Removal of Micropollutants from Wastewater

Results of the Dutch Innovation and Implementation Programme

When:

March 11 - 14 2025

Where:

RAI Amsterdam, Amtrium, Entrance L, at the Aquatech Amsterdam Expo
Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Contact:

Mirabella Mulder, mmulder@mirabellamulder.nl
Cora Uijterlinde - STOWA, uijterlinde@stowa.nl

 

The Dutch Water Partners are exploring innovative technologies for removal of micropollutants from municipal wastewater. Research has been carried out the past five years in an extensive Innovation Program, which was initiated by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the Dutch Water Authorities and managed by STOWA. Through this Innovation Program the implementation of innovative full-scale installations to remove micropollutants will be fast-tracked. These technologies are promising because of reductions on CO2-footprint, costs or enhanced effluent quality in respect to proven technologies. In this three-day event we present a first sneak preview of the final results of the Dutch Innovation Pilot Program and the progress of full scale implementation.

At the Aquatech Expo, the Dutch Approach on reducing the discharge of micropollutants into surface water is presented including technological challenges of implementation. Results of research of more than 15 technologies on demo and pilot scale will be presented. Furthermore research on how to measure the performance of these technologies will be presented with new and specific sampling and measurement methods.


You will find the old version of the programme, from Aquatech Amsterdam 2023, below. This programme will give you a good example of the upcoming programme in 2025!

Programme Wednesday November 8th 2023

 

10:00 hrs

Opening Aquatech Amsterdam Exhibition.

10:00 hrs

Registration with coffee and tea.

 

10:30 hrs

Opening and welcome
Cora Uijterlinde | STOWA

10:45 hrs

Session 1 - Tackling removal of micropollutants: policy meets practice
Chair - Maarten Nederlof | Program Manager Implementation Demo's Dutch Water Authorities

10:50 hrs

The Dutch Approach
Oscar Helsen | Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment.

11:10 hrs

Progress Full-scale Implementation Removal of Micropollutants @ NL
Maarten Nederlof

11:30 hrs

Full scale implementation of PACAS @ wwtp’s Leiden Noord and Oijen
Paul Versteeg | Water Authority Rijnland and Robert Kras | Water Authority Aa and Maas.

11:50 hrs

Implementation of Activated Carbon: Lessons Learned, Knowledge Gaps and Future Research
Ad de Man | Water Authority Limburg and Chair Work Force Implementation Activated Carbon @ NL.

 

12:15 hrs

Lunch Break.

 

13:15 hrs

Opening afternoon sessions:
Overview Performances Innovative Technologies Activated Carbon and Non-Fossil Alternatives
Mirabella Mulder | STOWA / Mirabella Mulder Waste Water Management.

 

13:40 hrs

Session 2 - Innovation in Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC)
Chair – Roger Vingerhoeds | Water Authority Brabantse Delta.

13:45 hrs

Pilot Powdered Activated Carbon Nereda Activated Sludge
Sandra Malagon | Water Authority Limburg.

14:00 hrs

Pilot PAC dosage and Cloth Filtration
Arnoud de Wilt | Royal Haskoning DHV.

14:15 hrs

Using Non-Fossil commercially available PAC
Joost van den Bulk | Tauw.

14:25 hrs

Measurement of PAC in effluent and effect of PAC on digestion
Herman Evenblij | Royal Haskoning DHV

 

14:40 hrs

Coffee Break.

 

15:10 hrs

Session 3Innovation in Adsorption onto New Fossil Free Materials
Chair – Ruud Schemen | Water Authority de Dommel.

15:15 hrs

Pilot Zeolites Adsorption
Jan Peter van der Hoek | Delft University of Technology.

15:30 hrs

Pilot DEXSORB (Cyclodextrines) Adsorption
Jaïr Dan | Witteveen+Bos.

 

15:45 hrs

Session 4Innovation in Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)
Chair – Manon Bechger | Waternet (Water Authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht).

15:50 hrs

Pilot Upflow GAC (CarboPlus and DynaCarb)
Alexandra Deeke | Water Authority de Dommel.

16:15 hrs

Pilot BODAC (Discontinuous BioGAC)
Astrid Mous | WLN.

16:30 hrs

Pilot Continuous Bio-GAC
Hans Wouters | Brightwork.

 

16:45 hrs

Closing day 1 and preview program day 2
Cora Uijterlinde | STOWA.

Programme Thursday November 9th 2023

 

10:00 hrs

Opening Aquatech Amsterdam Exhibition.

10:00 hrs

Registration with coffee and tea.

 

10:30 hrs

Opening and welcome day 2 & session 5
Full-scale Implementation of Ozone in the Netherlands
Mirabella Mulder | STOWA / Mirabella Mulder Waste Water Management.

10:35 hrs

Full scale implementation of Ozone @ wwtp’s Houten and Wervershoof
Marlies Verhoeven | Water Authority Stichtse Rijnlanden and Maaike Hoekstra | Water Authority Hollands Noorderkwartier.

11:00 hrs

Implementation of Ozone: Lessons Learned, Knowledge Gaps and Future Research
Ruud Schemen | Water Authority de Dommel and Chair Work Force Implementation Ozone @ NL.

 

11:20 hrs

Overview Performances Innovative Technologies day 2:
Combinations with Oxidation
Mirabella Mulder | STOWA / Mirabella Mulder Waste Water Management.

 

11:45 hrs

Session 6 – Innovation in Combinations of Ozonation and PAC.
Chair – Robert Kras | Water Authority Aa and Maas.

11:50 hrs

Pilot O3-STEP
Manon Bechger | Waternet (Water Authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht).

12:05 hrs

Pilot PAC- O3
Laura Piai | Royal Haskoning DHV.

 

12:20 hrs

Lunch Break.

 

13:15 hrs

Session 7Innovation in Combinations of Ozonation and Biological Degradation.
Chair – Robert Kras | Water Authority Aa and Maas.

13:20 hrs

Do’s and Donti’s in Implementing Ozone: Minimization of byproducts and bromate formation
Arnoud de Wilt | Royal Haskoning DHV.

13:30 hrs

Pilot MicroForce
Nelis de Rouck | PureBlue.

13:45 hrs

Pilot B-O3
Arnoud de Wilt | Royal Haskoning DHV.

 

14:00 hrs

Session 8Effects of Implementing Enhanced Removal of Micropollutants on Water Quality PFAS and Antibiotic Resistance
Chair – Bert Palsma | STOWA.

14:00 hrs

Do’s and Don’ts in Sampling and Analysis to Determine Removal Performances
Bert Palsma | STOWA.

14:20 hrs

Effects of Implementing Enhanced Removal of Micropollutants on Antibiotic Resistance
Imke Leenen | H2Oké.

14:40 hrs

Effects of Implementing Enhanced Removal of Micropollutants on PFAS
Anja Derksen | Ad Eco Advies.

 

15:00 hrs

Coffee Break.

 

15:30 hrs

Session 9Innovation in Combinations of Oxidation and Filtration and Natural Systems
Chair – Bernadette Lohman | Water Authority Zuiderzeeland.

15:35 hrs

Quick scan Natural Systems
Mirit Hoek | Tauw.

15:55 hrs

Pilot Ozonation and Ceramic Filtration
Martin Spruijt | PWN-T.

16:15 hrs

Pilot Nanofiltration and UV-treatment
Tom Weijtmans | Water Authority Aa and maas.

 

16:35 hrs

Closing of the event
Cora Uijterlinde | STOWA.

 

16:45 hrs

Drinks and Bites.

Programme Friday November 10th 2023

 

09.30 – 17.00

Bus excursion to full-scale plants in the Netherlands: PACAS plant wwtp Leiden Noord and Ozone plant wwtp Wervershoof (including experiments hall) For this bus excursion you have to register separately. A fee of 100 euro for attending the busexcursion has to be paid if you are not an employee of a water authority and in case of no-show.

STOWA (Acronym for Foundation for Applied Water Research) is the knowledge centre of regional water managers in the Netherlands. Its mission is to develop, collect, distribute and implement applied knowledge, which the water managers need in order to adequately carry out the tasks that their work supports. This expertise can cover applied technical, scientific, administrative-legal or social science fields.

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