Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

We aim at understanding social change with a focus on water and sanitation from an integrative social science perspective

Lisa Deutsch (left) and Josianne Kollmann presenting their prices

September 23, 2022 –

Eawag symposium 2022: ESS members win both the price for the best poster and for the best talk!

Represented in this network are the concepts of technology (T), regulation (R) and design paradigm (P) associated with wastewater treatment plants (violet) and with urine source separation (green). Located at the centre are established technologies, while new technologies are more peripheral. The larger a node is, the more actors support the concept concerned. (Graphic: Jonas Heiberg et al., Elsevier B.V.)

August 4, 2022 –

25 years ago, urine-diverting toilets were no more than an idea, challenging the central paradigm of wastewater treatment plants. Since then, however, modular water technologies have become increasingly important. Using a new...

Rainbow trout gill cells were fixed and stained using molecular probes for nuclei (blue), lipid (green) and actin (red). These cells were healthy control cells unexposed to chemical stimuli. (Photo: Vivian Lu Tan, Eawag)

July 18, 2022 –

As part of a new national research programme that aims to replace animal experiments in research, the National Science Foundation is supporting a project at Eawag. This opens up new possibilities for determining the toxicity of chemical substances based solely on tests with cultured cells and computer models. Animal experiments could thus be replaced.