Draft:Wetsus

Wetsus - European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology is a research centre for water technology in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

The institute form the centre of research for a hundred companies and twenty knowledge institutes come together to solve world water problems.

Wetsus was established as part of Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland (Cooperation Northern Netherlands), the Frisian Water Alliance and the University of Twente, University of Groningen, and Wageningen University & Research to enhance the position of the province of Friesland as major player in the water sector. As of 2007, the institute is labeled as "top technological institute".

Together with other actors of the WaterCampus Leeuwarden, Wetsus collaborates with the Water Alliance to push water technological innovation to the market, the Centrum voor innovatief vakmanschap water (Centre for innovative craftmanship water) for collaboration in vocational education and Centre of Expertise Water Technology (CEW) for collaboration in the applied sciences. Moreover, Wetsus is home to the MSc Water Technology, a joint degree of the University of Groningen, the University of Twente and Wageningen University & Research.

Innovation & research
Wetsus used to research reverse electrodialysis to generate osmotic power. That reseach resulted in a spin-off company called REDstack that generates blue energy at the Afsluitdijk in the Netherlands. What is more, Wetsus also started founded decentralized sanitation and wastewater reuse in the Netherlands by means of the spin-off company DeSaH.

Current research is focused on removing PFAS from water, and the removal of micro and nanoplastics from water.