Last changed: 03.01.2022Impact of Water Chlorination on Fecal Carriage of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria Infant and young child infections are increasingly caused by drug resistant bacteria, which increases risks of morbid
Last changed: 15.10.2019Additionally, she achieved a postgraduate degree in Industrial Management and Manufacturing and in 2010 she received the venia legendi in Environmental Chemistry at ETH Zurich. The topic of her habili
Last changed: 15.10.2019The scientists of the Water Resources and Drinking Water department investigated the widespread formation of potentially toxic benzoquinones, catechols, and cyclohexadienones during ozonation of water
Last changed: 15.10.2019One fifth of the 651 species studied in the Victoria Basin are threatened with extinction. Even more alarming is the assessment of the endemic species found exclusively in these waters: of 205 taxonom
Last changed: 15.10.2019A major nutrient in wastewater is nitrogen, which in large quantities can cause great damage to our bodies of water. On the other hand, it is a valuable resource, a nutrient, which when recovered from
Last changed: 15.10.2019Watercourses in catchment areas with a high level of agricultural use are often heavily polluted with plant protection products (PPPs) – especially small rivers and streams. When heavy rainfall occurs
Last changed: 15.10.2019Ever-expanding South Asian cities are facing enormous water and sanitation challenges, ranging from the supply of sufficient quantities and quality of water, the treatment of used water and sludge, to
Last changed: 15.10.2019Aquatic life in freshwaters is strongly dependent on inputs of food resources from terrestrial ecosystems. Among the most important sources of energy are leaf and wood litter. This detritus is initial
Last changed: 15.10.2019Pharmaceutical residues discharged from a wastewater treatment plant in the Bernese Oberland can adversely affect Rhine water quality in the Netherlands just as much as pesticide runoff from croplands
Last changed: 15.10.2019The United Nations anticipates a world population growth of approximately one billion people in the coming decade. “With such an accelerated growth in human population, how do we manage large amounts
Last changed: 15.10.2019Leaf litter, branches and other plant matter from the surrounding land collect in dry riverbeds – in varying quantities and composition depending on the climate, vegetation and duration of the dry per
Last changed: 15.10.2019The earliest evidence of humans in Europe has already been thoroughly researched. Archaeological finds and lake sediments contain insights into human activities such as farming, animal husbandry and f
Last changed: 15.10.2019The hydrology infrastructure is one of Switzerland’s largest civil engineering constructions. Sewers and the drinking water network contain more than 100,000 km of pipes; if one counts the private sec
Last changed: 15.10.2019Why are you so interested in shower hoses, in particular? I should first explain the background: in recent years, research has increasingly focused on drinking water quality in buildings – for the goo
Last changed: 15.10.2019“A rolling stone gathers no moss.” This is the saying credited with giving the famous British rock band its name…but does it hold true from an ecological or hydraulic engineering perspective? What flo
