Staff
Sara Marks


Dr. Sara Marks
Water Supply and Treatment Group
Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development
About Me
Research Areas
- Program-level evaluations of novel treatment technologies
- Strengthening water quality monitoring in remote rural areas
- Climate impacts on WASH infrastructure through a vulnerability and resilience lens
Teaching
- EPF Lausanne, Department of Environmental Engineering. Course: "Sanitary engineering in developing countries "
- ETH Zürich, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Course: "Water supply, sanitation and waste infrastructure and services in developing countries."
- Coursera MOOC on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (part of the Sandec MOOC Series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development”
Professional Activities
- Aguasan Community of Practice, Steering Committee
- Sanitation and Water for All Research & Learning Constituency, Member
- Groundwater Online Learning Initiative, Advisory Group
Cover photo: Ariane Schertenleib
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Projects
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Publications
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Bänziger, C.; Schertenleib, A.; Kunwar, B. M.; Bhatta, M. R.; Marks, S. J. (2022) Assessing microbial water quality, users' perceptions and system functionality following a combined water safety intervention in rural Nepal, Frontiers in Water, 3, 750802 (14 pp.), doi:10.3389/frwa.2021.750802, Institutional Repository
Narayan, A. S.; Marks, S. J.; Meierhofer, R.; Strande, L.; Tilley, E.; Zurbrügg, C.; Lüthi, C. (2021) Advancements in and integration of water, sanitation, and solid waste for low- and middle-income countries, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 46, 193-219, doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-030620-042304, Institutional Repository
Ambuehl, B.; Tomberge, V. M. J.; Kunwar, B. M.; Schertenleib, A.; Marks, S. J.; Inauen, J. (2021) The role of psychological ownership in safe water management: a mixed-methods study in Nepal, Water, 13(5), 589 (18 pp.), doi:10.3390/w13050589, Institutional Repository
Nadimpalli, M. L.; Marks, S. J.; Montealegre, M. C.; Gilman, R. H.; Pajuelo, M. J.; Saito, M.; Tsukayama, P.; Njenga, S. M.; Kiiru, J.; Swarthout, J.; Islam, M. A.; Julian, T. R.; Pickering, A. J. (2020) Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission, Nature Microbiology, 5(6), 787-795, doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0722-0, Institutional Repository
Daniel, D.; Gaicugi, J.; King, R.; Marks, S. J.; Ferrero, G. (2020) Combining sanitary inspection and water quality data in western Uganda: lessons learned from a field trial of original and revised sanitary inspection forms, Resources, 9(12), 1-19, doi:10.3390/resources9120150, Institutional Repository
Marks, S. J.; Clair-Caliot, G.; Taing, L.; Bamwenda, J. T.; Kanyesigye, C.; Ernest Rwendeire, N.; Kemerink-Seyoum, J. S.; Kansiime, F.; Batega, D. W.; Ferrero, G. (2020) Water supply and sanitation services in small towns in rural-urban transition zones: the case of Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Uganda, npj Clean Water, 3, 21 (9 pp.), doi:10.1038/s41545-020-0068-4, Institutional Repository
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Address
E-Mail: | sara.marks@cluttereawag.ch |
Phone: | +41 58 765 5631 |
Fax: | +41 58 765 5802 |
Address: | Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133 8600 Dübendorf |
Office: | FC F27 |
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Expert on
sustainable water management,
technology concepts,
transdisciplinary research,
water treatment,
water supply
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Research Group
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Focalpoints
• Risk assessment and risk managment
• Field-robust water testing methods
• Water infrastructure sustainability