Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Through their work, Eawag trainees provide the basis for many years of water quality monitoring (Photo: Eawag, Manuel Koller)

May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023Trainees from Eawag’s analytical and training laboratory assist in the analysis of a wide variety of water samples. A prominent example is the National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF). In a video, we take a look behind the scenes of the laboratory and show its role for the NADUF programme.

David Janssen collects water samples from rivers in southern Greenland to analyse their heavy metal and nutrient content (Photo: Julian Charrière).

December 12, 2023

December 12, 2023Field studies by Eawag researcher David Janssen in southern Greenland show that the heavy metals in the rivers are largely of natural origin, and that the influence of mining and agriculture is negligible, at least during the period observed.

Ozone is blown into the treated wastewater through these diffusers (WWTP Neugut, Dübendorf; photo: Max Schachtler) .

December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023A team of seven current and former Eawag researchers will receive the Swiss Chemical Society’s Sandmeyer Prize in 2024 for the development of advanced wastewater treatment for the degradation of micropollutants using ozone. And the most amazing thing is: Just about 15 years have passed between basic research and large-scale technical implementation. This incredible timetable was only possible thanks to the wealth of knowledge already available at Eawag and the fact that interdisciplinary collaboration is a matter of course at the Swiss aquatic research institute.

Rooftop garden of the housing cooperative Equilibre in Geneva, irrigated with treated wastewater (Photo: Eawag, Kayla Coppens).

November 30, 2023

November 30, 2023This research project explores vermifiltration as an alternative method for wastewater treatment. The aim is to fill knowledge gaps.

A dredger excavates the river bed on the Alpine Rhine so that changes in groundwater flows can be observed. (Photo: Matthias Brennwald, Eawag)

November 9, 2023

November 9, 2023Over the next 20 years, Austria and Switzerland will be investing more than CHF 1.4 billion in flood protection and ecological enhancement measures on the Alpine Rhine. As well as protecting the Rhine valley against flooding, the aim is to promote careful management of groundwater resources. With a new method, scientists from Eawag and the University of Neuchâtel are providing support for International Rhine Regulation planners.

Defining and implementing policy measures to improve the condition of bodies of water are challenging tasks. The two platforms help to close gaps in knowledge (Photo: Karin Stäheli, Eawag).

October 19, 2023

October 19, 2023The mandate for the “Water Quality” and “Process Engineering Micropollutants” platforms supported by Eawag, FOEN and VSA has been extended by an additional four years.

Sampling at a lake. (Photo: ETH Board, Daniel Kellenberger)

October 17, 2023

October 17, 2023The guidelines of the WHO list only four substances produced by cyanobacteria. This is a small fraction of all the metabolites that can have ecotoxicological effects.

The theme of "water" runs like a common (blue) thread through the various SDGs, which also guide Eawag’s research (Watercolour: Eawag Communication / Philipp Ringli)

September 14, 2023

September 14, 2023At today's Eawag Info Day, the Aquatic Research Institute outlined the steps that need to be taken to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Insecticides are designed to target the nervous system of fruit and crop pests (such as the Colorado potato beetle), however they often affect the nervous system of other organisms as well. (Photo: Shutterstock, Sidorov Ruslan)

August 24, 2023

August 24, 2023This can indirectly affect the survival of fish populations and may be one of the reasons for the fish decline we are currently observing in Switzerland.

Biodiversity in river systems from 22 European countries increased significantly from 1968, but this development has stagnated since the 2010s. (Photo: Senckenberg)

August 9, 2023

August 9, 2023In the scientific journal Nature, a team including a member of Eawag published a study on the development of biodiversity in European inland waters, based on invertebrates.

Archive News

Trainees in the focus of a national monitoring programme

Heavy metals in the rivers of Greenland

Swiss approach to modern wastewater treatment is honoured

Treat wastewater in an environmentally sustainable way with worms

Using noble gases to track groundwater flows

Four more years for successful platforms

Underestimated diversity of toxins from cyanobacteria

Sustainable Development Goals also apply to Switzerland

Insecticides can affect fish behaviour

First recovery, then stagnation: The state of biodiversity in European bodies of water