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.

Cover picture: Legionella thrive particularly well in biofilms inside shower hoses. Eawag has analysed the other microorganisms with which they coexist there. The picture shows a biofilm removed from a shower hose (Photo: Eawag: Frederik Hammes)

December 8, 2023

December 8, 2023Legionella always interact with other organisms. Eawag researchers have characterised microbial communities and analysed their relationship to Legionella.

A dredger excavates the river bed on the Alpine Rhine so that changes in groundwater flows can be observed. (Photo: Matthias Brennwald, Eawag)

November 9, 2023

November 9, 2023Over the next 20 years, Austria and Switzerland will be investing more than CHF 1.4 billion in flood protection and ecological enhancement measures on the Alpine Rhine. As well as protecting the Rhine valley against flooding, the aim is to promote careful management of groundwater resources. With a new method, scientists from Eawag and the University of Neuchâtel are providing support for International Rhine Regulation planners.

Residents bringing water home in a village in Northern Kenya. Image: Eawag, George Wainaina

September 19, 2023

September 19, 2023During prolonged droughts, the drinking water supply for the affected population is critical. Water filters are of enormous importance in such emergencies to prevent diseases. However, often it is not the distribution of filters that is lacking, but the fact that they are not used consistently in everyday life. Researchers at the Aquatic Research Institute Eawag have analysed the reasons for this in Northern Kenya.

The theme of "water" runs like a common (blue) thread through the various SDGs, which also guide Eawag’s research (Watercolour: Eawag Communication / Philipp Ringli)

September 14, 2023

September 14, 2023At today's Eawag Info Day, the Aquatic Research Institute outlined the steps that need to be taken to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Farmers spraying vegetables in the Zarcero region of Costa Rica. (Photo: Mirko Winkler, Swiss TPH)

June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023While the use of pesticides in industrial countries is being questioned more and more critically, less is known about their consequences on human health and the environment in tropical countries. The interdisciplinary project “Pestrop” is now changing this and also shows where the necessary measures need to be taken.

The scanning electron microscope image shows a colony of bacteria (coloured bluish) around a few micrometres small root (brown) in the soil. The image represents how bacteria and microbial communities influence CO2 release from the soil through heterotrophic respiration: The soil contains soil grains to which microbial communities adhere and process dissolved oxygen O2 and organic carbon DOC from organic matter (OM). Image: Springer Nature / Institute of Environmental Engineering

June 22, 2023

June 22, 2023CO2 emissions from heterotrophic respiration could increase by 40% by the end of the century.

In comparison: at the back, the glacier-fed river with turbid cold water, and at the front, the inflow of warmer, clear water. For many microorganisms, these ice-cold bodies of water are the ideal and only habitat. (Photo: Lee Brown)

May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023When glaciers retreat, the habitats for cold-water organisms also change. Researchers have now modelled where refuges that are vital for biodiversity in glacial rivers will remain in the future.

Fundifix staff producing chlorinators in Kenya. (Photo: Lisa Appavou)

May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023Chlorination protects safe water from recontamination after transport and storage. Eawag engineers developed and tested two types of chlorinators.

Archive News

Trainees in the focus of a national monitoring programme

Memorandum of Understanding Signed with African Water and Sanitation Association

One Legionella rarely comes alone

Using noble gases to track groundwater flows

Can the consistent use of water filters be promoted?

Sustainable Development Goals also apply to Switzerland

Consequences of pesticide use in the tropics

Global warming accelerates CO2 emissions from soil microbes

Glacial melt threatens habitats of alpine river organisms

Prevent drinking water recontamination with passive chlorinators