Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

[Translate to English:] 1. Ein Grundwasserpumpbrunnen bei Winterthur; © NFP61

December 3, 2013

December 3, 2013In the course of the last few decades, the oxygen concentration levels in aquifers in the Swiss Plateau have dropped irregularly.

September 26, 2013

September 26, 2013Over the past 2,500 years, flooding in the Alps has been less frequent during warm summers than during cool summers. This is the finding of a study supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and carried out by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), the WSL, the University of Bern and the ETH Zurich..

September 11, 2013

September 11, 2013The 6.5 million inhabitants of Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, are facing a growing threat: as more and more water is pumped from a deep – previously uncontaminated – aquifer, arsenic‑laden water from shallow sediments is advancing towards the city’s wells..

August 22, 2013

August 22, 2013Arsenic-laden groundwater used for cooking and drinking could pose a risk to the health of almost 20 million people across China.

July 2, 2013

July 2, 2013Researchers at Cornell University (United States) and Eawag (Switzerland) discovered a general and flexible method to understand how insects may use non-native plants in their diet. The method could accurately predict the use of >400 non-native plants as larval hostplants by 900 different herbivorous butterfly and moth species native to Europe.

March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013Having been heavily built up over the past century, the Chriesbach stream in Dübendorf will soon be returned to its natural state. A diverse range of animals and plants stand to benefit from this revitalisation.

February 13, 2013

February 13, 2013The main findings of the most recent research partnership project “Lake Kivu: Learning from the past for managing its future”, were presented in two workshops in Kigali and Bukavu.

December 3, 2012

December 3, 2012EPFL, Eawag and Ferring Pharmaceuticals are inaugurating a Chair for the study of lake environments.

June 12, 2012

June 12, 2012In a unique field experiment, ten research groups from nine different countries have studied the ecological status of 100 streams across Europe. This was the first study to make extensive use of leaf-litter breakdown as an assessment method..

March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012In a study published this week in the scientific Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), researchers from EPFL, Eawag and University of Princeton show that the specific river-like network structures of habitats create unique biodiversity patterns..

Archive News

Aquifers suffocate when river beds silt up

Warm summers coincide with less frequent flooding

Massive groundwater withdrawals promote arsenic transport into an uncontaminated aquifer

New Risk Model Sheds Light on Arsenic Risk in China's Groundwater

Predicting novel trophic interactions in a non-native world

Improvement of the Chriesbach stream in Dübendorf for nature and leisure

Research cooperation at Lake Kivu

A research chair for lakes

A health check for European streams

Explaining biodiversity patterns in river networks