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Microplastics in Swiss waters
Last changed: 21.07.2025 Plastic is exceptionally durable, as it is only slowly degraded or transformed, and is transported over very long distances. Microplastics can therefore be found practically everywhere – in waters, in
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Microplastics in the environment

Microplastics in Swiss waters
Microplastics and wastewater from roads
Last changed: 21.07.2025 Large quantities of microplastics are found in wastewater from roads. It comes from the abrasion of car and lorry tyres, polymers and bitumen contained in asphalt, shoe soles and road markings. Partic
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Microplastics in the environment

Microplastics and wastewater from roads
Ecotoxicological and Humantoxicological effects of microplastics
Last changed: 21.07.2025 Photos of dead sea birds and fish with a belly full of plastic waste have been widely seen. The dangers of large plastic particles in the environment are obvious. If plastic particles are confused wit
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Microplastics in the environment

Ecotoxicological and Humantoxicological effects of microplastics
How microplastics get into the environment
Last changed: 21.07.2025 Globally, 350 million metric tons of plastic are produced annually. This corresponds to an average of 50 kilograms of plastic per person per year. About half of this is released into the environment t
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Microplastics in the environment

How microplastics get into the environment
Microplastics and drinking water
Last changed: 21.07.2025 The World Health Organisation (WHO) declares that based on the limited information available, microplastics in drinking water today do not appear to pose any danger to humans. Other contaminants are m
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Microplastics in the environment

Microplastics and drinking water
Department Environmental Microbiology
Last changed: 21.07.2025 Environmental Microbiology Our research focuses on microbial life and activities in the environment. We strive to understand the basic rules and principles that govern the functioning of microbes and
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Department Environmental Microbiology
"We’re on the right path, but the pace is still too slow"
Last changed: 14.12.2023 Intensive land use due to transport, settlement and agriculture leads to the fact that Swiss water bodies are sometimes highly polluted locally. The picture shows the Saane near Fribourg (Photo: iStoc
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Info Day Magazine

Info Day Magazine 2023: Aquatic research for sustainable development

"We’re on the right path, but the pace is still too slow"
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Last changed: 21.07.2025 Current Projects Completed projects
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Department Environmental Microbiology

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Principles of microbial ecosystems
Last changed: 21.07.2025 PriME - Principles of microbial ecosystems Microbial communities play many important roles on our planet. For example, microbial communities in the ocean degrade organic material and close the global
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Department Environmental Microbiology

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Principles of microbial ecosystems
Vermifiltration
Last changed: 22.07.2025 Vermifiltration Vermifiltration – Understanding treatment mechanisms up for optimization of treatment performance Context Vermifiltration is a non-sewered, nature-based sanitation technology that harn
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Vermifiltration
NCCR Microbiomes
Last changed: 22.07.2025 NCCR Microbiomes Life as we know it is intimately tied to microorganisms. Often, these microorganisms live in communities called microbiomes. Microbiomes behave as more than the sum of their parts, di
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Department Environmental Microbiology

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NCCR Microbiomes
Microbial Systems Ecology
Last changed: 22.07.2025 Microbial Systems Ecology The MSE group is co-lead by Dr. Olga Schubert and Prof. Martin Ackermann and is affiliated with Eawag and ETH Zurich. Microbes are essential for the integrity of environmenta
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Department Environmental Microbiology

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Microbial Systems Ecology
Exceptional diversity of whitefish
Last changed: 22.07.2025 The diversity of whitefish species in the large Swiss lakes is unique. It has developed over the last 15,000 years or so and plays a central role in these ecosystems, as whitefish naturally represent
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Exceptional diversity of whitefish
Quagga mussel
Last changed: 23.07.2025 The invasive quagga mussel The quagga mussel is an invasive species in Switzerland. It spreads rapidly in affected waters and has a profound impact. It changes ecosystems, affects infrastructure and c
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Quagga mussel
Wastewater
Last changed: 24.07.2025
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Department Process Engineering

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Wastewater
Spin-offs of Eawag
Last changed: 24.07.2025 In order to promote transparency and to support the creation and growth of spin-offs in Switzerland, the institutions of the ETH Domain have developed common licensing principles for spin-offs. If a r
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Knowledge and technology transfer

Spin-offs of Eawag
Scaling up technologies
Last changed: 24.07.2025 Scaling up technologies MEWS conducts applied research to push technologies from innovative and transferring, to technologies that are field-ready for implementation. The research group Management of
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Scaling up technologies
Successful spin-off celebrates anniversary
Last changed: 24.07.2025 ‘We have benefited greatly from the network,’ explains Miriam Harter, one of the co-founders of Ranas, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month. The spin-off was created in 2020 from a re
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Successful spin-off celebrates anniversary
11th International Steven Hoogendijk Award (ISHA) goes to Linda Strande
Last changed: 24.07.2025
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11th International Steven Hoogendijk Award (ISHA) goes to Linda Strande
Management of Excreta, Wastewater and Sludge
Last changed: 29.07.2025 Management of Excreta, Wastewater and Sludge (MEWS) The research group Management of Excreta, Wastewater, and Sludge (MEWS) addresses solutions for city-wide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) through applie
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Management of Excreta, Wastewater and Sludge
Strategic Environmental Sanitation Planning
Last changed: 29.07.2025 Strategic Environmental Sanitation Planning Sandec’s research on Strategic Environmental Sanitation Planning (SESP) systematically addresses the complexity of urban sanitation in order to develop appr
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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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Strategic Environmental Sanitation Planning
Fisheries Advisory Service
Last changed: 30.07.2025 Fisheries Advisory Service FIBER – Advisory service and training for fishermen The Swiss Fisheries Advisory Service is a link between fisheries-related research, administration, and angling. FIBER pro
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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution

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Fisheries Advisory Service
Daniel Guignard

Scientific Assistant

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Department Environmental Toxicology
Dr. Dilsad Dagtekin

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Department Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Angelina Arquint

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Department Aquatic Ecology
Michael McGlade

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Department Water Resources & Drinking Water
Anna Cajochen

PhD Student, Group: DA

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Department Environmental Social Sciences
Dr. Laurence Strubbe

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Department Process Engineering
Reto Flori

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Department Technical Services
Lena Xue

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Department Process Engineering

Focal points: Decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse, Ultrafiltration, Chlorination, Online monitoring
Luis Philipp Habersetzer

PhD Student

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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution
Lara Chaouat

PhD Student

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Department Aquatic Ecology
André Hoffmann

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Department Library Lib4RI
Natalia Andrea Montoya Arévalo

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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development
Dr. Sarah Richman

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Department Aquatic Ecology
Alba Gutierrez Pedemonte

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Department Urban Water Management
Paul Moser Roeggla

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Department Water Resources & Drinking Water
Dr. Gustavo Covatti

PostDoc

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Department Water Resources & Drinking Water

Focal points: Groundwater quality, Inorganic nitrogen, Machine learning
Dr. Kai-Yun Li

+41 58 765 5970

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Department Water Resources & Drinking Water
Marcel Walter

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Department Surface Waters Research & Management
Taylor Norris

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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution
Jelger Elings

Post-doctoral Researcher

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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution

Focal points: Fish behaviour, fish movement, (Acoustic) telemetry
Nicole Russo

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Department Surface Waters Research & Management

Focal points: Paleo-climate and Paleo-environment., Ecosystem development through time., Lipid Biomarkers multi-proxies (Alkenones, Diols and GDGT).
Henry Broadbent

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Department Aquatic Ecology
Nadja Christen

Technician

+41 58 765 2142

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Department Fish Ecology & Evolution
Maja Schon

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Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development
Apprenticeships
Last changed: 04.08.2025 Skills development Eawag is committed to making a meaningful contribution to the education mandate of the apprenticeship system, and offers several apprenticeship places each year. We mentor and suppo
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Dr. Marlene Kammerer

Guest researcher, PEGO

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Department Environmental Social Sciences

Focal points: Climate policy and governance, Plastic pollution policy, Political networks
Research environment
Last changed: 05.08.2025 Eawag offers a remarkable environment for research in aquatic science and technology. Researchers enjoy an academic environment in which much of the research is driven "bottom-up" by the interests of
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Directorate
Last changed: 05.08.2025 The Eawag Directorate (from left): Deputy Director Christian Stamm, Lenny Winkel, Sara Marks, Director Martin Ackermann, Carsten Schubert, Head of Operations Gabriele Mayer and Florian Altermatt. (Pho
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