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At the Utility Leaders Forum at the IWA World Water Congress in Lisbon utility leaders were asked to explore the Watershare® model and decide on how they want to share knowledge and experience facing the challenges in the water sector until 2030. …

VITO, as independent research organization provides innovative solutions as well as scientifically based advice and support to strengthen the economy and a better quality of life. VITO’s goal is to develop innovation into business opportunities.…

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On 10 and 11 November the Watershare annual assembly will take place in Stockholm. Our host for these two days is Daniel Hellström from Svenkst Vatten. During this meeting we will have the following topics: challenges and innovation in the Swedish water sector, developments for Watershare in 2016, pitches from …

More information: http://www.svensktvatten.se/forskning/the-swedish-water-platform/…

It’s my pleasure to inform you that Watershare will be well represented in Tokyo. Many members will be present and will contribute to Watershare workshops and presentations in the congress programme.

Three different workshops are dedicated to different Watershare themes. On Monday we start off with a Watershare workshop on …

Ciprian Nanu of BDG Romania will be the leader of this 5th Regional Hub for Watershare in the Lower Danube River Basin. Hear more from Ciprian on what the Regional Hub will achieve, and check out their Regional Hub page here.…

Wasser Berlin International is a capital goods trade fair and congress with a clearly defined profile and focus on water and wastewater, which is conducted every two years in the German capital. The integrated congress and trade fair provides a coherent answer to the technically advanced exhibition themes in the …

io Environmental Solutions R&D CI at Istanbul Turkey has just become Silver Member of the Watershare® family. The agreement was signed today by managing partner and ITU professor dr. Erdem Görgün and KWR CEO prof.dr. Wim van Vierssen. KWR is founding father of Watershare®.…

Dr Vangelis Rozos, senior researcher in the Department of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and Associate Editor of Hydrological Sciences Journal has visited KWR this week. …

Mr. Seockheon Lee from KIST invited Mr. Idsart Dijkstra (KWR) to give a presentation on International Collaboration through Watershare® during the Second Energy & Environment Conference held on the 26th of October 2015 in Seoul.…

On the 9th of June 2015 WLN Indonesia, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, WMD and the Ministry of Health organized the first SEMINAR ON LEGIONELLA, in Hotel Sultan, Jakarta. More than 100 participants from universities, hospitals, hotels, engineering companies and industries joined.…

Logging into the new Watershare® site

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Go to www.watershare.eu and click top-right on “Sign in to Watershare®”. Enter your …

The IWA World Water Congress in Lisbon 2014 has a new principal sponsor: Watershare®, the global collaboration platform for highly reputable knowledge institutes in the public water sector. Watershare® revolves around real sharing: offering and receiving knowledge. …

KWR expert Jan Vreeburg applied the knowledge behind the Watershare® Self-Cleaning Network, OptiValves and Network Flow Performance tools at PUB and demonstrated in the analysis of a realistic event in the distribution network.…

Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic at Manresa, Spain, has just become member of the Watershare family. The agreement was signed today by CTM and KWR, founding father of Watershare®, at the IWA World Water Conference in Lisbon.…

October 2014

A very good IWA Congress for Watershare®

The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2014 in Lisbon was a big success for Watershare®. We took the opportunity of our principal sponsorship of the event, to again present Watershare® in a striking fashion to the international water community. Watershare® …

Watershare® welcomes the The Flemish Land Agency (VLM) as new Watershare® partner. VLM is a public organization that is committed to the environment quality in the Flemish countryside and the outskirts.…

In the first week of November, Watershare® has welcomed its newest member of the community, the City of Cape Town, with a 2.5 day training and workshop on the Comparison of Flow Pattern Distributions (CFPD) method, implemented in Watershare®’s Network Flow Performance tool.…

The South African Water Research Commission CEO, Dhesigen Naidoo, and his counterpart at KWR CEO Wim van Vierssen, today signed the Watershare® partnership agreement during the official signing ceremony of the Dutch Trade Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa.…

Within Watershare, KWR and IO Environmental Solutions organised a workshop on the opportunities for the application of Watershare® tools in Turkey. Mrs. Evrim Atalas attended the meeting at KWR on behalf of IO Environmental Solutions.…

During the third annual assembly of Watershare®, hosted by KWR on 11 and 12 December, eleven members presented their 2015 progress and their ambitions for the next year. The presentations resulted in a number of potential activities to be carried out in the year 2016.…

Climate change is having a growing impact on water supply, more knowledge is needed about nanoparticles, and the realisation of a more circular economy requires that drinking sector residual streams be made more suitable for practical applications. These are some of the conclusions of the second OperAqua symposium which was …

On 11 and 12 January 2015 the kick off meeting of POWER (Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges) took place in Brussels.…

Innovation is not easy in a fragmented water sector. That was one of the conclusions at the third annual EIP Water conference, which was held on this occasion in Leeuwarden in The Netherlands. But innovation is clearly necessary to deal with the effects of climate change and of the growth …

Victoria Director Raúl Mejorada González and KWR CEO Wim van Vierssen have signed the Watershare membership agreement. With its Silver membership Victoria again strengthens its ties with KWR (dating from when KWR was Kiwa), and now also with other Watershare partners. ‘We look forward to collaborating with Victoria, sharing knowledge …

Hella Schwarzmüller (KWB) and Irene Jubany i Güell (CTM) attended the first Watershare® Groundwater Monitor workshop, organized by Jos van Asmuth (KWR). During the two day workshop detailed insight was given in the functioning of the Groundwater Monitor tool, the scientific background and the opportunities for application in projects.…

Japan Water Research Center president prof. dr. Shinichiro Ohgaki and KWR CEO Wim van Vierssen have signed the Watershare membership agreement. With its Silver membership Japan Water Research Center (JWRC) enters the Watershare community.…

Last week Raúl Mejorada and Blanca Larios, top executives of Watershare partner Victoria visited KWR and water supply company Oasen to discuss opportunities to improve current design practices for water supply systems in Mexico. In many regions in Mexico these supply systems are fragmented and largely over dimensioned. This leads …

Hosted by VITO in Antwerp, Jos von Asmuth (KWR) organised a second workshop on the Groundwater Monitor tool for Watershare members VITO, VLM and De Watergroep in Flanders or Flemish-speaking Belgium. Whereas the workshop in April focused on introducing the tool to KWB and CTM, participants at the workshop in …

Dr. Kangwoo of KIST visited KWR on the 22nd of August for a presentation of his research and discussion with KWR experts. Dr. Cho has previously won a prestigious Bill and Melinda Gates Grant for the development of a wastewater treatment system that incorporates an electrolysis cell for on-site wastewater …

Hosted by VITO in Antwerp, Jos von Asmuth (KWR) organised a second workshop on the Groundwater Monitor tool for Watershare members VITO, VLM and De Watergroep in Flanders or Flemish-speaking Belgium. Whereas the workshop in April focused on introducing the tool to KWB and CTM, participants at the workshop in …

Watershare has launched its first Watershare Community of Practice, which is dedicated to Emerging Substances, at the Singapore International Water Week. Prior to the launch, on 8 and 9 July, the Watershare members held a workshop in Singapore, which was hosted by PUB. During the official launch of the Community …

Last week Raúl Mejorada and Blanca Larios, top executives of Watershare partner Victoria visited KWR and water supply company Oasen to discuss opportunities to improve current design practices for water supply systems in Mexico. In many regions in Mexico these supply systems are fragmented and largely over dimensioned. This leads …

Japan Water Research Center president prof. dr. Shinichiro Ohgaki and KWR CEO Wim van Vierssen have signed the Watershare membership agreement. With its Silver membership Japan Water Research Center (JWRC) enters the Watershare community.

As President of JWRC, professor Ohgaki says that he’s very pleased JWRC joins Watershare …

Hella Schwarzmüller (KWB) and Irene Jubany i Güell (CTM) attended the first Watershare® Groundwater Monitor workshop, organized by Jos van Asmuth (KWR). During the two day workshop detailed insight was given in the functioning of the Groundwater Monitor tool, the scientific background and the opportunities for application in projects.

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At the 2016 IWA Congress in Brisbane, Watershare will be launching the Subsurface Water Solutions Community of Practice. Several Watershare partners – including KIST (South Korea), Victoria (Mexico) and KWR – will collaborate in this community on innovative, practical concepts for advanced freshwater management in coastal areas, with the objective …

For the third time, Watershare is taking part of the biennial IWA Congress & Exhibition. Watershare was launched at the 2012 IWA Congress in Busan, South Korea. Since then, Watershare has been present – in 2014 and now this year – with its own stand, in its recognisable green-white house …

On 5th October 2016 a Japanese delegation visited the KWR office in Nieuwegein for a workshop on Smart Metering and ICT use in drinking water systems. The workshop was initiated by Watershare members Japan Water Research Centre (JWRC) and KWR. The Japanese group consisted of researchers and managers of JWRC …

Today, Wednesday 12 October 2016, the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has entered Watershare, a consortium of several of the world’s most reputable water research organizations that share the goal of applying global expertise to local water challenges.…

Watershare’s Subsurface Water Solutions Community of Practice was launched today at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Brisbane. Watershare partners – including KIST (South Korea), Victoria (Mexico), De Watergroep (end-user in Belgium), and KWR (Netherlands) – collaborate in this community on innovative, practical concepts for advanced freshwater management, …

Looking back, the Watershare smart-space (as the Australian colleagues call our booth) linked to the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Brisbane gave a big boost to our platform. All members contributed to the success with appealing reference projects, which made quite an impression to the booth’s many visitors. …

The European Commission promotes the transition towards a more circular economy in the EU, and has recently published a report on the implementation of the circular economy action plan. Integration of water reuse in water planning and management is considered a valuable and cost-effective solution for problems related to water …

From 10-11 November, Watershare members met in Stockholm for their 2016 annual meeting to discuss the community’s progress and planning. The meeting was kindly hosted by Watershare member Svenskt Vatten, the Swedish Water and Wastewater Association (SWWA). The meetings took place at the Swedish Water Innovation Center, the Swedish Environmental …

Over the last few months it has become apparent that a number of the Watershare tools have begun to fail, with users reporting that they were unable to launch specific tools or that the tools failed during use.  Following analysis, it was discovered that the mechanism employed by each Watershare …

Last month the work on the beta version of the PIPE-Works Inspection Technologies knowledgebase module was completed within the Future-Proof Water Infrastructure Community of Practice (FPWI CoP). The CoP would like to thank all Watershare partners and associated water companies who contributed to this successful effort. It is important however …

The European Commission has awarded the research proposal NextGen: Towards the Next Generation of Water Systems and Services for the Circular Economy.…

We are currently busy working on the details of the Watershare stand. Our stand number is 15. We of course want to use the Watershare stand to showcase our activities. But, most of all, we want to create a home base for all our members. You can go there to …

On 1 November 2017, three Watershare Communities of Practice (CoPs) were launched in the Netherlands Pavilion at Aquatech Amsterdam: the CoPs for Future-Proof Water Infrastructures, Resilient Urban Water Management and Resource Recovery & Upcycling. Watershare now has five official communities, in which knowledge institutes and end-users from all over the …

You’ll also find in the programme a number of side-events organised by Watershare, like the Watershare meeting for all members and the meeting titled ‘Watershare meets Japanese Water Sector’, which we’re organising jointly with JWRC.

The Watershare meeting on Tuesday morning, 18 September (8.30 – 10.15), is for all member …

The Watershare CoP on Subsurface Water Solutions is dedicated to sharing scientific and practical experiences in the fields of aquifer storage and recovery (ASR), managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and other subsurface water solutions. The CoP focuses on variety of rural and urban challenges, centralised and decentralised water systems, with different …

Watershare welcomed its two new members – AySA from Argentina and DIAM from Oman – during a lunch session at its stand at the IWA World Water Congress. The two water utilities are strongly driven by innovation and the implementation of new techniques.

Said Al-Busaidi of DIAM, the Public Authority …

During a lively breakfast meeting in the context of IWA Tokyo, Watershare members developed three new areas for future collaboration: emerging substances, future-proof water infrastructures and resilient urban water systems. These initiatives follow up on successful recent Watershare joint initiatives which members shared during the meeting.

The meeting was attended …

Two new Watershare tools were launched this Wednesday at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Tokyo. The tools help utilities in decision making, planning and implementation of aquifer storage and recovery (ASR), managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and other subsurface water solutions. These solution help to preserve and enlarge …

“Managed Aquifer Recharge schemes may boom if we reduce the uncertainty in effects on water quality,” said prof. Paul Jeffrey, winner of the 2018 IWA Project Innovation Award. Quicker and better water quality predictions will not only help utilities in developing reuse schemes, it will also help decision makers in …

How to address our water challenges? Climate change and urban growth are making this question increasingly important. Despite the numerous solutions available, many cities and organisations have yet to find a good answer to the question. The application of the available technologies and knowledge is inhibited by a variety of …

The water sector is making great efforts to become more sustainable. This was evident in the numerous presentations, sessions and posters dedicated to the topic at IWA Tokyo. Now it is time for the water sector to take the next step and become part of the transition towards the circular …

On Monday 17 September, Watershare members organized the workshop ‘Handling Emerging Substances in the Urban Watercycle’ on the IWA World Water Congress 2018 in Tokyo. The space reserved for the workshop at the congress filled up quickly with policy people, researchers, water sector operators and others. After an introduction by …

When we look back a few years from now, maybe we will all say that ‘it happened in Tokyo’. Over the past years the Watershare platform has gradually moved in the right direction, with members increasingly participating in knowledge sharing, tool development and the set up and execution of joint …

In the evening of 19 September, during the IWA congress in Tokyo, JWRC (Japan Water Research Center) and KWR organised a side event for Japanese drinking water utilities and international Watershare partners. JWRC has been a Watershare partner since 2016.  Managers and experts of four large water utilities in Japan …

As a member of Watershare, the SWWA (Swedish Water and Waste Water Association) represents the Swedish water utilities and stimulates cooperation with research institutes and universities in Sweden to develop and share knowledge and experiences in the field of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. On 16 October, representatives of the …

At the Annual Meeting members looked back at the developments this year, including the new members, tools and projects. In addition, we further elaborated the plans we made during the IWA World Water Congress in Tokyo. These mean that Watershare members will focus on emerging substances, resilient urban water management …

On Friday, 25 January, a Korean delegation visited KWR to share knowledge about smart water, which is an important topic in Watershare’s Future-Proof Water Infrastructures (FPWI) Community of Practice. The delegation consisted of Professor Jayong Koo of the University of Seoul, Professor Jinkeun Kim of Jeju National University, and Professor …

An overview of the agreements we reached with each other in Athens is shown below. Please contact Watershare’s director, Theo van den Hoven, if you would like more information.

A while ago, in September 2018, we got together with many other Watershare members in Tokyo for the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition. We took advantage of the occasion to make short videos of our members working in each of the Watershare Communities of Practice. We’re happy to announce …

To further strengthen the ties with the water sector in Greece, a workshop took place on 31 October prior to the Watershare Annual Meeting. In the workshop the water utilities from Athens (EYDAP) and Thessaloniki (EYATH), the Office of Urban Resilience of the city of Athens and NTUA presented the …

With summer in view, many people are wondering whether it will be as hot and dry as last year. And what about those cloudbursts – can our drains cope or will the streets soon be flooded on a regular basis? Cities around the world are facing major challenges. Within 40 …

A conference on ‘Hydraulic Reconversion’ was organised by Watershare member MGB Victoria in Mexico from 5 to 8 February. The attendees represented the local authorities of the states of Jalisco, Mérida, Michoacán and San Luis Potosí, and several municipalities. They included government officials, members of the local water authorities, and …

The European AgriAs project investigated the presence of arsenic in European agricultural soils and water, the most significant exposure pathways for the European population, and strategies for sustainable arsenic management. The final project workshop was held in Oulanka, a town in Finnish Lapland, where all the project partners gathered from …

On 20 May, the water utility SAPAZA, the municipality of Zapotlán El Grande and MGB Victoria from Mexico, Eijkelkamp Soil & Water, Dareius and KWR signed a collaboration agreement in the area of urban water. The occasion was attended by a Mexican delegation – comprising representatives from several municipalities and …

Lydia S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia will be the new Programme Director of Watershare, succeeding Theo van den Hoven, who has retired after 37 years at KWR. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia has an engineering background, with expertise and research interests focused mainly on computational modelling and hydroinformatics across a wide range of subjects: Water Supply and …

Dalian University of Technology has joined Watershare. Dalian University of Technology has developed into a multiple-disciplinary university of science and technology, covering natural sciences, economics, sciences of management, social sciences and applied liberal arts, with the science and engineering sectors remaining its major fields of devotion. The university is located …

During July 9 to 11 Watershare member Japan Water Research Center (JWRC) co-hosted the 11th International Symposium on Water Supply Technology, with Yokohama Waterworks Bureau, with Prof. Shinichiro Ohgaki of JWRC as Chairman. This tri-annual conference was organized this year in Yokohama, supported by Watershare and other organisations. This conference …

The Watershare General Assembly  (GA) Annual Meeting was held in Yokohama on 12 July 2019, back-to-back with the 11th International Symposium on Water Supply Technology. The GA was attended by representatives from JWRC, KWR, KIST, PUB and WRC, and kindly hosted by JWRC.

The following items were presented and discussed …

After the successful attendance of Watershare partners MGB Victoria and KWR at Aquatech Mexico last year, the two organisations had an even bigger booth at the Holland pavilion at this year’s event. Aquatech Mexico is the largest water technology exhibition in Mexico, attracting many people from different parts of the …

Jan Hofman has since 2015 been associated with the University of Bath but, last 1 September, he returned to KWR on a part-time basis as Principal Scientist in the Industry, Wastewater and Reuse team. He has strengthened the team with his broad expertise in water treatment, wastewater treatment and water …

The International Water Association’s (IWA) Resource Recovery Cluster: Best Practice Award 2019 has been awarded to a consortium of the Technische Universität Berlin, DECHEMA, the DVGW-Forschungsstelle am EBI des KIT, Fraunhofer ISE, WEHRLE Umwelt GmbH, DEUKUM GmbH, SolarSpring GmbH, and Terrawater GmbH for their inspired project “HighCon – Resource recovery …

On 25 September, the Argentinian Water Supply Company, AySA, the Dutch companies, Royal HaskoningDHV and TRAIDE, and water research institute KWR signed a cooperation agreement to launch ‘LEAF’. This two-year project is focused on a Low Energy Arsenic Free (LEAF) water supply, and will pilot innovative drinking water supply technologies …

The Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW) and the Aquatech take place from 4 through to 8 November. During that week, under the main theme of ‘Implementation of Integrated Solutions by Cities, Industries, Utilities and Financiers’, the focus will be on the energy transition and resource recovery, integrated water and resource …

Wednesday 18 December 2019, 09:00-10:00am CET

Over the decades, the issue of plastic pollution in the aquatic environment has become increasingly apparent. In particular the consequences of larger plastic particles for marine life have very vividly shown the impact on (marine) lifeforms. On the other hand, the impact of plastic …

The Chinese Tsinghua University has joined Watershare through the School of Environment (SOE). As one of the earliest Chinese institutions dedicated to environmental higher education and research, the School of Environment of Tsinghua University is pledged to the development of sustainable solutions that allows minimizing the impact of human activities …

Within Watershare, we develop new insights and technologies to quantify the occurrence, the sources, the behavior and the risks of emerging compounds in the water cycle. EuSeME (Europe-wide Sewage analysis to Monitor Emerging drug problems) is a project funded by the European Union’s Justice Programme’s Drugs Policy Initiatives. EuSeME aims …

The CERIDES Centre of Excellence at the European University of Cyprus, a Watershare member, organised the annual international Risk Forum event on 21 and 22 November 2019. On the first day, scientific experts, utilities, first responders, and public administrators presented and discussed advances and challenges related to climate change and …

Watershare will hold its Strategic Meeting on June 29th and 30th. We would like to introduce you to the organising team.  You have met Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia as the Director of Watershare in a previous interview.  Last week we give the platform to Lisa Andrews, a Scientific Researcher at KWR and …

Over the two-day Strategic Meeting held on June 29-30, 2020, a group of 36 Watershare members came together to share, exchange, co-define and co-create ideas, projects and future possibilities for the community.

New members introduced their work and expertise and shared what they can bring to the community and what …

What if you had the power to create integrated policies on the most pressing societal issues? What about unearthing these policies and their interlinkages to one another, illustrating their potential short and long-term effects? An ideal world, right? SIM4NEXUS can get you one step closer to these goals.

SIM4NEXUS is …

Watershare will hold its Strategic Meeting on June 29th and 30th. Before we start, we would like to introduce you to the organising team.  You have met Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia as the Director of Watershare in a previous interview. And most of you have been in touch with Gerard van den …

Are you committed to the world of water and sanitation and do you have knowledge of or experience in technology, entrepreneurship, diversity or care for the environment? Then make sure to join the Hackathon “Water Challenges 2020”, the first initiative of the AySA Link Innovation HUB and supported by prestigious …

Author: Maria Lousada Ferreira, KWR, juror and Watershare representative to Enlace 2020

I had never heard about a hackathon. I knew decathlon, pentathlon, marathon, all athletic activities associated with extreme effort that I was in no way prepared to participate in. Google did not help much by defining it as …

Watershare has launched a new monthly webinar series titled “Watershare Series: Regional Water Sector Overview, Challenges and Innovations.” The webinars offer members a platform for sharing knowledge and connecting with the broader water sector to discuss regional trends, challenges, and innovations.

Feel free to join and learn more about global …

Ongoing climate change, growing global populations and the intensification of economic activities is increasing the demand for global water supply. Innovative and appropriate solutions are needed to manage the pressure on water resources. To stimulate innovation and deliver new technologies and integrated solutions, collaborative and interdisciplinary water management process, strategies …

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The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) is the peak industry body representing the urban water industry in Australia. Our members provide water and sewerage services to over 24 million customers in Australia and New Zealand and many of Australia’s …

The environment we live in is fast-changing. Ongoing climate change, growing global populations and the intensification of economic activities increase the demand for global water supply. To safeguard water supply now and in the future, we have to change course. New insights, innovations and valorisation of appropriate solutions are needed …

Date: 26 April 2022 Time: 9.00-10.30 am (GMT+2)

Join us for the webinar “Case-studies of micropollutants bioassays- the real practice of effect base monitoring”, on the 26th of April, from 9.00-10.30 am (GMT+2).

This webinar is the second of a series of webinars aiming to share with a global audience …

Siddharth Seshan from KWR Water Research Institute presented the development and implementation of a smart water application for the validation and reconciliation of key wastewater treatment sensor data using artificial intelligence models, along with its integration in the open-source smart solutions data platform, FIWARE. The talk presented the work being …

The launch of the Valuing Water Youth Journey

The Youth Journey is a collaboration to catalyse meaningful youth engagement and action on water and climate. It was launched in a collaboration between the Government of the Netherlands, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International Federation of Private …