Consulting

Scientists of the Environmental Chemistry Department are experts in several committees at the national and European level for chemical stressors in the aquatic environment (Cipel, Naduf, Naqua, NudCh, NORMAN network).

• Procedure for the assessment of micropollutants from municipal wastewater and proposal of Swiss-relevant micropollutants for water monitoring (Götz et. al. ESPR 2010).
• Identification of important transformation products and metabolites of organic micropollutants which should be implemented in water monitoring (Kern et al., ES&T, 2009).
• Hospitals as point source for pharmaceuticals and biocides: mass flux study (Weissbrodt et al., ES&T 2009) and evaluation of decentral treatment technologies
• Evaluation of advanced treatment technologies for the improved elimination of micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment plants together with the department Eng (Hollender et al., ES&T 2010).
• Selection of indicator substances for the assessment of the elimination performance of different advanced wastewater treatments (Götz et al., GWA 4/2010).
• Feasibility study on the implementation of site-adapted agriculture together with Agroscope Reckenholz.
• Assessment of redox reactions in final storages of radioactive waste.

Knowledge transfer on field studies and environmental behavior of xenobiotics in ambient waters is currently carried out in the SCOPES cooperative project with the Eastern European countries Moldavia and Rumania.