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Through their work, Eawag trainees provide the basis for many years of water quality monitoring (Photo: Eawag, Manuel Koller)

May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023Trainees 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.

Linda Strande and Sylvain Usher, Executive Director of AfWASA, with the Memorandum of Understanding (Photographer: Unknown)

May 25, 2023

May 25, 2023At the recent joint 21st AfWASA International Congress and Exhibition and 7th Conference on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM7), Eawag signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the African Water and Sanitation Association. The two conferences took place under one roof in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The contribution in the German pavilion at the Biennale of Architecture is more than just an exhibition. It wants to provide an action framework for a new building culture. (Photo: ARCH+ SUMMACUMMFEMMER BÜRO JULIANE GREB)

May 23, 2023

May 23, 2023On Saturday, 20 May, the 18th Biennale of Architecture in Venice opened its doors. In the German pavilion, which focuses on building in existing contexts and the recycling economy, also the Nutrient Harvester developed at Eawag is demonstrated. It processes the urine from two on-site dry separation toilets into fertiliser.

Eawag has now been awarded the ‘Friendly Workspace’ label by Health Promotion Switzerland (Image: Peter Penicka, Eawag).

November 28, 2024

November 28, 2024Following an in-depth assessment by Health Promotion Switzerland, it is now official: Eawag is a certified ‘Friendly Workspace’. This means that Eawag puts great importance to the health and well-being of its employees.

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

November 21, 2024

November 21, 2024The 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)

November 19, 2024

November 19, 2024Professor 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).

November 18, 2024

November 18, 2024During 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).

November 15, 2024

November 15, 2024The 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).

November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024Every 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.

A section of the drill core from the prehistoric Lake Greifen (Photo: Yama Tomonaga, Eawag, University of Basel).

November 12, 2024

November 12, 2024A nuclear waste storage facility needs to be secure, even if glaciers were to churn down from the Alps into the midlands in a distant future. This is why Nagra arranged for a study of the sediments that had been deposited in former, deep glacial lakes. The layers are around 600,000 years old, making them much older than the last ice age, which was around 24,000 years ago. Good news for Nagra: it seems that the layers of stone lying beneath have not been eroded by ice since that time.

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Trainees in the focus of a national monitoring programme

Memorandum of Understanding Signed with African Water and Sanitation Association

Eawag technology at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

Eawag is now officially a Friendly Workspace

Eawag’s outdoor facilities receive certificate for their near-natural design

Bernhard Truffer among the most cited scientists 2024

2024 Otto-Jaag Water Protection Prize for Valentin Faust

Eawag at COP29: Swiss Innovations for Global Climate Action

Joana Santos and Julie Conrads are recognised for their work

Nuclear waste storage needs to withstand an ice age