Department Process Engineering

News

June 17, 2025 –

Researchers from the Ecotox Centre, Eawag and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland have tested combined biological and chemical online monitoring as an early warning system at a municipal wastewater...

Researchers from the Ecotox Centre, Eawag and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland have tested combined biological and chemical online monitoring as an early warning system at a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The system is able to detect peak loads of micropollutants in treated wastewater and identify toxic pollutants in real time. In this way, it can contribute to improving wastewater management.

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February 12, 2025 –

The conditions in mountain huts often make it difficult and impractical to meet the requirements for wastewater treatment. A new approach to assessing cleaning performance could change that.

The conditions in mountain huts often make it difficult and impractical to meet the requirements for wastewater treatment. A new approach to assessing cleaning performance could change that.

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November 18, 2024 –

During ETH Day on 16 November 2024, environmental engineer Valentin Faust was awarded the Otto-Jaag Water Protection Prize for his doctoral thesis. His work provides important insights about the production of fertiliser from human...

During ETH Day on 16 November 2024, environmental engineer Valentin Faust was awarded the Otto-Jaag Water Protection Prize for his doctoral thesis. His work provides important insights about the production of fertiliser from human urine.

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Water Hub: new movie!

Publications

Events

18.09.​2025,
04.12.​2025,
9.00 am
Eawag Dübendorf

PEAK-Basiskurs B36/25

Research Projects

Is a space research program, aiming to develop a bioregenerative life support system for long-term space missions and space habitations for example on Mars.
NEST building
Sustainable urban water and wastewater management applied and implemented in the modular NEST building.
Modelling of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) reactors
Many WWTPs are reaching their maximum treatment and clarification capacities, and solutions must be found to upgrade those existing plants.
Opportunities and risks of reusing treated wastewater in Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Council set the ambitious goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Dynamic of greenhouse gas emissions in nutrient removing wastewater treatment plants
Systematic investigation of hybrid model approaches for the prediction of nitrous oxide emissions in biological wastewater treatment