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  • The new KWB newsletter 56

    The recent facelift of our newsletter seems to have been well received. Such positive feedback encourages us to continue improving our formats and even to experiment here and…

  • Clean stormwater runoff

    Stormwater runoff is the largest unfiltered source of potentially high micropollutant loads discharged to urban surface waters. In Berlin alone, approximately 78% of stormwater…

  • BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues

    Online – Workshop The forthcoming edition of the BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues event series is dedicated to Smart Water for Resilient Cities. Internationa…

  • KWB newsletter 55 with a new design

    The 55th issue of the KWB Newsletter has arrived! We have come up with something special for the new issue: The newsletter has been completely revised and now shine…

  • Pascale Rouault appointed head of ICT4Water’s “Data Sharing” AG

    Dr. Pascale Rouault, Head of Unit Urban Systems at KWB has been appointed as one of the leaders of the Data Sharing ac…

  • Jochen Rabe appointed as a member of the Berlin Smart City Strategy Advisory Board

    Our Managing Director Jochen Rabe was appointed by the governing mayor of Berlin as a member of the strategy advisory …

  • German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) publishes guidelines for managing hygienic risks at river bathing areas

    Bathing in rivers is becoming increasingly popular. However, it is a particular challenge…

  • Webinar – Creating synergies between municipal solid waste and wastewater management

    Webinar on 26 June 2020, 9:15 – 12:15 a.m.

    The potential of municipal wastewater and waste management systems…

  • Industry Water-Utility Symbiosis for a Smarter Water Society

    EU project ULTIMATE aims to improve water and resource management in European industry

    The EU project ULTIMATE, launched on June 1, 2020, is …

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Research Projects

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  • Monitoring of Combined Sewer Overflows (MONITOR)

    Supporting the integrated water resources management in urban areas

    Increasingly, in urban water resource management the consideration of stormwater impacts on water resources gains in importance. Among stormwater discharges the impact from combined sewer overflows (CSO) plays a prominent role. The dynamic character of the discharge events lead to particular stress on the water bodies. The project MONITOR-1 covers the preparation of a concept for combined sewer overflow (CSO) monitoring in Berlin. The monitoring itself shall be conducted from…

  • Operation and Maintenance of Drinking Water Wells – Phase 1 (WELLMA-1)

    Optimisation of performance and water quality

    The capacity of drinking water wells, that is the yield for a given drawdown,…

  • Natural Buffer Zones for the Protection of Drinking Water Resources (AQUISAFE-1)

    Mitigation of contaminants in rural and semi-rural environments to protect drinking water resources

    If surface water (from streams,…

  • Development Potential of Toxic Nostocale Cyanobacteria in the Process of Reducing Trophication and Global Warming (NOSTOTOX)

    Developing recommendations for water management as well as decision aids for risk assessment in water supply

  • Removal of Pharmaceutical Residues from Hospital Wastewater (PharmaTreat)

    Treatment of urine with zero-valent iron to minimise the aquatic pollution with compounds emitted by hospitals

    There is a big concern about…

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