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Ecohydrology

Projects

Biological activity
The effects on biological stability and later growth of mixing treated water from alternative sources and conventionally produced drinking water

This project will determine the effect of mixing drinking water extracted from new sources (groundwater and surface water) with drinking water from conventional treatment on the biological stability…

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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 energy
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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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Further development of Water Vision Nature

The Water Vision Nature (WWN) tool is being developed in phases. In the first phase, a user-friendly shell was created on the basis of existing knowledge. Thanks to the contributions of numerous…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Development of WaterVision Nature

WaterVision Nature (WWN) is a tool that calculates the effects of climate change and water management on terrestrial vegetation in nature areas. Policy-makers and area managers can now take better account of the consequences for nature of…

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Sustainability
Sustainable use of freshwater resources
Water and Fire

The risk of the spread of wildfires is closely related to the water management. The flammability of the vegetation in particular is partly a function of the availability of water. The drier the soil, the drier the…

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Experts

Camiel Aggenbach MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Camiel Aggenbach MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Camiel Aggenbach is an ecologist with 30 years of experience in restoring and managing ecosystems and their biodiversity. His expertise is in the rewetting of peatlands and the restoration of…

030-6069553

camiel.aggenbach@kwrwater.nl

06-22379320

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Henk Krajenbrink PhD MSc
Scientific researcher
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Henk Krajenbrink PhD MSc

Scientific researcher

Henk Krajenbrink is a researcher in the Ecohydrology team. After graduating from Wageningen University with an MSc in Hydrology and Water Quality, Henk worked for various Dutch consultancies in the…

030-6069647

henk.krajenbrink@kwrwater.nl

06-15239215

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Janine de Wit MSc
Scientific researcher
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Janine de Wit MSc

Scientific researcher

Janine de Wit is a researcher on the Ecohydrology team. She mainly researches climate-robust freshwater supply in rural areas. In doing so, she investigates the subsurface's first 2 to 3…

030-6069651

janine.de.wit@kwrwater.nl

06-15616926

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Jelmer Nijp PhD
Scientific researcher
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Jelmer Nijp PhD

Scientific researcher

Jelmer Nijp has been working as a researcher in the Ecohydrology team since 2018. Jelmer's field is at the interface of Hydrology and Ecology, combining mathematical models, field measurements, experiments…

030-6069630

jelmer.nijp@kwrwater.nl

06-15110775

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Sharon Clevers MSc
Scientific researcher
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Sharon Clevers MSc

Scientific researcher

Sharon Clevers works as a hydrologist on the Ecohydrology team. In 2016, she completed her Master's in hydrology and integrated water management at Wageningen University. She graduated following geohydrological research…

030-6069645

sharon.clevers@kwrwater.nl

06-54294346

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Sija Stofberg PhD
Scientific researcher
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Sija Stofberg PhD

Scientific researcher

Sija Stofberg is a researcher in the Geohydrology team. She works on projects in the field of groundwater, ecohydrology and water system analysis. Examples include research on sustainable freshwater supply…

030-6069569

sija.stofberg@kwrwater.nl

06-52826056

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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…

030-6069530

ruud.bartholomeus@kwrwater.nl

06-50559337

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News

Blog

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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BTO Implementation Awards from the expert jury and public for Nature Recovery from Nitrogen

08 June 2023 — The 2023 BTO Implementation Awards were given to Nature Recovery from Nitrogen, which showed that the effects of…

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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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W orking visit to Zeeland by Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen

17 July 2020 — Last Tuesday, 14 July, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, paid a working visit to…

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KWR collaborated on the book “Het vroon ontrafeld”

13 May 2020 — The recently published Het vroon ontrafeld: veertig jaar waterwinning en natuurbeheer in de Middel- en Oostduinen op Goeree…

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Sensors & big data in hydrology

12 June 2019 — During this years’ Spring Symposium in Amersfoort, the Dutch Hydrological Society (NHV) gathered around the question ‘sensors and…

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Principal Scientist and ecohydrologist Flip Witte leaves KWR

15 May 2019 — For the last thirteen and a half years, Flip Witte has integrated the scientific disciplines of hydrology, soil…

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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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Internship at KWR, study to water balance of the Veluwe

26 October 2017 — Four months ago I started my internship at KWR, team Ecohydrology. Now I am (almost) finished with my…

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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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Workshop DPWE & OBN: Restoration of dune grasslands by reactivation of small scale eaolian dynamics

23 March 2017 — In Dutch coastal dunes dune grasslands are endangered by an elevated atmospheric nitrogen deposition, a decline of grazing…

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