Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Photo: Stephan Müller (head water division at FOEN), Paul Svoboda (head water protection, Basel-Stadt) and the Eawag scientists Matthias Ruff and Heinz Singer (from left).

September 8, 2014

September 8, 2014Today, Monday 8 September, the Canton of Basel-Stadt, the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment and Eawag are somewhat belatedly celebrating the anniversary of the International Rhine Monitoring Station (RMS) in Weil am Rhein.

September 4, 2014

September 4, 2014By retracing the history of fish genomes, researchers are shedding light on universal mechanisms of vertebrate evolution: a study published in Nature shows how a reservoir of mutations, accumulated over a long period, facilitated rapid adaptation and speciation in African cichlids.

What are the social and environmental consequences of Switzerland’s energy change?

September 1, 2014

September 1, 2014The Swiss Federal Institute WSL, together with Eawag, has launched a new research programme: ‘Energy Change Impact’. The programme will highlight the social and environmental impact of the energy change and will show how potential conflicts can be avoided.

Federal Councillor Schneider-Ammann visits Eawag

August 29, 2014

August 29, 2014Thursday 28 August, 2014 saw a visit to Eawag by Education Minister Schneider-Ammann. He congratulated Director Janet Hering on having been elected for a third term in office, and spoke in glowing terms of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, hailing it as one of the flagships of Switzerland’s altogether exemplary education and research landscape.

[Translate to English:] NEST-Projektvisualisierung: Das Gebäude wird sein Aussehen immer wieder verändern

August 26, 2014

August 26, 2014NEST: The house of the future

The construction of the modular research and innovation house NEST got underway at its ground-breaking ceremony on August 26. The building’s frame, its “backbone”, should be completed by the summer of 2015, upon which the first research modules will be installed.

August 20, 2014

August 20, 2014On the recommendation of the ETH Board the Bundesrat has re-elected Janet Hering as Director of Eawag until 2018. More information and interview with Prof Janet Hering: Switzerland: a leading example of sustainable water management.

August 11, 2014

August 11, 2014Bernhard Truffer, Head of the Department of Environmental Social Sciences, was appointed Professor of “Geography of Transitions in Urban Infrastructures” at the Faculty for Geosciences in the University of Utrecht at the beginning of August 2014.

July 24, 2014

July 24, 2014Chemistry professor Andreas Fath from the Furtwangen University in Baden-Württemberg is looking for money for new analysis equipment and for water research at his institute. From 28 July to 24 August he will swim the entire Rhine for this purpose, from the mountains in Graubünden to Rotterdam, including Lake Constance!

June 19, 2014

June 19, 2014First Lake Brienz, and now Lake Lucerne – calls are being increasingly made for there to be more phosphorus in Lake Lucerne.

Wastewater reveals drug consumption picture

May 27, 2014

May 27, 2014Wastewater contains traces of drugs and their metabolites. This allows us to draw conclusions on drug use – not of individuals, but of entire cities.

Archive News

20 Years of the Weil/Basel Rhine Monitoring Station

A new understanding of evolution

What are the social and environmental consequences of Switzerland’s energy change?

Federal Councillor Schneider-Ammann visits Eawag

Construction work on modular research building gets underway

Janet Hering elected for third term as Eawag Director

Professorship for Bernhard Truffer

Like a Fish in the Rhine – Professor swims, Eawag analyses

More phosphorus in Lake Lucerne? Eawag is critical.

Wastewater reveals drug consumption picture