Department Urban Water Management

Urban Water Management
Research in this department aims at the urban water system as an entity and at developing the corresponding ecological, economical and social services into a sustainable future. In addition to traditional questions concerning urban hygiene and water pollution control, the sustainable use and management of the resources is a primary concern. Read more
Urban Water Observatory

The Urban Water Observatory (UWO) is a long-term initiative of ETH and Eawag to establish a sensor network in Fehraltorf, allowing spatially-distributed monitoring of urban water cycle processes. Read more
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Caduff, L.; Dreifuss, D.; Schindler, T.; Devaux, A. J.; Ganesanandamoorthy, P.; Kull, A.; Stachler, E.; Fernandez-Cassi, X.; Beerenwinkel, N.; Kohn, T.; Ort, C.; Julian, T. R. (2022) Inferring transmission fitness advantage of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern from wastewater samples using digital PCR, Switzerland, December 2020 through March 2021, Eurosurveillance: bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles, 27(10), 2100806 (20 pp.), doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.10.2100806, Institutional Repository
Donati, G. F. A.; Bolliger, J.; Psomas, A.; Maurer, M.; Bach, P. M. (2022) Reconciling cities with nature: Identifying local Blue-Green Infrastructure interventions for regional biodiversity enhancement, Journal of Environmental Management, 316, 115254 (14 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115254, Institutional Repository
Duque, N.; Bach, P. M.; Scholten, L.; Fappiano, F.; Maurer, M. (2022) A simplified sanitary sewer system generator for exploratory modelling at city-scale, Water Research, 209, 117903 (12 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117903, Institutional Repository
Hadengue, B.; Morgenroth, E.; Larsen, T. A.; Baldini, L. (2022) Performance and dynamics of active greywater heat recovery in buildings, Applied Energy, 305, 117677 (13 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117677, Institutional Repository