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Biological activity
Trigger value data gaps I and II

There are a lot of advantages to testing water quality with in vitro bioassays but this technique can only be properly applied if the bioassay responses can be compared with ‘effect-based trigger values’ (EBT). This study determines…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Identifying contaminations with numerical source-determination

The Dutch drinking water utilities abide by the legal provisions for monitoring the microbial quality of drinking water in the distribution network. The monitoring programme for this regular…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Risks of industrial emissions to air for drinking water production

Drinking water companies need to know how atmospheric emissions from industry may affect supplies of drinking water. Despite monitoring from source to tap, the existing monitoring activities hardly…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Water-quality map

A water-quality map allows one to determine the combined effects of emissions from various sources on the level of pollution in surface waters in the Netherlands. In specific instances it permits the calculation of the total toxic…

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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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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Shale Gas and Water

Before the Netherlands can initiate shale gas extraction, answers must be given to the question of the possible environmental risks involved for the water system. The Shale Gas and Water programme is focused on issues in the…

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Health
Emerging contaminants
Pharmaceuticals from effluent

Wastewater contains increasing amounts of pharmaceutical residues. Since the WWTPs are not designed to remove them from the water, the plants’ effluent frequently still contains pharmaceuticals. Many techniques for the removal of these pharmaceuticals, and other micropollutants,…

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Experts

Marcelle van der Waals PhD
Scientific researcher Project manager
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Marcelle van der Waals PhD

Scientific researcher Project manager

Marcelle van der Waals is a scientific researcher on Microbiological Water Quality and Health. Marcelle did her PhD research on microbiology in the field of biological degradation of contaminants at…

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marcelle.van.der.waals@kwrwater.nl

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Jasper Immink
Scientific researcher
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Jasper Immink

Scientific researcher

Jasper Immink is researcher in the Water Treatment and Resource Recovery-team, and he specializes in physical chemistry, modelling, and data science. He often works on projects where he interprets the…

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jasper.immink@kwrwater.nl

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Alex Hockin MSc
Scientific researcher
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Alex Hockin MSc

Scientific researcher

Alex Hockin is a researcher in the Geohydrology team. In 2018, she completed her Master's in environmental hydrogeology at Utrecht University, graduating cum laude. For her Master's she studied the…

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alex.hockin@kwrwater.nl

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Bas Wols PhD MSc
Senior scientific researcher
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Bas Wols PhD MSc

Senior scientific researcher

Bas Wols works as a scientific researcher on the Water Treatment team. He models water treatment processes, such as UV/H2O2 oxidation, membrane filtration, sand filtration, softening and aeration. He uses…

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Bas.Wols@kwrwater.nl

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News

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Plea for integrated approach when tackling pollutants

04 June 2024 — Doctorate research contributes to a better understanding of the effects of mixture toxicity and emphasises the importance of…

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Effect-based monitoring is ready for deployment in water safety planning

03 October 2022 — It is possible to use bioassays for monitoring water safety. To bring this effect-based monitoring to application, end-users,…

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Microplastics, toxic substances and new approaches

20 June 2022 — Many challenges lie ahead of us due to a fast-changing environment and increasing anthropogenic pressure. The Society of…

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Dutch drinking water sources vulnerable to plant protection products

01 April 2019 — Ground- and surface-water sources in the Netherlands are vulnerable to contamination by old and new plant protection products…

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Building Liveable Cities Together

20 April 2017 — The Human Cities Coalition is a public-private partnership of organizations from business, government, NGOs and academia dedicated to…

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Launch of research into nanoplastics pollution in inland waters

24 April 2015 — In 2015 a new research project, party financed by Technology Foundation STW, began mapping the extent to which…

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Research into health risks in urban water systems

08 April 2015 — On 8 April 2015, Helena Sales Ortells received a doctorate for her research into the health risks in…

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