Goal 6 – Clean water and sanitation

The project researches the efficiency of technologies for the removal of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants and the resulting changes in aquatic organisms in the river.
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As part of this project, a GIS-based online data and information portal for groundwater-related issues was developed, with a special focus on the geogenic pollutants arsenic and fluoride. These naturally occurring groundwater pollutants affect over a hundred million people worldwide with mild to severe health problems.
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Research addresses the pressing regional and increasingly global challenges affecting groundwater and its protection as a natural resource. In addition, strategies are being developed for sustainable water supply in arid/semi-arid areas and megacities.
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Our objective is to understand the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that trigger cyanobacterial blooms within a lake ecosystem and its food network, and to develop predictive models for these events. The research methods are holistic and interdisciplinary to reach robust conclusions about the impact of cyanobacterial blooms.
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The SeeWandel project (or "Lake Change" project) brings together seven research institutions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The complex interactions between nutrient decline, climate change, invasive and alien species and other stress factors are being investigated. How these influence the ecosystem of Lake Constance as well as the human utilisation of the lake’s resources is also the subject of the investigations.
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The objective of this project is to quantify the prevalence, identify risk factors and understand the transmission of pathogenic and antibiotic-resistant E. coli. For this purpose, representative nationwide surveys of drinking water and a novel and cost-effective method for screening E. coli are being used.
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This project develops modular systems for the treatment of wastewater, urine and faeces in the toilet that do not require an external connection to the drinking water and wastewater network. This separation at the source allows the three streams to be treated according to their specific characteristics, allowing maximum recovery of resources such as nutrients and fresh water.
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By collecting urine, brown water and grey water separately in buildings, the three wastewater streams can be treated according to their characteristics, so that a maximum recovery of resources such as nutrients or water is possible.
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The REACH project aims to establish a sustainable and robust drinking water monitoring system in conjunction with a risk-based supply strategy for rural Nepal.
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The project involves local communities in Hwange in western Zimbabwe in collecting data from water samples that showed their local water sources were polluted by coal mining companies.
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This project has developed innovative processes to separate wastewater at the source. One of these technologies is the NoMix toilet, which separates urine and faeces. It is an essential component for sanitation systems that separate urine from the rest of the wastewater.
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As part of this project, a comprehensive inventory of Swiss glacial lakes will be compiled, which can be used for monitoring and analysing the effects of climate change, developing tourist attractions and opening up new opportunities for hydropower utilisation.
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The project supports sustainable management of river systems and investigates and develops restoration measures. The database is to be improved, for example, by developing methods for cross-project comparisons of restoration measures at the national level.
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The objective of the project is to reduce problematic impacts in river systems that have reservoirs by monitoring and assessing hydropower installations.
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