Science that matters

Eawag is one of the world’s leading aquatic research institutes. With its professional diversity, close partnerships with practitioners and an international network, Eawag offers an excellent environment for the study of water as a habitat and resource, for identifying problems at an early stage and for developing widely accepted solutions.

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A tree with little space for collecting rainwater from the street will suffer from water deficit, reducing its capacity to cool down its surroundings. (Photo: Lucas Gobatti)
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Trees need water to cool the city
September 12, 2025

How much trees in cities actually help to cool their surroundings depends heavily on how moist the soil is.
Serina Robinson receives the ERC Starting Grant (Photo: Eawag, Leonardo Biasio).
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Serina Robinson receives ERC Starting Grant
September 5, 2025

Eawag scientist Serina Robinson receives the ERC Starting Grant. She is investigating how microbial enzymes bind PFAS.
“Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water” is the topic of the Eawag Info Day 2025. (Graphic: grafikvonfrauschubert, Eawag)
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“We must preserve our drinking water resources”
September 4, 2025

Groundwater, which provides 80 percent of Switzerland's drinking water, is the focus of the Eawag Info Day taking place today in Dübendorf.
Martin Schäfer taking a water sample from one of the test ponds (Photo: Christoph Walcher, Eawag).
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Indirect effects drive evolution
August 28, 2025

An international study conducted in Eawag's experimental ponds demonstrates how indirect ecological effects influence the evolution of species.
Passive samplers can provide valuable data for certain water monitoring applications at low cost. (photo: Andri Bryner, Eawag)
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Six million euros for smarter cities with clean water
August 27, 2025

The water research institute Eawag and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland are part of the new EU project UrbanM2O. It is led by the Danish Technical University DTU in Copenhagen. The aim of the six-million-euro project is to develop monitoring and modelling-based solutions to combat water pollution in cities – an issue that is becoming increasingly important with the expansion of sponge cities.
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Events – visit us

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15.09.​2025
Surf Seminar
Dynamics of antibiotic resistance in wastewater-impacted Lake Geneva
11.00 am
Eawag Kastanienbaum, Seminar room Seeheim & online via Zoom
16.09.​2025
Practice-oriented course various
Stickstoff leicht gemacht – Wege zu einer optimierten Stickstoffelimination
8.30 am
Altes Spital Solothurn, Oberer Winkel 2, 4500 Solothurn
18.09.​2025
Circular Sanitation TOOLBOX - Vernissage
4.00 pm
Eawag, Dübendorf
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New publication

Info Day Magazine 2025

«Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water» was the title of this year's Eawag Info Day on 4 September 2025. Eawag researchers presented results and tools that support practitioners and administrators in safeguarding the quality and quantity of drinking water resources. We present the most important content in the recently published Info Day Magazine.

Learn more about our main interests

Drinking water

we are investigating the basis for clean drinking water and sustainable management of drinking water resources.

Wastewater

we are investigating how to optimise wastewater infrastructures and overcome new challenges.

Biodiversity

our research contributes to understanding and conserving aquatic biodiversity.

Ecosystems

we are investigating biotic communities and their habitats in order to conserve ecosystem services for us humans.

Pollutants

we are investigating the effect of chemical substances on the environment and developing methods to remove them from drinking water, wastewater and bodies of water.

Water and development

our research supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, first and foremost the objective of “clean drinking water and sanitation facilities”.

Societal decision-making

we are developing strategies and methods to support politics, administration, the economy and society in complex decisions.

Climate Change and Energy

we are exploring solutions to make the energy transition environmentally friendly and reduce the impact of climate change.