Wastewater
Optimise and overcome new challenges
The wastewater infrastructure in Switzerland is worth 125 billion Swiss francs. Nine hundred treatment plants clean the country’s wastewater around the clock. Part of the work of Eawag is to examine how this success story can be continuously optimised and tailored to suit the particular conditions in other countries, as well as to look at how to overcome new challenges
Scientific publications
Bogler, A.; Packman, A.; Furman, A.; Gross, A.; Kushmaro, A.; Ronen, A.; Dagot, C.; Hill, C.; Vaizel-Ohayon, D.; Morgenroth, E.; Bertuzzo, E.; Wells, G.; Kiperwas, H. R.; Horn, H.; Negev, I.; Zucker, I.; Bar-Or, I.; Moran-Gilad, J.; Balcazar, J. L.; Bibby, K.; Elimelech, M.; Weisbrod, N.; Nir, O.; Sued, O.; Gillor, O.; Alvarez, P. J.; Crameri, S.; Arnon, S.; Walker, S.; Yaron, S.; Nguyen, T. H.; Berchenko, Y.; Hu, Y.; Ronen, Z.; Bar-Zeev, E. (2020) Rethinking wastewater risks and monitoring in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nature Sustainability, 3, 981-990, doi:10.1038/s41893-020-00605-2, Institutional Repository
Frehland, S.; Kaegi, R.; Hufenus, R.; Mitrano, D. M. (2020) Long-term assessment of nanoplastic particle and microplastic fiber flux through a pilot wastewater treatment plant using metal-doped plastics, Water Research, 182, 115860 (9 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.115860, Institutional Repository
Gornik, T.; Kovacic, A.; Heath, E.; Hollender, J.; Kosjek, T. (2020) Biotransformation study of antidepressant sertraline and its removal during biological wastewater treatment, Water Research, 181, 115864 (37 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.115864, Institutional Repository
Walpen, N.; Houska, J.; Salhi, E.; Sander, M.; von Gunten, U. (2020) Quantification of the electron donating capacity and UV absorbance of dissolved organic matter during ozonation of secondary wastewater effluent by an assay and an automated analyzer, Water Research, 185, 116235 (12 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116235, Institutional Repository
Anliker, S.; Patrick, M.; Fenner, K.; Singer, H. (2020) Quantification of active ingredient losses from formulating pharmaceutical industries and contribution to wastewater treatment plant emissions, Environmental Science and Technology, 54(23), 15046-15056, doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c05178, Institutional Repository