Three recent studies examine pesticide pollution in Swiss streams and rivers. With comprehensive screening of over 250 pesticides, they show which of them occur in water bodies and which pose the highest risks to aquatic organisms 💧 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

Rebecca Oester has received the Schwoerbel-Benndorf Young Scientist Award for her paper ‘Riparian forests shape trophic interactions in detrital stream food webs’, which she wrote as a PhD student at Eawag. Congratulations! 🎉 👉 Read her paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Climate change is altering air temperature and precipitation patterns in Switzerland, thereby impairing the recharge and quality of groundwater. A mix of measures is needed to ensure the sustainable use of groundwater as a resource. Read the full article: www.eawag.ch/en/info/publ...

Urban trees are often seen as natural allies in fighting summer heat. But how much they actually help to cool their surroundings depends heavily on how moist the soil is. This is the main finding of a new study, led by environmental engineers at @ethz.ch and #Eawag. baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water 💧 Read all about the topics that have been discussed at this years Eawag Infotag: www.eawag.ch/en/info/publ... #eawaginfotag #infotag2025 #groundwater #climatechange

The @erc.europa.eu awards one of this year's starting grants to Catalina Chaparro Pedraza 💪🎉 In her five-year research project PHENOTIPPING she will address the question: How does adaptation contribute to ecosystem resilience? #ERCStG #ecosystems

Eawag scientist Serina Robinson receives the ERC Starting Grant. She is investigating how microbial enzymes bind PFAS. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... @erc.europa.eu @ethz.ch #Eawag #pollutants #foreverchemicals #ERCStG

Eawag, one of the world’s leading water research institutes, monitors bioretention cells at Eawag and Empa's campus to enable early detection of changes in infiltration capacity. @eawag.bsky.social

Heute findet an der #Eawag der jährliche #Infotag statt. Dieses Jahr mit dem spannenden Thema Grundwasser 💧💪 Unsere Forschenden stellen Resultate und Werkzeuge vor, welche Praxis und Verwaltung unterstützen, die #Trinkwasserressourcen in Qualität und Menge zu sichern.

Job alert! We're looking for a Scientific Data Applications Specialist (m/w/d) 80-100% 📢 👉 Are you interested? Find all necessary information here: apply.refline.ch/673277/1287/...

The European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) has presented @josiannekollmann.bsky.social with the Stan Maes Early Career Award 🏅 Congratulations, Josianne! 🎉

An international study conducted in Eawag's experimental ponds demonstrates how indirect ecological effects influence the evolution of species. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

Six million euros for smarter cities with clean water 💧💪 #Eawag and @fhnw.ch are part of the new EU project UrbanM2O. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... #waterqualitymanagement #cleanwater #stormwatermanagement

Indirect effects drive evolution: Researchers of #MainzUniversity, @eawag.bsky.social & @unibas.ch present first direct evidence that species that never interact can profoundly influence each other's #evolution 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/indirect-eff... #EvolutionaryBiology #biology

From 18–22 August 2025, @ethz.ch welcomed 24 students from ENHANCE universities to the first-ever ENHANCE Summer School at this member university. The programme was organised by ETH’s Department of Environmental Systems Science and #Eawag 👍 👉 enhanceuniversity.eu/eth-zurich-c...

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A controversial serum has been necessary for the growth of cells in the context of animal-free toxicology research. Eawag researchers have now developed an alternative. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... #animalfreeresearch #animaltesting #celllines #fishcells #serumfree #serumfreeresearch #animalfree

Öffentliche Führung Eawag Kastanienbaum 📢 Mittwoch 27. August 2025, 18:15 – 19:45Uhr Eawag Kastanienbaum, Mehrzwecksaal Seeheim Im Anschluss sind die Gäste zu einem Apéro eingeladen. Anmeldung bis 24. August, die Teilnehmerzahl ist beschränkt 👉 www.eawag.ch/de/info/agen...

A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... @bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social

Legionella-related illnesses are on the rise. A paper by an international team shows what steps are needed to combat the pathogen. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... @drinkmic.bsky.social #legionella #legionellaresearch #eawag

Researchers from #Eawag have conducted an extensive meta-analysis of field studies worldwide to better understand how land-cover changes in the watershed influence freshwater food webs. 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @florianaltermatt.bsky.social #foodwebs #landuse

Nicht verpassen! 📢👍 Heute um 19 Uhr, SRF 1 «Genfersee – LéXPLORE die Forschungsplattform» Das Sammeln von Daten rund um die Uhr ist möglich dank der Forschungsplattform LéXPLORE auf dem Genfersee. «Schweiz aktuell» erkundet die Plattform live vor Ort 👉 medien.srf.ch/-/%C2%ABschw...

When 50/50 Isn’t Optimal: Debunking Even Rebalancing New theory of class imbalance demonstrates that the optimal training imbalance in a binary problem is not 50% 💡 An interesting article by our researcher Marco Baity Jesi medium.com/@marcobaityj...

Climate history from a lake at almost 5000 metres above sea level 💧💡 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... #watercycle #lakenamco #noblegases

Successful Eawag spin-off celebrates anniversary 🎉 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... #behaviourchange #prevention

Wir haben eine offene Stelle an der @eawag.bsky.social für eine:n Wissenschaftliche:n Mitarbeiter:in im Bereich Seenmanagement. Wir freuen uns auf Bewerbungen über: apply.refline.ch/673277/1280/...

Is a new variant of the coronavirus spreading? Is there a major flu epidemic or is monkeypox on the way? Wastewater monitoring can answer such questions 💪 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... #wastewatermonitoring @trj2.bsky.social #eawag

Für unsere Berufsbildungsabteilung suchen wir per Januar 2026 oder nach Vereinbarung eine /einen Leiterin / Leiter Berufsbildung (m/w/d) 80-100% 💪 apply.refline.ch/673277/1270/... #berufsbildung #berufslehre #ausbildung

By the end of the century, water temperatures in Swiss rivers will rise by up to 3.5 degrees if no action to protect the climate is taken. The rivers in the Alps are particularly affected 💧 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... @unibas.ch #Eawag #watertemperatures #climateprotection #climatechange

In many rivers, only a small amount of streamflow remains for nature after water is diverted for hydropower production. This is having consequences. Researchers from @wslresearch.bsky.social , #UZH and #Eawag have compiled an interdisciplinary overview 👉 Read more: www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

To curb global plastic pollution and to make plastics safer and more sustainable, countries are currently negotiating a global treaty. A new study by #Eawag and Empa and published in Nature provides a overview of all chemicals that can be present in plastics 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

En Suisse aussi, la réutilisation d'eaux usées spécialement traitées peut constituer une ressource fiable pour des usages en eau non potable. Cela permettrait par exemple de réduire les besoins en eau potable dans les ménages et l'industrie. 👉 www.aquaetgas.ch/fr/eau/eaux-...

Apply now: #PhD #position “Advancing environmental DNA (#eDNA) approaches to future-proof #environmental #monitoring of #aquatic #ecosystems” 🧬 🔎 🦐 🧪 🐟 (4 years position) ➡️ apply.refline.ch/673277/1268/... Thanks for sharing to suitable candidates! @eawag.bsky.social

Die Wiederverwendung von speziell aufbereitetem #Abwasser kann auch in der Schweiz eine verlässliche Ressource für Nicht-Trinkwasseranwendungen sein. Damit lässt sich zum Beispiel der #Trinkwasserbedarf in Haushalt und Industrie reduzieren 👉 www.aquaetgas.ch/wasser/abwas... #trinkwasser

Two workshops on urban development and biodiversity with participants from research and politics show how cities can be designed to be biodiversity-friendly, inclusive and resilient. 👉 Read more: www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... @wslresearch.bsky.social #GreenCityNet #UrbanBiodiversity

A new paper in Nature Communications sheds light on the mechanism for how phage can promote the spread of antibiotic resistance 💡 Read the paper here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #antibioticresistance #antibiotics

Flüsse und Seen wärmen sich auf - unser Experte Christoph Vorburger gestern im 10 vor 10 🐟 www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-v...

Microbial communities living deep underground in the #groundwater remain surprisingly stable throughout the year, even though the composition of the water changes seasonally. This is the finding of a study by #Eawag researchers 💪 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

Eawag Vize-Direktor Christian Stamm war heute als Morgengast beim SRF. Er spricht über die Wasserqualität in unseren Badegewässern und die zukünftigen Herausforderungen 👉 www.srf.ch/audio/morgen... Mehr zum Thema Grund- und Trinkwasser übrigens an unserem Infotag im September: www.eawag.ch/infotag

The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences have elected eight new members to the Swiss Young Academy, including Abishek Narayan, a Scientist in the Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development (Sandec) at #Eawag. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

High-throughput multiplex detection of antibiotic resistant genes and virulence factors in Escherichia coli using digital Multiplex Ligation Assay. Authors from @eawag.bsky.social and @ethz.ch. #ecoli #OpenAccess: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...

Marco E. Franco from our department of Environmental Toxicology has received the prestigious Rifcon Early Career Scientist Award for 2025. Congratulations! 🎉

Die gegenwärtige #Hitze führt zu zunehmendem Temperaturstress für #Fische in #Schweizer #Fliessgewässern, insbesondere in der Thur, Goldach, Broye und Tresa. Mehr auf www.drought.ch/de/impakt-vo... des Projektes #MaLeFix der @wslresearch.bsky.social. @hydrologywsl.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social

Join us for a special seminar with Prof. Sera Young and Prof. Julius Lucks 👍 Together, they will share insights into how engineering, anthropology, and global health come together to address global water security challenges. More information: www.eawag.ch/de/info/agen...

Gestalte die Zukunft unserer IT aktiv mit – im Microsoft-365-Umfeld! Für unsere Informatikabteilung suchen wir per sofort oder nach Vereinbarung eine engagierte Persönlichkeit als M365 System Engineer (w/m/d) 80–100% apply.refline.ch/673277/1265/...

The Senate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has elected Urs von Gunten as Honorary Doctor of the School of Chemistry in the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Congratulations! 🎉 👉 labpkm.gr/2025/06/14/a... #eawag #EPFL

Researchers have tested combined biological and chemical online monitoring as an early warning system at a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The system is able to detect peak loads of micropollutants in wastewater and identify toxic pollutants in real time. 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

The Eawag campus in Kastanienbaum on Lake Lucerne is a ‘biodiversity gem’. That is the verdict of the Nature & Economy Foundation 🌱🐟 Like Dübendorf, the campus in Lucerne has now been awarded the certificate for nature-friendly company premises 🎉

Gestern Abend wurde in der Sendung nano ein Beitrag zur Nutzung von #Seewasserwärme ausgestrahlt. Als Experte mit dabei: Martin Schmid der #Eawag 👉 www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/... (Beitrag ab Minute 9:35)

🔬 Bacteria fight and feast with the same tool New #research from @ethz.ch and @eawag.bsky.social reveals that some Vibrio #bacteria don’t just kill competitors with their molecular “spear” - they also feed on them. 👉🏻 Read the full article: go.ethz.ch/2k