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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90 percent of the entire Eawag site is designed to be near-natural and is also maintained accordingly (Photo: Eawag, Alessandro Della Bella).

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Eawag’s outdoor facilities receive certificate for their ...

November 21, 2024

The near-natural landscaping of the green spaces around the Eawag buildings in Dübendorf not only promotes biodiversity, but also offers employees and visitors an attractive environment in which to spend time. Because of this, Eawag has now been awarded the certificate for near-natural company premises by the Natur & Wirtschaft (Nature & Economy) Foundation.

Bernhard Truffer among the most cited scientists 2023 (Photo: Eawag)

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Bernhard Truffer among the most cited scientists 2024

November 19, 2024

Professor Bernhard Truffer of the Eawag Water Research Institute is among the "highly cited researchers 2024".

ETH Rector Günther Dissertori presents Valentin Faust with the 2024 Otto-Jaag Water Protection Prize (Photo: ETH, Alessandro Della Bella).

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2024 Otto-Jaag Water Protection Prize for Valentin Faust

November 18, 2024

During ETH Day on 16 November 2024, environmental engineer Valentin Faust was awarded the Otto-Jaag Water Protection Prize for his doctoral thesis. His work provides important insights about the production of fertiliser from human urine.

Tural Aliyev in the Cryopshere Pavilion at the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (Photo: Eawag).

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Eawag at COP29: Swiss Innovations for Global Climate ...

November 15, 2024

The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. The Aquatic Research Institute Eawag is organising three thematic panel discussions on the topic of ‘Swiss innovations for global climate action’ together with the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva.

The two prizewinners Julie Conrads (left) and Joana Santos (right) accepting their award during the Swiss Geoscience Meeting. In the centre Friedrich Jüttner, President of the Hydrobiology-Limonology Foundation for Aquatic Research (Photo: Natacha Tofield-Pasche).

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Joana Santos and Julie Conrads are recognised for their ...

November 14, 2024

Every year, the Hydrobiology Limnology Foundation for Water Research issues an award for dissertations and master theses on limnology. This year, the prize for the dissertation and master thesis went to researchers at the aquatic research institute Eawag.

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20. - 21.11.2024

Capacity Building Workshop on Effective Science-Policy Collaboration in Biodiversity Management

8.30 am

Dübendorf, Empa-Eawag Campus, FLUX Building F Floor

21.11.2024

Eawag Seminar

Direct Air Capture – From Lab to Field

4.00 pm

Eawag Dübendorf, room FC-C20 & Online

25.11.2024

Surf Seminar

Seasonal patterns of mixing and the distribution of iron and manganese in a monomictic drinking water reservoir

11.00 am

Eawag Kastanienbaum, Seminar room Seeheim & online via Zoom

Continuing education

Get inspired by our diverse course program covering environmental and health topics such as wastewater monitoring, charophyte conservation, resource-oriented sanitation systems, and impact assessment in river restoration projects. Dive deeper into lake modeling, mass spectrometry, systematic behaviour change, and drinking water protection – in exchange with experts from research and practice.

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.