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
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Scientific publications
Schneider, M. Y.; Harada, H.; Villez, K.; Maurer, M. (2023) Several small or single large? Quantifying the catchment-wide performance of on-site wastewater treatment plants with inaccurate sensors, Environmental Science and Technology, 57(2), 1114-1122, doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c05945, Institutional Repository
Faust, V.; van Alen, T. A.; Op den Camp, H. J. M.; Vlaeminck, S. E.; Ganigué, R.; Boon, N.; Udert, K. M. (2022) Ammonia oxidation by novel "Candidatus Nitrosacidococcus urinae" is sensitive to process disturbances at low pH and to iron limitation at neutral pH, Water Research X, 17, 100157 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.wroa.2022.100157, Institutional Repository
Rhein, F.; Nirschl, H.; Kaegi, R. (2022) Separation of microplastic particles from sewage sludge extracts using magnetic seeded filtration, Water Research X, 17, 100155 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.wroa.2022.100155, Institutional Repository
Publications for practicioners
Consulting and knowledge transfer
Most relevant research departments
Selected research projects and focus areas
Cover picture: At the Zurich Werdhölzli plant, Eawag researchers Christoph Ort, Pravin Ganesanandamoorthy und Anina Kull collect samples which will be tested in the laboratory for SARS-CoV-2. (Photo: Esther Michel)