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Eawag is a world-leading aquatic research
institute. Its research, which is driven by the needs of society, provides the
basis for innovative approaches and technologies in the water sector. Through
close collaboration with experts from industry, government and professional
associations, Eawag plays an important bridging role between theory and practice,
allowing new scientific insights to be rapidly implemented.
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5 March 2014 |
Cocktail of Pesticides in Swiss Rivers Swiss watercourses contain a whole cocktail of pesticides. Of the 300 or so permitted and detectable active substances, over 100 have been discovered in water samples taken during an extensive screening process. Each sample contained, on average, 40 different substances, and in 78% of the samples, the combined pesticide concentration was over 1µg per litre. The threshold values dictated by the Swiss Water Protection Ordinance were found to have been exceeded for 31 substances. The possibility that plant protection products are having a detrimental effect on aquatic life cannot be ruled out. [...] |
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25 February 2014 |
Silver gone astray It has long been known that, in the form of free ions, silver particles can be highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Yet to this day, there is a lack of detailed knowledge about the doses required to trigger a response and how the organisms deal with this kind of stress. To learn more about the cellular processes that occur in the cells, scientists from the Aquatic Research Institute, Eawag, subjected algae to a range of silver concentrations. [...] |
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14 February 2014 |
Significant interest in sustainable infrastructure planning Over a hundred guests took up the invitation to attend the closing event of the NFP 61 SWIP (Long-term Planning of Sustainable Water Infrastructure) on 23 January 2014. The two people in charge of the project, Judit Lienert from the Environmental Social Sciences department, and Max Maurer from the department of Urban Water Management, were delighted at this very positive response. [...] |