Newsletter: Interview with Prof. Dr. Janet Hering: “The overarching challenge has remained the same”

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“The overarching challenge has remained the same”

Prof. Dr Janet Hering has headed Eawag as Director since 2007. She has left a lasting mark on the aquatic research institute. Now she is retiring at the end of 2022. In this interview, she explains what the “virtuous cycle” is, why she considers networking to be enormously important and what continues to challenge water research today. To the Interview with Prof. Dr. Janet Hering

Making knowledge practical and more transparent

How can the use of scientific knowledge be promoted in policy and practice to make plant protection more sustainable? An interdisciplinary study, in which five Swiss research institutions participated, identifies important hurdles and proposes a package of measures. Read more

Monitoring antibiotic resistance in wastewater

Researchers at Eawag recommend setting up a monitoring system for antibiotic resistance in the synthesis report of the National Research Programme NRP 72 Antimicrobial resistance, similar to the wastewater monitoring for Sars-CoV-2. Read more

Yellow-black-grey makes many things possible

No tiger duck and no football club - the formula "yellow-black-grey" refers to the separation of wastewater streams at their source, i.e. at the toilet, washbasin or shower. This opens up new possibilities and saves resources. A series of Eawag fact sheets shows how this can be done. Read more

Pollution of the Glatt by trace substances is decreasing

Together with the Canton of St. Gallen, Eawag has been investigating the impact of the expansion of the wastewater treatment plant at Flawil to include a stage for the removal of micropollutants on water quality in the River Glatt. Initial results now show a very positive picture. Read more

Remove micropollutants with granulated activated carbon

Currently, the first Swiss wastewater treatment plants are being upgraded with an additional treatment stage for the removal of micropollutants using granulated activated carbon (GAC), including the WWTP at Muri. Eawag provided technical support for the design of the installation and is also investigating unresolved issues. Read more

The Swiss water transition: wait and see or take a proactive approach?

New technologies in the water sector can contribute to the flexible and sustainable development of urban water management and the sustainable utilisation of water as a resource. In a recent article in the journal Aqua & Gas, a team of researchers from the aquatic research institute Eawag shows what opportunities and risks are associated with this. Read more

Sunscreen in the Scout Camp Bathing Lake - A Problem?
The Ecotox Centre and Eawag took advantage of the 2022 national scout camp in Goms (VS) to examine samples from the bathing lake used by thousands of scouts for endocrine disruptors from sun creams - a 1:1 scale experiment that shows how different the challenges in environmental analysis are between laboratory experiments and the real world. Click here for the video or the project website of the Ecotox Centre.

Fewer and «greener» chemicals Work is currently underway at the UN Biodiversity Conference to negotiate a framework agreement to preserve biodiversity. A group of researchers, including an Eawag environmental toxicologist, recommends restricting or replacing other chemicals in addition to pesticides, nutrients and plastic waste. Read more

Otto Jaag Water Protection Prize Eawag researchers Wenzel Gruber and Urs Schönenberger have won this year's Otto Jaag Water Protection Prize for their dissertations. Read more

Eawag's contribution to the SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the heart of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda. With its research, Eawag is enabling progress towards the goals. In an overview, you can learn more about selected research projects. Read more

Bernhard Truffer among the most cited scientists Professor Bernhard Truffer of the Eawag Water Research Institute is among the "highly cited researchers 2022". Read more

29.10.2022 - 12.2.2023 Jean Painlevé – feet in the water Fotomuseum Winterthur

February 15, 2023, 9.00 am - 4.30 pm Satellitendaten als Ergänzung für das Gewässermonitoring PEAK course Eawag, Dübendorf

	In our Agenda you will find further events of Eawag.

Oekotoxzentrum News The booklet gives information on latest projects, findings and events and also background knowledge in ecotoxicology (in German and French).

Industrieabwasser und deren Behandlungsmöglichkeiten Report of the VSA on processes used by companies for the treatment of waste water (in German and French).

	Scientific publications from Eawag can be found on DORA Eawag.

Cover picture: Daniel Odermatt, head of Eawag's Remote Sensing Group, has been working with researchers from Eawag, the Federal Office for the Environment and the University of Zurich to survey all the glacial lakes that have formed in the Swiss Alps over the last 170 years and to record various indicators. Photo: Tobias Ryser. Read more

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