Associated Partners
Delft University of Technology
TU Delft has long been known for excellence in Water Resources and Water Treatment research. Our research addresses relevant worldwide topics such as water and sanitation and mitigation of floods and droughts. Our staff members carry out research in both Europe and the Global South. The research of the Department of Water Management was recently rated as ‘excellent’ buy an external research assessment committee on all three reviewed topics, being ‘quality of research’, ‘viability’ and societal ‘relevance’. The Department is particularly strong in ‘asking hard-scientific questions of societal importance’. Researchers in the department like to take the ‘path less travelled’ in research and education to produce path-breaking and original advances in understanding and solving complex water engineering challenges. This is well reflected in outstanding publications of international impact, leadership in European and International research projects, and a breeding ground for first-rate PhD students.
Institute of Environmental Engineering RWTH-Aachen
ISA is under the direction of Professor Thomas Wintgens. It is part of RWTH’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and has been focusing on the field of environmental and water protection for many years now.
25 academic staff members work on diverse research and development activities in interdisciplinary cooperation. Their work focuses on the areas of wastewater discharge, wastewater treatment, and waste management.
ISA’s staff members include engineers from the disciplines of civil engineering, process engineering, and environmental technology as well as natural scientists from the areas of biology and chemistry.
CEBEDEAU
CEBEDEAU (1947) is a private research and expertise center based in Belgium that focuses on promoting sustainable development and environmental conservation with a focus on water-related issues.
CEBEDEAU’s mission: support and promote the sustainable management of water resources and the resources contained in water (energy, nutrients…). The scope of activity extends to the water cycle in its multiple stages: industrial water, drinking water, urban wastewater, rain, and surface water… to address water challenges such as water pollution, water scarcity, circular economy, biodiversity, water management in industry.
We achieve this through research, technical assistance, consultancy, and education. CEBEDEAU works with a variety of stakeholders: industries, public agencies, academic institutions. CEBEDEAU is participating in various European programs.
Areas of expertise: water treatment, sampling and analyses, data processing and environmental microbiology.
The team is made up of around thirty individuals as laboratory and field sampling technicians, as well as engineers and scientists (PhDs).
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
The National Technical University of Athens(NTUA), established in 1837, is one of Greece’s oldest and most prestigious universities.
NTUA participates in ToDrinQ project with the Urban Water Management and Hydroinformatics Group (UWMH) which is an active, innovative research team established within the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA.
UWMH is a stellar group of academics and researchers, whose research and innovation activities are undertaken within the framework of National and European Research and Development projects and find their way into practice through the provision of consultancy services in collaboration with end-users (water companies, local and regional authorities, critical infrastructure operators and national administrations).
KWR
KWR Water Research Institute generates knowledge to enable the water sector to operate water-wisely in our urbanised society. Our scientific findings and the resulting practical innovations contribute, worldwide, to a sustainable water provision in the urban watercycle. ‘Bridging science to practice’ is KWR’s motto. Our researchers work at the interface of science, business and society. Their strength lies in their translation of scientific knowledge into applicable, practical solutions for end-users in the Dutch and international water sector. We have built a solid reputation as top-level innovation accelerators and international network builders, and increasingly play a coordinating role in national and international collaborations. KWR has managed and conducted the Joint Research Programme with Dutch en Flemish water companies for forty years. Within ToDrinQ, KWR leads WP6 on the development of a design-support tool for flexible, small-scale drinking water treatment plants.
Waternet
Waternet is the water utility of Amsterdam and surroundings and is responsible for drinking water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, surface water management and management of the water in the canals of Amsterdam. Waternet operates two drinking water production plants and twelve wastewater treatment plants. Waternet serves more than 1 million cusomers. Waternet is a public utility owned by the municipality of Amsterdam and the regional water authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht.
Veolia
VEOLIA ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA, a.s.
The Veolia Group has been operating in the Czech Republic since 1996. It is the largest reference on the Czech water management market in the field of drinking water production and distribution and waste water removal and treatment. Veolia supplies drinking water to 2.64 million inhabitants in 623 Czech cities and towns.
EYDAP
EYDAP processes and supplies in its area of competence its water. EYDAP’s main water sources and reservoirs are located in pristine areas, free from agricultural and industrial activity, so that the Greek capital is supplied with water of excellent quality that reaches the basin in a natural way, requiring minimal energy consumption.Through esponsibility, expertise and a consistent anthropocentric approach, EYDAP has been successfully managing the water cycle for decades, making it available to all citizens of Attica without discrimination and returning it back to the environment clean. Our strategy is based on achieving a balanced and sustainable development for the benefit of society as a whole, customers, employees, shareholders and the environment. The dynamic triptych of Safety at Work – Operational Efficiency – Development for Society is what defines the Company’s strategic priorities.
OliSens
To support water quality management, in routine time and during crisis, OliSens develops portable and on-line device for quantifying chemical pollutants in real time.
OliSens proposes several technologies :
- IonSens® detects and quantifies nitrate, chloride, fluoride… from 1 mg/L
- MetalSens® detects lead, cadmium, nickel, zinc… from 1 µg/L
- PestiSens® detects some pesticide molecules and their metabolites.
IonSens® and PestiSens® technologies deliver measurement in less than 2 minutes. These technologies will be tested as a portable and on-line device during the ToDrinQ project. First PestiSens® prototype will be also tested.
These technologies are developed by OliSens in collaboration with academic research laboratories based in Europe and combined with some more usual analytical technologies.
Oxymem
OxyMem is the first to make the Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) commercially available.
Orvion
Clean water and a sustainable living environment: that’s what we’re aiming for.
CHEMITEC
CHEMiTEC, with over 30 years of experience, is one of the leading companies in the field of water and liquid – solid waste, treatment for the Greek and international market, offering prompt service and innovation. The combination of decades of experience and cooperation with specialized international companies, results in the application of modern innovative technologies, optimal technical and economic solutions while at the same time being in full compliance with internationally applied standards for environmental protection and quality standards of products and services provided.
Chemitec combines technologies for the advancement, implementation of a circular economy and the future of green, sustainable development, with ultimate purpose the realistic,successful and prompt prevention of climate change with attractive return of investment rules.
Water Europe
Water Europe is the recognized voice and promoter of water-related RTDi in Europe. It strives to increase coordination and collaboration, to enhance the performance of the water sector, in a sustainable and inclusive way, and to contribute to solving water-related societal challenges. WE envisions a Water-Smart society, in which the true value of water is recognised and realised, and all available water sources are managed in a way that water scarcity and pollution of groundwater are avoided. The strategy of WEis driven by the ambition to realise the value of water for our society and economy, and achieve a European Water-Smart Society, while providing excellent services to members. Its activities are organised in the following programmes: Collaboration, Advocacy and Implementation Programme, supported by the Membership and Communications Pillar.
Het Waterlaboratorium
Het Waterlaboratorium is an independently operating semi-public company with three strong shareholders: Dunea Dunes and Water, PWN Water Works North-Holland, and Waternet Amsterdam. These three drinking water companies in South- and North-Holland are our largest customers. As a consequence, we help organizations in the water sector with an eye for social developments and challenges.
We monitor drinking water quality, optimize purification systems, help tackle problems in the water cycle at an early stage, and support by giving discharge authorizations.
For the (drinking) water quality, we take care of the entire chain: from sampling sources using an extensive set of instruments, performing advanced analyzes, to providing an extensive interpretation thereof. Besides, we provide extensive advice by focusing on your situation.
In addition, we maintain your water quality sensors to monitor the quality processes, and we offer experts if there are any gaps in the occupation of your staffing.
Altis SA
Altis is a public utility created in 1959 and based in Switzerland in the area of Val de Bagne near Verbier. The group has developed expertise in the fields of water, electricity, heat, mobility and housing. Looking to the future, Altis is proactive in innovation and the incubation of innovative projects.
bNovate Technologies
bNovate is a Swiss biotechnology company that is improving the safety of drinking water by providing new digitally connected monitoring solutions to the global water industry. While standard microbiological methods require days to manually detect bacteria, bNovate’s automated products accurately monitor all bacteria in drinking water in less than 20 minutes. Our aim is to make water safe, anytime, anywhere.
