Vitens can best attune…

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Responding to development of decentralised water provision

24 June 2015 — More and more technical possibilities are opening up for citizens to produce their own drinking water and potentially…

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Health

Safe innovation and the water sector

Technological innovations can involve risks to (drinking) water and public health. Greater public awareness, and…

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Sustainability

Sustainable use of freshwater resources

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

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Sustainability

Climate change and resilience

The water sector needs practice-oriented research to help it confront the wide-ranging consequences of climate…

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Sustainability

Sustainable energy

There is a worldwide drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift to cleaner, more…

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Sustainability

Sustainable resources

The circular economy is the alternative to the current – essentially linear – economy. While…

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Society

Stakeholder involvement and governance

Stakeholder engagement is an effective means of connecting technical and social-governance issues. KWR has a…

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Society

Citizen science and public participation

Increased citizen engagement is confronting the water sector with steadily growing demands. A connection needs…

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Looking ahead

Futures studies and response strategies

Futures research improves the resilience of the water sector by supporting anticipatory governance and by…

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Enabling technologies

Hydroinformatics

Hydroinformatics is the application of information technology in its broadest sense on water-cycle related issues,…

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Enabling technologies

Innovative water treatment technologies

Drinking water treatment is subject to many demands and, today, the challenges it faces are…

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Enabling technologies

Future-proof networks

Even if the Netherlands has a superbly functioning drinking water network, parts of it are…

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Enabling technologies

New materials and technologies

Detecting and removing emerging contaminants calls for advanced materials and technologies. KWR develops knowledge about…

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