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.
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Scientific publications
Montealegre, M. C.; Greenwood, E. E.; Teichmann, L.; Nadimpalli, M. L.; Caduff, L.; Swarthout, J. M.; Nydegger, T.; Sultana, S.; Islam, M. A.; Lanza, V. F.; Luby, S. P.; Pickering, A. J.; Julian, T. R. (2022) Drinking water chlorination impact on fecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Bangladeshi children in a double-blind, cluster-randomized controlled trial, Environmental Health Perspectives, 130(11), 117702 (3 pp.), doi:10.1289/EHP11359, Institutional Repository
Berghuijs, W. R.; Luijendijk, E.; Moeck, C.; van der Velde, Y.; Allen, S. T. (2022) Global recharge data set indicates strengthened groundwater connection to surface fluxes, Geophysical Research Letters, 49(23), e2022GL099010 (9 pp.), doi:10.1029/2022GL099010, Institutional Repository
Barcala, V.; Jansen, S.; Gerritse, J.; Mangold, S.; Voegelin, A.; Behrends, T. (2022) Phosphorus adsorption on iron‐coated sand under reducing conditions, Journal of Environmental Quality, 52(1), 74-87, doi:10.1002/jeq2.20432, 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)