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.
Scientific publications
Javier, L.; Farhat, N. M.; Desmond, P.; Valladares Linares, R.; Bucs, S.; Kruithof, J. C.; Vrouwenvelder, J. S. (2020) Biofouling control by phosphorus limitation strongly depends on the assimilable organic carbon concentration, Water Research, 183, 116051 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116051, Institutional Repository
Kiefer, K.; Bader, T.; Minas, N.; Salhi, E.; Janssen, E. M. -L.; von Gunten, U.; Hollender, J. (2020) Chlorothalonil transformation products in drinking water resources: widespread and challenging to abate, Water Research, 183, 116066 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116066, Institutional Repository
Li, J.; Jiang, J.; Manasfi, T.; von Gunten, U. (2020) Chlorination and bromination of olefins: kinetic and mechanistic aspects, Water Research, 187, 116424 (12 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116424, Institutional Repository
Rougé, V.; von Gunten, U.; Allard, S. (2020) Efficiency of pre-oxidation of natural organic matter for the mitigation of disinfection byproducts: electron donating capacity and UV absorbance as surrogate parameters, Water Research, 187, 116418 (10 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116418, Institutional Repository
Liu, G.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, X.; Hammes, F.; Liu, W.-T.; Medema, G.; Wessels, P.; van der Meer, W. (2020) 360-degree distribution of biofilm quantity and community in an operational unchlorinated drinking water distribution pipe, Environmental Science and Technology, 54(9), 5619-5628, doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b06603, Institutional Repository