Eawag
Trainees in the focus of a national monitoring programme
Teaching
Eawag
Trainees from Eawag’s analytical and training laboratory assist in the analysis of a wide variety of water samples. A prominent example is the National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF). In a video, we take a look behind the scenes of the laboratory and show its role for the NADUF programme.
Generating carbon credits with container-based sanitation
Research
Eawag
Container-based sanitation has the potential to generate carbon credits through avoided greenhouse gas emissions. Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, worked on developing a draft methodology to quantify these emission savings.
Climate change leads to disproportionately high pollutant absorption
Research
Eawag
Eawag researcher Johannes Raths has won a prize for his study of increased pollutant absorption with rising water temperatures.
New Eawag spin-off advises wastewater treatment plant
TechTransfer
Eawag
Environmental engineer Wenzel Gruber and microbiologist Robert Niederdorfer – both Eawag postdocs – founded the spin-off Upwater together with two other partners at the beginning of November 2022. It offers measurements for wastewater treatment plants to support them in reducing process instabilities, greenhouse gas emissions as well as energy consumption.
Glacial melt threatens habitats of alpine river organisms
Research
Eawag
When glaciers retreat, the habitats for cold-water organisms also change. Researchers have now modelled where refuges that are vital for biodiversity in glacial rivers will remain in the future.
DNA traces in groundwater
Research
Eawag
An Eawag study shows that a large variety of living organisms leave their DNA traces in groundwater – which also depends on the land use in the catchment area. In future, these biological parameters could be used to assess groundwater quality.
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