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Projects

Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
TUBES as a controlled test environment for low-threshold pilot projects

In this project, we are investigating the possibilities and limitations of distributed-optical-fibre detection techniques in a controlled test environment. This projectis being organised in a broad alliance of…

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Enabling technologies
Hydroinformatics
AIR: autonomous inspection robots for drinking water pipes

Effective asset management results in the optimal performance of the drinking water network. Such management requires a good picture of the condition of the pipes. However, the inspection…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Test network for research on inspection tools and drinking water distribution

The most valuable and at the same time least known part of our drinking water supply system is the buried transport and distribution infrastructure. Once the pipes are…

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Future-proof networks
CT scans as a reference for determining the condition of AC and PVC

Drinking water companies plan to replace AC pipes in the coming decades. In order to determine which pipes need replacing first, it is important to have information about…

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Perspective and preconditions for the development and use of autonomous inspection robots in water mains

Asset management of distribution networks is currently based on generic knowledge and models of mains groups, supplemented by inspection data on a limited number of mains. Effective asset…

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Design guidelines for sewer systems for domestic wastewater

In the urban context there are two key water discharge streams: the dry-weather stream and the stormwater stream. The volume flows of domestic wastewater are essentially a function…

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Future-proof networks
Soil mechanics & dynamics

Information about the soil is available from a number of sources. This information is important in the estimation of the aging subsurface infrastructure. Waternet needs to structure these information sources and combine them with existing information systems…

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Enabling technologies
Hydrogenomics
Protecting bathing water by detecting blue-green algae using DNA techniques

Every summer in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, bathing is forbidden or advised against in outdoor bathing locations because of the excessive growth of cyanobacteria. The reason…

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Experts

Peter van Thienen PhD
Principal scientist
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Peter van Thienen PhD

Principal scientist

Peter van Thienen is principal scientist in the Hydroinformatics team. From his background as a quantitative scientist, Peter, together with a number of colleagues, approaches drinking water systems from a…

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peter.van.thienen@kwrwater.nl

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Ralph Beuken MSc
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Ralph Beuken MSc

Scientific researcher Project manager

Ralph Beuken works as a researcher on the Water Infrastructure team. His expertise is in asset management of underground infrastructure, with a focus on knowledge building of pipe conditions, setting…

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Ralph.Beuken@kwrwater.nl

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News

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Autonomous Inspection Robots game-changer for asset management

20 November 2020 — A system of autonomously operating robots, which remain in the pipe network almost permanently, would significantly enhance knowledge…

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US committee recommends strong Legionella management measures, comparable to those in the Netherlands

15 August 2019 — Every year, 52,000 to 70,000 Americans are afflicted by Legionnaires’ disease, a pneumonia caused by certain Legionella species.…

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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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Subjects

Enabling technologies

Future-proof networks

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

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