Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Through their work, Eawag trainees provide the basis for many years of water quality monitoring (Photo: Eawag, Manuel Koller)

May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023Trainees from Eawag’s analytical and training laboratory assist in the analysis of a wide variety of water samples. A prominent example is the National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF). In a video, we take a look behind the scenes of the laboratory and show its role for the NADUF programme.

Linda Strande and Sylvain Usher, Executive Director of AfWASA, with the Memorandum of Understanding (Photographer: Unknown)

May 25, 2023

May 25, 2023At the recent joint 21st AfWASA International Congress and Exhibition and 7th Conference on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM7), Eawag signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the African Water and Sanitation Association. The two conferences took place under one roof in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The contribution in the German pavilion at the Biennale of Architecture is more than just an exhibition. It wants to provide an action framework for a new building culture. (Photo: ARCH+ SUMMACUMMFEMMER BÜRO JULIANE GREB)

May 23, 2023

May 23, 2023On Saturday, 20 May, the 18th Biennale of Architecture in Venice opened its doors. In the German pavilion, which focuses on building in existing contexts and the recycling economy, also the Nutrient Harvester developed at Eawag is demonstrated. It processes the urine from two on-site dry separation toilets into fertiliser.

Insecticides are designed to target the nervous system of fruit and crop pests (such as the Colorado potato beetle), however they often affect the nervous system of other organisms as well. (Photo: Shutterstock, Sidorov Ruslan)

August 24, 2023

August 24, 2023This can indirectly affect the survival of fish populations and may be one of the reasons for the fish decline we are currently observing in Switzerland.

Courtyard with greenery on Heinrichstrasse, Zurich (Photo: Eawag, Lucas Gobatti).

August 22, 2023

August 22, 2023Green spaces or trees can mitigate urban heat, but it takes time for the cooling effects to develop. Modelling using satellite data can show how much time is needed.

Sewer under Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse: The sewer conveys dirty water to the wastewater treatment plant, while the pipe drains rainwater away. (Photo: Max Maurer, Eawag, ETH Zurich)

August 17, 2023

August 17, 2023The combined sewer system is a great achievement. But the discharge of diluted wastewater into central sewage treatment plants is approaching its limits.

The colourful growth pattern informs about when the glowing bacteria exchange genetic material with each other. Copyright: Springer Nature, Timing of antibiotic administration determines the spread of plasmid-encoded antibiotic resistance during microbial range expansion, Yinyin Ma et al, Springer Communications.

August 15, 2023

August 15, 2023The number of microbes that acquire antibiotic resistance depends on the time at which the antibiotic is added. This is a conclusion reached by a research group at Eawag on the basis of experiments with genetically modified bacteria that glow in different colours when they exchange genetic information with each other.

Biodiversity in river systems from 22 European countries increased significantly from 1968, but this development has stagnated since the 2010s. (Photo: Senckenberg)

August 9, 2023

August 9, 2023In the scientific journal Nature, a team including a member of Eawag published a study on the development of biodiversity in European inland waters, based on invertebrates.

(from left to right) Halder Lia, Laborantin EFZ Chemie, Gsell Annina, Laborantin EFZ Chemie, Eberhard Jennifer, Laborantin EFZ Chemie, Rohrbach Andrin, Laborant EFZ Chemie, Isenschmid Sina, Laborantin EFZ Chemie, Hofland Max, Laborant EFZ Biologie, Erni David, ICT Fachmann EFZ, Tobler Pascal, Laborant EFZ Chemie, Pepe Alessandro, Laborant EFZ Chemie (Photo: Peter Penicka)

July 20, 2023

July 20, 2023Nine apprentices have recently completed their training at Eawag as laboratory technicians in chemistry and biology and as IT specialists. Congratulations!

Eawag researcher BJ Ward was awarded the ETH Medal for her doctoral thesis. (Photo: BJ Ward)

July 14, 2023

July 14, 2023Barbara Jeanne “BJ” Ward received the ETH Medal for her doctoral thesis on predicting the dewatering capacity of faecal sludge in mid-July. The medal honours excellent master and doctoral theses at ETH Zurich each year.

Archive News

Trainees in the focus of a national monitoring programme

Memorandum of Understanding Signed with African Water and Sanitation Association

Eawag technology at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

Insecticides can affect fish behaviour

Using satellite imagery to optimise urban cooling

Combined sewer system no longer sustainable

How antibiotic resistance spreads in bacterial colonies

First recovery, then stagnation: The state of biodiversity in European bodies of water

Successful completion of apprenticeship 2023

ETH Medal for Barbara Jeanne Ward