E.J.M. (Mirjam) Blokker
E.J.M. (Mirjam) Blokker
Profile
Contact
I work at TU Delft on Thursdays, and I also check my e-mail then (m.blokker@tudelft.nl). If you can't wait, you can also reach me at KWR (mirjam.blokker@kwrwater.nl)
Expertise
Mirjam is an expert in water demand modelling (SIMDEUM) and its application in water quality modelling in the drinking water distribution network. Since its launch SIMDEUM has been widely applied, and is recognized as a unique tool to get realistic demands and discharges. The realistic time series can then be applied in hydraulic models (both upstream and downstream) to study the effect on flows, pressures and water quality.
Mirjam has expertise in a wide range of water quality modelling in the drinking water distribution system - varying from phyisical (temperature, sediment / discolouration), to chemical (lead, PAH, chlorine), to microbial (QMRA, microbial growth).
Joining TU Delft will extend this research, for example with applications in new areas, such as inside the building and in the sewer system.
Biography
Mirjam Blokker has been working at KWR Water Research Institute since 2003 as a researcher in the drinking water infrastructure team. Since the beginning of 2020, she is affiliated with TU Delft for one day a week.
Mirjam did her MSc at TU Delft in applied physics, with her thesis work on optics. After that she worked in optical fibre telecommunication at Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs), in the Dutch development team. After the internet bubble burst in 2002, in 2003 the research and development work on telecommunications decreased and the Dutch branch was closed. Mirjam changed her line of work to another branch, and focus more on research than on development, and started working at the research institute KWR. Between 2006 and 2010 while working at KWR Mirjam worked on a PhD thesis at the TUD water management department.
Expertise
Publications
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2023
Exploiting high-resolution data to investigate the characteristics of water consumption at the end-use level
A Dutch case study
Filippo Mazzoni / Stefano Alvisi / Marco Franchini / Mirjam Blokker -
2023
Investigating the characteristics of residential end uses of water
A worldwide review
Filippo Mazzoni / Stefano Alvisi / Mirjam Blokker / Steven G. Buchberger / Andrea Castelletti / Andrea Cominola / Marie Philine Gross / Peter Mayer / David B. Steffelbauer / More Authors -
2023
Managing discolouration in drinking water distribution systems by integrating understanding of material behaviour
Joby Boxall / Mirjam Blokker / Peter Schaap / Vanessa Speight / Stewart Husband
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2022
Thermal Energy Recovery from Drinking Water Systems
Assessing Water Quality and Downstream Temperature Effects
Andreas Moerman / Nikki van Bel / Frank Oesterholt / Vincent de Laat / Mirjam Blokker -
2021
Dynamic Time Warping Clustering to Discover Socioeconomic Characteristics in Smart Water Meter Data
D. B. Steffelbauer / M. Blokker / S. G. Buchberger / Arno Knobbe / E. Abraham
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