Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Eawag is one of the world’s leading aquatic research institutes. With its professional diversity, close partnerships with practitioners and an international network, Eawag offers an excellent environment for the study of water as a habitat and resource, for identifying problems at an early stage and for developing widely accepted solutions.

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A landfill site in Vietnam (Photo: Dorian Tosi Robinson, Eawag)

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Plastic pollution: From Phu Yen to a global ...

January 12, 2026

A new study provides precise data on the origin of plastic in the sea. It could be key to reducing this pollution in a targeted way.

Wenn mit öffentlichen Mitteln erarbeitetes Wissen «Open Access» publiziert wird, kommt es auch wiederum allen zugute. (Foto: iStock Natali_Mis)

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Eawag is a pioneer in open access to its research

January 6, 2026

For years, Eawag has been committed to ensuring that its research findings are "open access" – in other words, accessible free of charge. Within the Swiss higher education landscape, its proportion of scientific publications that are open access is therefore among the highest.

Pest control with pesticides in a rice field. (Adobe Stock)

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Plant protection with fewer chemicals would have ...

December 8, 2025

A global shift to agriculture with no or fewer pesticides would have long-term ecological and economic benefits, according to a new study.

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 concentrations. (Photo: BauernZeitung)

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How artificial intelligence detects nitrate ...

December 1, 2025

Eawag researchers are using machine learning to map nitrate pollution in Swiss groundwater. This allows gaps in the measurement network to be filled and the causes of excessive values to be identified. The study is part of a larger project analysing the nitrogen cycle in Switzerland.

Yves Flückiger, President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, presents James Runnalls, software engineer at Eawag, with the National Open Research Data (ORD) Prize for developing the interactive online platform alplakes for monitoring and forcasting alpine lakes. (Photo: Andres Jordi)

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Alplakes receives Swiss prize for open research ...

November 28, 2025

James Runnalls, software engineer at the aquatic research institute Eawag, receives the National Prize for Open Research Data (ORD) for developing the interactive online platform alplakes for monitoring and forecasting alpine lakes.

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we are investigating the basis for clean drinking water and sustainable management of drinking water resources.

we are investigating how to optimise wastewater infrastructures and overcome new challenges.

our research contributes to understanding and conserving aquatic biodiversity.

we are investigating biotic communities and their habitats in order to conserve ecosystem services for us humans.

we are investigating the effect of chemical substances on the environment and developing methods to remove them from drinking water, wastewater and bodies of water.