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“We want to give groundwater a face”
Last changed: 05.09.2025 Mario Schirmer is convinced that the various players in the groundwater sector need to talk to each other and find compromises. (Photo: Peter Penicka, Eawag) The Swiss Groundwater Network (CH-GNet) pr
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Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water

“We want to give groundwater a face”
“We must preserve our drinking water resources”
Last changed: 05.09.2025 Michael Berg, geochemist and deputy head of the Water Resources and Drinking Water Department, helped design the 2025 Info Day. (Photo: Alessandro Della Bella, Eawag) In Switzerland, 80 percent of dri
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Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water

“We must preserve our drinking water resources”
Evaluating the outcome of river restoration
Last changed: 06.09.2025 Evaluating the outcome of river restoration By 2090, 4,000 km of Swiss rivers and lakeshores are to be restored. This offers a unique opportunity to learn from the implemented measures for future proj
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Department Surface Waters - Research and Management

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Evaluating the outcome of river restoration
How groundwater reacts to thermal storage
Last changed: 05.09.2025 Groundwater upstream and downstream of the high-temperature thermal storage system is monitored at three observation wells. (Photo: Peter Penicka, Eawag) A new type of high-temperature thermal storage
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Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water

How groundwater reacts to thermal storage
How artificial intelligence detects nitrate hotspots
Last changed: 11.09.2025 In areas with a lot of agriculture, nitrate concentrations in groundwater are higher. However, other factors that have been largely overlooked to date can also contribute to high nitrate concentration
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Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water

How artificial intelligence detects nitrate hotspots
Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water
Last changed: 11.09.2025 80% of Switzerland's drinking water comes from groundwater. Its protection is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in the densely utilised Central Plateau. New or newly focussed pollutants such
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Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water
Trees need water to cool the city
Last changed: 12.09.2025 The research team wanted to understand how well trees can cool cities and what trees need to do so. The conclusion is clear: water is essential. Only when the soil around the trees is sufficiently moi
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Trees need water to cool the city
Granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration to abate micropollutants
Last changed: 08.09.2025 Granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration to abate micropollutants GAC filters at WWTP Eawag Treatment with powdered activated carbon (PAC) and ozonation are established methods for advanced wastewat
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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Granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration to abate micropollutants
Pharmaceuticals in human excreta derived fertilizers and mitigation options
Last changed: 15.09.2025 Pharmaceuticals in human excreta derived fertilizers and mitigation options GAC columns treating urine Separate collection and treatment of urine has been developed as an approach for preventing eutro
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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Pharmaceuticals in human excreta derived fertilizers and mitigation options
Changing the diet of cell cultures
Last changed: 17.09.2025 ‘A tremendously important topic of our research group is finding alternatives to animal testing,’ explains Kristin Schirmer, group leader at the department of Environmental Toxicology at the aquatic r
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Changing the diet of cell cultures
Cartoons: Competencies at the Science–Policy Interface
Last changed: 18.09.2025 Second Series of Cartoons: Competencies at the Science–Policy Interface Bringing together actors from science and policy is crucial for addressing today’s pressing challenges — from climate change to
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Department Environmental Social Sciences

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Cartoons: Competencies at the Science–Policy Interface
Aurin – Fertilisers from urine
Last changed: 19.09.2025 Aurin – Fertilisers from urine As part of the “VUNA” research project, researchers have developed the new VUNA recycling technique by which valuable nutrients can be extracted from urine and used as f
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Department Process Engineering

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Aurin – Fertilisers from urine
Lukas Gerber

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Water Hub
Last changed: 22.09.2025 Water Hub at NEST Daniel Röttele, infografik.ch Water Hub at NEST – decentralised resource-oriented sanitation The Water Hub is part of the NEST building, a living laboratory by Empa and Eawag. This m
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Department Process Engineering

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Natural Toxins
Last changed: 25.09.2025 Natural Toxins Cyanobacterial cultures Our ecosystems and drinking water resources are not only vulnerable towards anthropogenic pollutants. Natural toxins present an additional threat for which we st
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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Natural Toxins
CyanoLichen
Last changed: 25.09.2025 Cyanobacteria in the Swiss Alps Tintenstrich communities in Swiss Alps. This is a joint project between Eawag and WSL researchers. We study the genetic and metabolic diversity of cyanobacteria that po
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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CyanoLichen
Utox takes World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
Last changed: 25.09.2025 The team chaired sessions in both the Environmental Health and Animal Health tracks and delivered multiple presentations, ranging from data-driven design of new in vitro assays to advances in animal-f
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Utox takes World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
Maria Büttner successfully passes ETH Zurich's aptitude colloquium
Last changed: 03.10.2025 In the aptitude colloquium, the doctoral students defend their previously submitted doctoral plan. Successfully passing the colloquium is a requirement for definitive admission to the doctorate. Maria
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Maria Büttner successfully passes ETH Zurich's aptitude colloquium
Public Guided Tours
Last changed: 06.10.2025 Public Guided Tours and Presentations Looking behind the scenes of a water research institute. At our guided tours and presentations for the public in Dübendorf and Kastanienbaum, we introduce Eawag a
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Subsurface Environmental Processes
Last changed: 07.10.2025 Subsurface Environmental Processes The main objective of our research is to quantify the links between the physical heterogeneity of subsurface environments, including porous and fractured media, the
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Department Water Resources and Drinking Water

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Subsurface Environmental Processes
Main Focus
Last changed: 09.10.2025 ESS conducts social scientific research to advance knowledge related to broad themes of urban water management, biodiversity, climate change, public health or the management of aquatic ecosystems. It
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Department Environmental Social Sciences

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The lake's services are priceless
Last changed: 13.10.2025 The Lake Lucerne Supervisory Commission (AKV) was founded in 1985 as an inter-cantonal body to monitor the water quality of Lake Lucerne, track scientific developments and make recommendations for the
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The lake's services are priceless
NAWA SPEZ
Last changed: 14.10.2025 Investigations into pesticide contamination in surface waters Pollution of our waters with organic micropollutants represents a challenge for water protection. The Federal Office for the Environment (
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Tirana
Last changed: 14.10.2025 Support to the sanitation strategy for Greater Tirana Tirana, the capital of Albania, is a fast-growing city that is undergoing important changes. However, the city still lacks wastewater treatment. F
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Tirana
Eawag welcomes revision of the Epidemics Act
Last changed: 14.10.2025 According to Eawag Director Martin Ackermann, the One Health approach in the proposed revision of the Epidemics Act (EpidA) "considers human and animal health as well as the effects from the environme
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Eawag welcomes revision of the Epidemics Act
New perspectives thanks to wastewater monitoring
Last changed: 14.10.2025 Is a new variant of the coronavirus spreading? Is there a major flu epidemic or is monkeypox on the way? Wastewater monitoring can answer such questions, at least as soon as research - constantly in a
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New perspectives thanks to wastewater monitoring
Wastewater monitoring meets with great interest
Last changed: 14.10.2025
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Wastewater monitoring meets with great interest
Sedup - Scaling Efficient Dewatering for Urban Practicioners
Last changed: 15.10.2025 Sedup - Scaling Efficient Dewatering for Urban Practitioners The goal of the Sedup project is to scale-up a low-energy, low-footprint dewatering technology. Piloting this technology will take place at
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Sedup - Scaling Efficient Dewatering for Urban Practicioners
George Wainaina

Group Leader, Organizations & Climate

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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

Expertise: urban sanitation, science-policy interface, sustainable transitions, water supply, water and sanitation organisational development
Linda Strande

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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

Expertise: urban sanitation, climate change, resource recovery, decentralized systems, microbial ecology

Focal points: IWA Methods for Faecal Sludge Analysis , WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health, SFD Promotion Initiative
Revision of the Plant Protection Products Ordinance: Eawag says yes, but
Last changed: 15.10.2025 In a jointly submitted statement to the federal government, Eawag and the Ecotox Centre welcome the planned total revision of the Plant Protection Products Ordinance (PPPO). A convergence with EU regu
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Revision of the Plant Protection Products Ordinance: Eawag says yes, but
Deficits in the ecological state of small Swiss streams
Last changed: 15.10.2025 Small streams represent the largest part of Switzerland's 65,000 km long river network and are home to a wide diversity of fauna. However, many of these streams are severely impacted by human activiti
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Deficits in the ecological state of small Swiss streams
Natural pesticide for the production of protein-rich microalgae
Last changed: 15.10.2025 For hundreds of years, people have been harvesting wild microscopic algae from lakes as a source of food. The Aztecs, for example, are known to have used fine nets to skim Spirulina from the surface o
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Natural pesticide for the production of protein-rich microalgae
Investigating developmental plasticity in invasive Quagga Mussels
Last changed: 16.10.2025 Investigating developmental plasticity in invasive Quagga Mussels Titelbild: Quagga mussels exhibit striking phenotypic plasticity, particularly in shell morphology across depth gradients. This work p
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Department Aquatic Ecology

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Investigating developmental plasticity in invasive Quagga Mussels
T_Rox
Last changed: 16.10.2025 T-Rox: Trace elements in excavated rocks Excavated rock from underground construction is Switzerland’s largest waste stream. This material must be reused where possible for landscaping, recultivation
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Department Surface Waters - Research and Management

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Adaptation to Depth and Altitude
Last changed: 14.07.2025 Adaptation to depth and altitude Biodiversity is broadly affected by climate warming , eutrophication, habitat loss, and invasive species. All of these have severe effects on biota of high elevation b
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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution

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Adaptation to Depth and Altitude
RÜS Data 3.0 - AI-guided characterization of non-target substances
Last changed: 16.10.2025 RÜS Data 3.0 - AI-guided characterization of non-target substances Map of the Rhine River sampling station at Basel with the river catchment The river Rhine is a crucial water resource for Europe, pro
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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RÜS Data 3.0 - AI-guided characterization of non-target substances
Biodiversity assembly in blue and green ecosystems
Last changed: 16.10.2025 Biodiversity assembly in blue and green ecosystems: speciation versus immigration This project contributes to the Blue Green Biodiversity Research Initiative — an Eawag-WSL collaboration focusing on B
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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution

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Biodiversity assembly in blue and green ecosystems
NAWA Sampling strategy
Last changed: 16.10.2025 NAWA Sampling strategy - Optimization of sampling strategies in Swiss Water Quality Monitoring to enhance the detection of industrial emissions Rhine and Rhone rivers The NAWA Trend program monitors t
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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NAWA Sampling strategy
Entfernung von PFAS mit superfeiner Pulveraktivkohle kombiniert mit Ultrafiltration
Last changed: 16.10.2025 PFASs removal from water with superfine powdered activated carbon and ultrafiltration Batch and pilot scale test systems (copyright M. Lauria (left) and C. Bonvin, Membratec (right)) Per- and polyfluo
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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Entfernung von PFAS mit superfeiner Pulveraktivkohle kombiniert mit Ultrafiltration
High-throughput experimental and computational tools for safe-by-design chemicals
Last changed: 16.10.2025 High-throughput experimental and computational tools for safe-by-design chemicals Schematic overview of key methods and concepts employed in the project Chemical pollution is a major threat to ecosyst
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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High-throughput experimental and computational tools for safe-by-design chemicals
Assessment of the Fate of Munition Constituents from Military Activities in Switzerland
Last changed: 16.10.2025 Assessment of the Fate of Munition Constituents from Military Activities in Switzerland Chemical contamination of soils, sediments, and water through military activities in Switzerland are of recurrin
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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Assessment of the Fate of Munition Constituents from Military Activities in Switzerland
Occurrence of PFASs in Swiss Wastewater Treatment Plants
Last changed: 16.10.2025 Occurrence of PFASs in Swiss Wastewater Treatment Plants Biological treatment at a WWTP Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a wide-ranging group of persistent organic pollutants characteri
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Department Environmental Chemistry

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Occurrence of PFASs in Swiss Wastewater Treatment Plants
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): interactions with proteins, pathways, and microbial communities
Last changed: 16.10.2025 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): interactions with proteins, pathways, and microbial communities Figure 1. Diverse fluorinated compounds including trifluoroacetic acid (TFA, top left), the
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Department Environmental Microbiology

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): interactions with proteins, pathways, and microbial communities
PlastChem: State of the science on plastic chemicals
Last changed: 17.10.2025 PlastChem: State of the science on plastic chemicals Workflow scheme for bioassay-based testing of plastic leachates (Photo: Ksenia Groh) Throughout their life cycle, plastic materials and products ca
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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PlastChem: State of the science on plastic chemicals
Proteomics for ecotoxicology
Last changed: 17.10.2025 Proteomics for ecotoxicology Desalting Proteins play crucial roles in maintaining and directing cellular structure, metabolism and functions, through serving as structural components, enzymes, signali
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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Proteomics for ecotoxicology
mTOR pathway and its role in mediation of chemical effects on growth in fish
Last changed: 17.10.2025 mTOR pathway and its role in mediation of chemical effects on growth in fish Zebrafish embryonic PAC2 cells culture growing from low density to confluenc (Photo: Nikolai Huwa) To date, thousands of fi
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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mTOR pathway and its role in mediation of chemical effects on growth in fish
Implementing SSbD in practice: Integration of aquatic toxicity considerations into the R&D process for novel flame retardant vitrimers
Last changed: 17.10.2025 Implementing SSbD in practice: Integration of aquatic toxicity considerations into the R&D process for novel flame retardant vitrimers Experimental strategy for integrating aquatic toxicity considerat
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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Implementing SSbD in practice: Integration of aquatic toxicity considerations into the R&D process for novel flame retardant vitrimers
Expanding the fish invitrome for animal-free prediction of chemical toxicity to fish
Last changed: 17.10.2025 Expanding the fish invitrome for animal-free prediction of chemical toxicity to fish A test developed at Eawag based on rainbow trout gill cells (RTgill-W1) was released last year by the OECD as the l
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Department Environmental Toxicology

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Expanding the fish invitrome for animal-free prediction of chemical toxicity to fish
Decentralised resource recovery from wastewater
Last changed: 20.10.2025 The economical handling of resources is also becoming increasingly important in Switzerland. As has long been known from waste recycling, resources can also be efficiently recovered from wastewater. E
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