Press photos Eawag 1936-2011
Anniversary information day on 22 June 2011
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Then - now
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The lakeside laboratory at Kastanienbaum before
it was taken over by Eawag (left, 1940) and a microcosm system used for
longterm experiments in evolutionary biology (right, 2010).
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Collecting plankton samples on Lake Lucerne (left, 1940) and surveying
structural diversity on the Sense as part of the river assessment procedure
developed by
Eawag
(right, 2010).
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Experimental systems: at the Zurich Tüffenwies
site (left, 1950), with artificial channels for biological self-cleansing of
rivers, and at the Dübendorf testing facility (right, 2011), for sludge
treatment designed to improve nitrogen removal and reduce energy at WWTPs.
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Eawag laboratory and experimental set-ups:
measurement of radioactivity in river water samples (left, 1955) and testing a
plastic membrane used to remove viruses and bacteria from drinking water
without the need for chemicals or a pump (right, 2011).
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Limnology conference 1952
Flow channels at the test installation
Tüffenwies/Zürich, in operation from 1950 to 2001.
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Buildings
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New building in Dübendorf (1970)
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Forum Chriesbach Dübendorf (2005)
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renovated laboratory and office
building (2011)
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Lake research laboratory in
Kastanienbaum 1961 and 2009
Directors
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from left:
Willy von Gonzenbach and
Eugen Meyer-Peter (1936-1946)
Ulrich Arnold Corti (1946-1952)
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Otto Jaag (1952-1970)
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Werner Stumm (1970-1992)
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Alexander Zehnder (1992-2004)
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Janet Hering (since 2007)
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