Science that matters

Using satellite imagery to optimise urban cooling

Green spaces or trees can mitigate urban heat, but it takes time for the cooling effects to develop. Modelling using satellite data can show how much time is needed. Read more

Foto: Eawag, Lucas Gobatti

Insecticides can affect fish behaviour


The safety of insecticides is predominantly evaluated based on lethal effects on other animals. However, new findings from Eawag support the notion that also lower concentrations can be problematic. Read more

Combined sewer system no longer sustainable

Foto: Max Maurer, Eawag und ETH Zürich

The combined sewer system, in which both wastewater and stormwater are collected in the same system, is a great achievement, but these systems are now rapidly approaching their limits. Read more


How antibiotic resistance spreads in bacterial colonies

Foto: Springer Nature, Timing of antibiotic administration determines the spread of plasmid-encoded antibiotic resistance during microbial range expansion, Yinyin Ma et al, Springer Communications

The number of microbes that acquire antibiotic resistance depends on the time at which the antibiotic is added. Read more
The state of biodiversity in European bodies of water

Foto: Senckenberg

In the scientific journal Nature, an international team including a member of Eawag published a study on the state and development of biodiversity in European inland waters, based on invertebrates. Read more





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Aquatic research for sustainable development

What are possible approaches for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and what contribution does water research make?

Discover more at the Eawag Info Day 
14 September 2023 in Dübendorf.

Registration deadline:  Thursday, 31 August 2023






Foto: Peter Penicka, Eawag
Successful completion of apprenticeship 2023
Nine apprentices have recently completed their training at Eawag as laboratory technicians in chemistry and biology and as IT specialists. Congratulations! Read more

Foto: BJ Ward
ETH Medal for Barbara Jeanne Ward
Barbara Jeanne Ward received the ETH Medal for her doctoral thesis on predicting the dewatering capacity of faecal sludge in mid-July. Read more


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Benjamin Hofmann joins the Swiss Young Academy
The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences has elected five new members to the Swiss Young Academy, including Benjamin Hofmann, postdoctoral researcher in the Environmental Social Sciences Department. Read more  

Foto: Empa
How does our drinking water stay clean?
Environmental engineers are conducting research at Eawag on wastewater treatment and the safe discharge of rainwater from cities. In the video «Wie bleibt unser Trinkwasser sauber?» (in German), produced as part of Kangaroo goes Science, they present their research. 




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Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater
The research project “SARS-CoV-s in Wastewater” of Christoph Ort, Eawag Dubendorf, developed an early warning system to track the spatio-temporal development and the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater. To the video






05.09.2023, 4.30 pm - 6.00 pm
In German, Eawag Dübendorf
12.09.2023, 5.30  pm - 7.00 pm
Public Guided Tour Eawag Kastanienbaum
In German, Eawa, Kastanienbaum

31.10.2023
Moderne Messnetze in der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
Course Peak, Eawag Kastanienbaum

In our Agenda you will find further events of Eawag.






No.24 08/23



The “Hydrological data and forecasts” portal provides current and past hydrological data on rivers, lakes and groundwater in Switzerland as well as forecasts and flood warnings.





Three articles about the Seewandel project in the specialist journal Aqua & Gas (in German)
•   Fischbestände des Bodensees
•   Felchen im Bodensee - gestern, morgen, heute
•   Kleiner Fisch mit grosser Wirkung



Scientific publications from Eawag can be found on DORA Eawag.


Cover picture: In close exchange with various universities in Switzerland and abroad, Eawag is committed to the education of undergraduate and doctoral students in natural, engineering and social sciences. In 2022, Eawag employees supervised 149 doctoral theses – such as that of Dorothee Kurz. In collaboration with ETH Zurich, the engineer in Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez’s research group is investigating how bacteria form biofilms in soils and groundwater aquifers.  

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