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Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production
Last changed: 22.11.2022 The project information is updated continuously. Unfortunately, there are no projects listed for this goal yet. News on Goal 12 More news on Goal 12
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Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15 – Life on land
Last changed: 22.11.2022 The project information is updated continuously. Unfortunately, there are no projects listed for this goal yet. News on Goal 15 More news on Goal 15
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Goal 15 – Life on land
Yellow-black-grey makes many things possible
Last changed: 23.11.2022 Greywater is wastewater with low levels of contamination, for example from the shower. It can be used as a source of heat and - treated on site - also as service water, for example for irrigation or f
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Otto Jaag Prize for Wenzel Gruber and Urs Schönenberger
Last changed: 29.11.2022 Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is released in the biological treatment stage of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), specifically during nitrogen elimination. Depending on the season, type of operation and qua
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Otto Jaag Prize for Wenzel Gruber and Urs Schönenberger
Monitoring antibiotic resistance in wastewater
Last changed: 29.11.2022 Antibiotic resistance endangers human and animal health worldwide. In order to be able to introduce effective measures against antibiotic-resistant pathogens, it is important to have detailed knowledg
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Monitoring antibiotic resistance in wastewater
The Swiss water transition: wait and see or take a proactive approach?
Last changed: 02.12.2022 Urban water management is facing a turning point: modular technologies are intended to make existing water and wastewater infrastructures more flexible and contribute to the sustainable development of
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The Swiss water transition: wait and see or take a proactive approach?
High-speed evolution observed in daphnia
Last changed: 05.12.2022 Daphnia, also known as water fleas, play an important role in the food web of lakes: they feed on phytoplankton and are eaten by predators such as fish. Their food resources show marked seasonal varia
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High-speed evolution observed in daphnia
Cyanobacterial blooms: reconstructing 200 years of lake history
Last changed: 05.12.2022 Over the past century, cyanobacterial blooms – which impair water quality – have repeatedly occurred in lakes around the world, including Lakes Zurich and Greifen in Switzerland. Bloom formation is pr
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Cyanobacterial blooms: reconstructing 200 years of lake history
Cyanobacteria in lakes: risks linked to loss of diversity
Last changed: 05.12.2022 Cyanobacteria – also known as blue-green algae – are adaptable organisms which lie at the bottom of the food chain in lakes. Around a century ago, each lake had its own characteristic cyanobacterial a
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Cyanobacteria in lakes: risks linked to loss of diversity
Important species interactions can destabilize aquatic ecosystems in response to nutrient inputs
Last changed: 05.12.2022 Ecosystems provide numerous benefits, supplying food, clean water and other resources. So, it is vital that ecosystem stability is maintained in the face of disturbances such as drought, heatwaves or
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Important species interactions can destabilize aquatic ecosystems in response to nutrient inputs
Citizen Science: Knowledge as a weapon in the fight for clean water
Last changed: 05.12.2022 There is too much nickel, too much arsenic and far too much manganese. The research project by Désirée Ruppen, who is doing her doctorate at the aquatic research institute Eawag and the ETH Zurich, pr
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Citizen Science: Knowledge as a weapon in the fight for clean water
Adverse outcomes with domino effect
Last changed: 06.12.2022 Countless chemical substances that are in daily use, such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, sooner or later find their way into rivers, lakes and groundwater. To ensure that the
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Adverse outcomes with domino effect
Pollution of the Glatt by trace substances is decreasing
Last changed: 13.12.2022 The expansion of the Oberglatt WWTP in Flawil with an additional treatment stage to remove micropollutants is having an effect. This is shown by initial results recently presented as part of the Eawag
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Pollution of the Glatt by trace substances is decreasing
Making knowledge practical and more transparent
Last changed: 15.12.2022 When it comes to plant protection, a wide range of actors are involved. These include farmers, manufacturers of plant protection products, wholesalers, consumers, interest groups and national councill
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Making knowledge practical and more transparent
Remove micropollutants with granulated activated carbon
Last changed: 15.12.2022 Since the revised Swiss Waters Protection Ordinance came into force at the beginning of 2016, some Swiss wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) must be upgraded with an additional treatment stage to remov
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Remove micropollutants with granulated activated carbon
19.01.2023

09:30 - 17:00

Wirkungskontrolle Revitalisierung - Ufervegetation

PEAK-Vertiefungskurs V54/23 Die Wirkungskontrolle bei Revitalisierungsprojekten an Fliessgewässern folgt seit 2020 einem schweizweit einheitlichen Vorgehen mit standardisierten Methoden (Indikator-Set
“The overarching challenge has remained the same”
Last changed: 11.01.2023 What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Eawag? Eawag has been at the centre of my professional life for nearly 16 years. Eawag also played an important role in my professional dev
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“The overarching challenge has remained the same”
21.03.2023

16:30 - 18:00

Public Guided Tour Eawag Dübendorf

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Drugs are consumed everywhere, but not always the same ones
Last changed: 04.03.2020 This spring, as they have now done for the past eight years, the international research team SCORE (Sewage analysis CORe group Europe), co-founded by Christoph Ort from Eawag, once again examined the
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Drugs are consumed everywhere, but not always the same ones
Successful PhD defense
Last changed: 19.01.2023 The post-defense (games), the hat as well as the apero were absolutely great! Thanks to everyone who contributed. Sarah has previously presented a part of her thesis as a poster at the Annual Meeting
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Successful PhD defense
Nutritional requirements of fish cell lines – development of a serum-free culture medium (L-15Plus)
Last changed: 22.03.2022 Nutritional requirements of fish cell lines – development of a serum-free culture medium (L-15Plus) Manmade chemicals have become an essential commodity in our daily lives, from personal care to medic
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Nutritional requirements of fish cell lines – development of a serum-free culture medium (L-15Plus)
Sanitation Policy Brief for pan-European Region
Last changed: 26.01.2023 Sanitation Policy Brief for pan-European Region Sandec will provide consultancy service to World Health Organization (WHO) European Centre for Environment and Health to develop a sanitation policy bri
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Sanitation Policy Brief for pan-European Region
Adapted Water Quality Testing Tools
Last changed: 26.01.2023 Adapting Water Quality Testing Tools and Methods The demand for water quality testing is rising globally, driven by efforts to meet SDG 6’s drinking water targets and, more generally, a growing awaren
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Adapted Water Quality Testing Tools
Safe Water Promotion
Last changed: 26.01.2023 Safe Water Promotion 748 Million people do not yet have access to an improved water source, about 1.8 Billion people use a source of water that is unsafe and large disparities in access to water exist
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Safe Water Promotion
SMALL: Water Supply and Sanitation Service Provision in Small Town at the Urban-Rural Intersection
Last changed: 26.01.2023 SMALL: Water Supply and Sanitation Service Provision in Small Town at the Urban-Rural Intersection Project SMALL aims to support the development of applicable and sustainable water and sanitation prov
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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SMALL: Water Supply and Sanitation Service Provision in Small Town at the Urban-Rural Intersection
Water-Energy-Environment (3E) Programme
Last changed: 26.01.2023 Water-Energy-Environment (3E) Programme The Water-Energy-Environment (3E) programme was launched in 2012 with funding support from the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), with the aim to s
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Impact of water carrying on women's health
Last changed: 26.01.2023 Assessing the impact of carrying water on women’s health Improved access to safe drinking water and sanitation are important determinants of human health. For decades the benchmark for improving acces
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Impact of water carrying on women's health
BIOTRANSFORM: Organ- and species-specific biotransformation of aquatic
Last changed: 26.01.2023 BIOTRANSFORM: Organ- and species-specific biotransformation of aquatic micropollutants in fish The BIOTRANSFORM project emerges from the need to support bioaccumulation assessments and to reduce the u
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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Predicting acute fish toxicity using in vitro models
Last changed: 27.01.2023 Predicting acute fish toxicity using in vitro models The acute fish toxicity test is one of the most frequently performed tests in regulatory environmental risk assessment in order to assess the toxic
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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Predicting acute fish toxicity using in vitro models
RAINBOWflow Chip Impedanz-Biosensor
Last changed: 27.01.2023 RAINBOWflow Chip impedance biosensor Microscopic image of cells on chip by J. Maner, working principle image created with BioRender, example data image by C. Drieschner In the RAINBOflow Chip project,
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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RAINBOWflow Chip Impedanz-Biosensor
ToxPathways
Last changed: 27.01.2023 ToxPathways Some individuals are more susceptible to chemical exposure than others, but underlying reasons remain largely obscure. We are investigating these inter-individual differences to gain bette
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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ToxPathways
In vitro to In vivo extrapolation
Last changed: 27.01.2023 Predicting fish growth based on cell proliferation in the culture dish (in vitro) We aim to develop an animal-free alternative to replace experiments with fish for quantifying the impact of chemicals
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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In vitro to In vivo extrapolation
Fish intestine as organism-environment barrier
Last changed: 27.01.2023 Fish intestine as organism-environment barrier The intestinal epithelium is a vital environmental-organism barrier which regulates the uptake from nutrients and at the same time provides protection fr
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Fish intestine as organism-environment barrier
caLIBRAte
Last changed: 27.01.2023 caLIBRAte Next generation tools for risk governance of nanomaterials CaLIBRAte is part of European Union’s Horizon 2020 research programme addressing the risk assessment of manufactured nanomaterials
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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Humpback whale cell lines
Last changed: 27.01.2023 Humpback Whale - cell lines In collaboration with the Griffith University (Brisbane) we developed the first humpback whale cell lines. HuWawild-type were established from skin samples of wild animals,
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Humpback whale cell lines
The Moderlieschen as potential indigenous model species for ecotoxicology
Last changed: 26.01.2023 The Moderlieschen as potential indigenous model species for ecotoxicology With this research project we aim to establish the Moderlieschen (Leucaspius delineatus) as a fish model in ecotoxicolgy and e
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The Moderlieschen as potential indigenous model species for ecotoxicology
SGMS Best Drawing Prize for Utox’ offspring Agafia Groh
Last changed: 22.12.2022 Utox’ bioanalytics group leader Ksenia Groh attended this year’s School and Meeting of the Swiss Group for Mass Spectrometry (SGMS) in October 2022 with her daughter, a 7-year old Agafia. The occasion
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SGMS Best Drawing Prize for Utox’ offspring Agafia Groh
Success for the practice-oriented PEAK course «Activated carbon»
Last changed: 03.02.2023 The course received a great feedback from the practice, as shown by the high number of 92 participants from engineering offices, plant construction, administration and operators of wastewater treatmen
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Success for the practice-oriented PEAK course «Activated carbon»
Award for the “Nutrient Harvester” of the “Autarky” toilet
Last changed: 06.02.2023 The Energy Globe Award is a prestigious environmental prize that is awarded every year at both international and national level in more than 140 participating countries. In 2022, more than 2500 innova
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Award for the “Nutrient Harvester” of the “Autarky” toilet
Photo-Story Lake Kivu of the measurement campaign in March 2018
Last changed: 11.07.2022 The researchers usually travel to Lake Kivu during the rainy season in order to find measuring conditions that are as wind-free as possible. Most measurements are carried out on a permanently installe
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Photo-Story Lake Kivu of the measurement campaign in March 2018
Successful defence of doctoral plan by Sven Mosimann
Last changed: 21.02.2023 The aptitude colloquium is the first milestone in doctoral studies at ETH Zurich and includes defending the previously submitted doctoral plan. Sven investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying ch
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Successful defence of doctoral plan by Sven Mosimann
Utox Winter excursion
Last changed: 22.02.2023 The last multi-day excursion was in late 2019 and had to be paused throughout the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Everyone was happy to get some well-deserved mountain-time with the co-workers wit
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Utox Winter excursion
Publications Safe Water Promotion
Last changed: 23.02.2023 Manuals & Training Guidelines Gravity Driven Membrane Filtration. A User guide and video training series. This guide describes gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration, a technology to provide safe an
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Publications Safe Water Promotion
Impact of safe water interventions on child health in Nepal
Last changed: 23.02.2023 Changes in water treatment, hygiene practices, household floors, and child health before and during the of Covid-19 pandemic in Nepal Consistent and effective practice of water treatment, sanitation,
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Impact of safe water interventions on child health in Nepal
Clues: Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation Planning
Last changed: 01.03.2023 Guidelines for Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation Planning (CLUES) Eawag-Sandec in partnership with UN-HABITAT and WSSCC has published complete guidelines for Community-Led Urban Environment
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Clues: Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation Planning
19.06.2023

16:15 - 17:45

Public Guided Tour Eawag Dübendorf

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The project
Last changed: 22.03.2023 At one time, the Chriesbach in Dübendorf snaked naturally through the landscape on its way to its outflow into the Glatt. It frequently flooded the nearby fields. When the Autobahn was built at the en
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Last changed: 22.03.2023 The purpose of the Chriesbach revitalisation is to make the brook more beneficial for people and for the environment. In addition to new or improved habitats and a green corridor as a local recreation
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The Aquarium
Last changed: 22.03.2023 In addition to the revitalised stretch, a large aquarium has been built for observing the Chriesbach’s living organisms and processes, and it is continually provided with water from the brook. The aqu
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Last changed: 22.03.2023 We document life on the Chriesbach and its changes continually. Here is a small selection of photos. Please note also the webcam on the homepage. Before beginning construction near the international s
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