Drinking Water
Prevention is better than cure
Thanks to the fact that Switzerland’s surface waters have been kept clean, this maxim has to a large extent been upheld. However, the presence of new (harmful) substances allows no room for complacency on this front. Globally, there is an urgent need for cost-effective and energy-efficient water treatment solutions on various scales - all the way through to wastewater recycling.
News
May 9, 2022
Scientific publications
Araya, D.; Podgorski, J.; Kumi, M.; Mainoo, P. A.; Berg, M. (2022) Fluoride contamination of groundwater resources in Ghana: country-wide hazard modeling and estimated population at risk, Water Research, 212, 118083 (10 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.118083, Institutional Repository
Lightfoot, A. K.; Brennwald, M. S.; Prommer, H.; Stopelli, E.; Berg, M.; Glodowska, M.; Schneider, M.; Kipfer, R. (2022) Noble gas constraints on the fate of arsenic in groundwater, Water Research, 214, 118199 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.118199, Institutional Repository
Walpen, N.; Joss, A.; von Gunten, U. (2022) Application of UV absorbance and electron-donating capacity as surrogates for micropollutant abatement during full-scale ozonation of secondary-treated wastewater, Water Research, 209, 117858 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117858, Institutional Repository
Gulde, R.; Clerc, B.; Rutsch, M.; Helbing, J.; Salhi, E.; McArdell, C. S.; von Gunten, U. (2021) Oxidation of 51 micropollutants during drinking water ozonation: formation of transformation products and their fate during biological post-filtration, Water Research, 207, 117812 (20 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117812, Institutional Repository
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Cover picture: Well shaft of a horizontal filter well of Zurich Water Supply in Hardhof. (Photo: Urs von Gunten)