Kenneth M Persson is a professor at Lund University, Division of Water Resources Engineering. He received a PhD in food engineering from Lund University in 1994. He has been working as a technical manager at a water engineering company in Malmö and as a consultant in the water sector for 16 years, prior to starting as a professor and researcher at Lund University in 2003. Since 2010, he has also been employed at Syd Vatten AB (South Sweden Water Supply AB) in Malmö as head of research. He is mostly interested in water treatment, water supply, water chemistry and water management for public and private water supply. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, the EUREAU working group 1, drinking water and other national and European networks.