Let's talk trace contaminants! Our colleagues have just arrived in Toronto to participate in the 14th IWA #Micropol & Ecohazard Conference. The have great contributions ready to share: ... 👉 www.micropol2026to.org 1/6

Last week, Gabriela Eder, Berna de Vries, and @4heilig.bsky.social from our team attended the biennial conference of the #ÖGHMP – Austrian Society for #Hygiene, #Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine in Vienna. #OneWater #OneHealth #WBE #WES 1/5

💧 #Ozonation of #ForwardOsmosis (FO) Retentates for Quaternary #WastewaterTreatment Excited to share our latest work on the investigation of a potential approach for advanced urban WW treatment under increasingly strict EU regulations. 🔗 Full paper in #WaterReuse: doi.org/10.2166/wrd.... 1/6

🌊 Learning from real-world #WaterManagement in action! Matthias Zessner and Julia Derx spent two inspiring days with our #EnvironmentalEngineering students exploring Austria’s water infrastructure. #FishPass #FishMigration #wastewater #DrinkingWater #excursion Photo credits: Matthias Heisler 1/3

🌊 Insights from the #Tethys International Workshop – Sofia 2026 Our team looks back on this event w/ both satisfaction and hope for the future. The #workshop was embedded within the 44th PM EG Meeting of the ICPDR & the 2026 Danube Water Forum, organised by IAWD - Voice of the Danube in Sofia. 1/5

How to tackle #DiffusePollution when a river crosses 19 countries or large provinces? At #DIPCON2026, we’re bringing together 2 leading voices from opposite sides of the globe to answer that. Meet our #keynote #speakers... #WaterQuality #RiverBasinManagement #Danube #Yangtze #CallForAbstracts 1/4

🏆Four in a row! TU Wien wins the #WorldUniversityChallenge again 💧🌍 Last week, at #IFAT our team excelled in demanding tasks ranging from Integrated Water Resources Management, Measurement, control & regulation and Numerical simulation of wastewater systems. #environmentalengineering #uiw 1/3

A very warm welcome to Jedrzej Bylka! Jędrzej is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations of the Poznan University of Technology and has just joined our team for a 3-month #researchstay supervised by Joerg Krampe. #water #energy #benchmark 1/3

Meet our new team members: Helene Dreier and Severin Osten. Over the past years, we’ve had the pleasure of working with both as student assistants. Their skills, passion, and inspiring approach to tackling complex challenges left a strong impression on us. 1/3

Is there a #fingerprint for #AFFF-related #PFAS contamination in the environment? 🚒💦 The comprehensive #OpenAccess meta-analysis by Nikola Krlovic et al. dives into this question. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4

Last Tuesday, we hosted the 2nd Annual Meeting of the #ARISEproject, bringing together 22 participants, incl ... #AntimicrobialResistance #WastewaterSurveillance #EnvironmentalSurveillance #WastewaterBasedEpidemiology #PublicHealth #ICCWaterandHealth 📸 S. Buchner 1/5

We are pleased to share that our research has been featured in the latest EU Environment and Climate Science for Environmental Policy News issue. environment.ec.europa.eu/news/researc... #EnvironmentalScience #WaterQuality #Pollution #Danube #ScienceforPolicy @tuwien.at 1/3

One treatment fits all? Not quite That's the main message our team conveyed to the wonderful crowd joining the #LongNightOfResearch 2026. We showed how organic #micropollutants can be removed from #wastewater via quaternary treatment — using #oxidation and #adsorption. #WaterTreatment 1/3

Hot off the press #openaccess article by Hanna Jagenteufel et al on #mainstream #deammonification! How to transfer well-established sidestream #wastewatertreatment for #nitrogen removal via #deammonification into the mainstream? www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/18... 1/4

Last week, the Wastewater Treatment research group led by Norbert Kreuzinger had the pleasure of welcoming a group of PhD students from Environmental Technology - @w-u-r.bsky.social, accompanied by Prof. Adriaan Mels. 8 PhD students from Wageningen met 5 PhD students from our team. 1/3

🌍The Call for Abstracts to #DIPCON conference is now OPEN 🌍 23rd #IWA International Conference on #DiffusePollution and #Eutrophication. 📍 #Vienna, Austria | 📅 24–27 November 2026 👉 iwadipcon2026.com #IWADIPCON2026 #WaterQuality #CallForAbstracts #TUWien 1/3

Conducting #PFAS #experiments is notoriously challenging. In this new #openaccess paper by Thomas Oudega et al, we share lessons learned and recommendations for avoiding misleading and biased results from #porous #media #column experiments. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 1/4

A warm welcome to Vincent Idel, who joins our research group on water quality and river basin management as project assistant and PhD candidate. #teammember #phd #assistant #environmental #engineering #river 1/3

Successful PhD Defense 🎓 We are pleased to share that Juan Serrano has successfully defended his #PhD thesis: “Improved sustainable #phosphorus utilisation by converging market driven functions and requirements with product properties”. 1/5

In collaboration w/ ASFINAG, ILF Consulting Engineers, & GWT Group, we’re working on a groundbreaking #pilot project to treat salty #runoff from winter #road #maintenance in water protection facilities. Why? To recover & concentrate #salt for #reuse, combining ecological & economic benefits... 1/4

🌍 Save the Date for DIPCON 2026! 📅 Thrilled to announce that the 23rd Internat. Conference on #DiffusePollution & #Eutrophication of #IWA will be held in #Vienna from 24–27.11.2026! 👉 iwadipcon2026.com #DIPCON2026 #WaterQuality #PFAS #micropollutants #WaterResearch #TUWien #SaveTheDate 1/4

Last week, we celebrated not one, but two #farewells. It’s not easy to say goodbye to special colleagues like Steffen Kittlaus and @boehler-s.bsky.social, but we feel very fortunate for the time we have shared. Thank you both for your dedication and impact you’ve brought to our team. 1/3

New publication by Nikolaus Weber et al: "The impact of data quality and #outlier detection in high-frequency #WaterQuality data on #WaterManagement and process understanding" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #EnvironmentalMonitoring #DataScience #TimeSeriesAnalysis #DataValidation 1/6

The 280 participants of the #Februarseminar 2026, co-organised by #ÖWAV and our research unit, are now travelling back home. We enjoyed the talks that tackled the complex topic of industrial wastewater from manifold complementary angles, but what made us perhaps even happier was to see... 1/3

If you are a Postgraduate or PhD student or a young professional interested in water, wastewater and sustainability, don't miss the #DEX #SummerSchool 2026 from 29 June to 3 July! This edition will strongly focus on the new EU Urban #WastewaterTreatment Directive and ... #KARL 1/2

The #ÖWAV #Februarseminar 2026 has started. This year, we focus on #industrial #wastewater. 280 participants and 21 sponsors confirm that the program designed under the lead of Joerg Krampe addresses a highly relevant and timely topic. #seminar #event #tuwien #treatmentplant 1/3

✍️Call for abstracts✍️ Abstract submissions are now open for the 15th #IWA Specialized Conference on Design, Operation and Economics of Large #Wastewater Treatment Plants, taking place on 12–16.9.2027 in Vienna: lwwtp2027.org We look forward to receiving your submission by 30. Sept. 2026. 1/2

🚀Paper alert "How reliable are estimates of trace contaminants in rivers based on monthly grab samples?" Check all results in the #openaccess paper by Nikolaus Weber et al. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/7

✈️🧪 We’re pleased to share our latest publication advancing #AircraftWastewater surveillance led by Gabriela Eder & @4heilig.bsky.social! 📄 #OpenAccess in ACS #ESTWater: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #WastewaterBasedEpidemiology #WBE #WES #PublicHealth #WastewaterSurveillance @pubs.acs.org 1/7

📅 Save the Date | #IWA #LWWTP 2027 – #Vienna Pleased to announce the 15. International #Water Association #Conference on Design, Operation & Economics of Large #WastewaterTreatment Plants, 12-16. Sept. 2027 in #Vienna, AT. 👉 lwwtp2027.org #IWAConference #Sustainability #WaterProfessionals 1/4

What better way to conclude the lecture on #wastewater treatment than with a guided #tour of the Vienna Wastewater Treatment Plant, led by Joerg Krampe? The highly engaged students had the chance to see how the theory is put into practice – a valuable and inspiring experience. 📷 Joerg Krampe

If you're looking for a compact overview of the state of knowledge and legal framework regarding #PFAS aquatic #pollution in German, check out the new ÖWAV expert paper “PFAS in the Aquatic #Environment”. www.oewav.at/Publikatione... 1/3

New Erasmus guest in our lab! 👋 Manel, MSc student in #EnvironmentalEngineering at the Uni of Sopron, is joining us for the next 2 months to work on and learn about sample preparation and #PFAS analysis. Welcome to the team, Manel! 🎉 📷 Ernis Saracevic, Manel Moumene, Camila Cambui

We're pleased to announce that Joerg Krampe has been appointed new #Chair of #IWA #SpecialistGroup on 'Design, Operation & Costs of Large #WastewaterTreatment Plants'. He succeeds Norbert Jardin, who'll continue to serve on the Management Committee as Past Chair. #design #operation #cost 1/3

We were very lucky and happy to welcome Prof. Susanne Lackner and her PhD researcher Oliver Das from Wasser und Umweltbiotechnologie, IWAR as part of our Water Quality Management #seminar series. #membrane #biofilm #reactor #MABR 1/3

Our dear colleague Gabriela Eder presents her PhD work on #wastewater #surveillance of #pathogens for #PublicHealth in Take 2 of the #FEMCEE video series „Women Building Sustainability”. 👉 youtu.be/3xwDeCpON1w #TUWien #EnvironmentalEngineering #CivilEngineering @tuwien.at 🎥 Matthias Heisler

Wien wird Standort eines Innovationshubs der neuen europäischen Initiative EIT Water! @bokuvienna.bsky.social & TU Wien bündeln ab 2026 ihre Expertise, um Innovationen im Wassersektor zu stärken, von Wasserknappheit bis Kreislaufwirtschaft. www.tuwien.at/tu-wien/aktu...

Arabel Long wird für Ihre #Forschung zur #Phosphornutzung und -rückgewinnung mit dem Dr. Ernst Fehrer-Preis ausgezeichnet. Im Rahmen ihrer Dissertation untersuchte sie Herausforderungen und Lösungsmöglichkeiten in unterschiedlichen Ländern. Herzlichen Glückwunsch dazu! www.tuwien.at/tu-wien/aktu...

We´re pleased 2share a last publication w/ you in 2025! Full details of the #openaccess article by Felix Pilz et al.: 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... They developed a physico-chemical #equilibrium #model using the SIMBA 3.2 software, which is able to predict #phosphorus #recovery ... 1/3

🎄Our team wishes you a very merry Christmas and a happy 2026 🎄 Video Credits: Abir MELLITI, Ph.D

The RIVER BASINS conference will take place in June 2026 in Karlsruhe (Germany) - a highly recommended event in 2026 for scientists and practitioners interested in #RiverBasin management, #WaterQuality monitoring techniques, emission modelling, ranging from legacy to ... 👉 www.riverbasins.kit.edu

Our former colleague Arabel Long (Amann) has been awarded the highly prestigious Dr. Ernst Fehrer Prize (www.tuwien.at/fehrer-preis/) for her PhD thesis: "Multi-objective analysis of nutrient use and recycling under consideration of economic conditions and regional structures". 📷Zsolt Marton 1/3

As part of the 'Posters in #Parliament' initiative, 23 students from various AT universities had the opportunity to present their bachelor's theses on sustainability, accessibility, and inclusion in the Austrian Parliament. We´re very glad that Jounes Lutterbach,... #poster #waterquality #uiw 1/2

As the year comes to an end, we have successfully concluded the project "Up-to-date Approaches for Managing #Wastewater Discharges from Industrial Clusters into Municipal WWTPs to safeguard Human Health and the Environment – Phase II" . Full report (in German): www.bmluk.gv.at/service/publ... 1/6

ÖWAV #Februarseminar on 24./25.2.2026 at @tuwien.at! We are delighted to present an engaging programme designed & coordinated by Joerg Krampe on the technical, legal and operational challenges of treating #industrial #wastewater. Full Programme & Registration: www.oewav.at/Kurse-Semina... 1/3

"The toilet is a mundane marvel. And access to one is a matter of rights, and survival." - UN, 2025. Happy World Toilet Day! Let's make sure that access to sanitation remains a global priority. #worldtoiletday #sanitation #toilet 1/2

We’re excited to welcome Alessia Torboli to our team as a guest PhD student! Alessia is a double graduate in #EnvironmentalEngineering from the Università di Trento (Italy) and the University of Cincinnati (USA). She is currently pursuing her #PhD at UniTrento C3A, where she focuses on ... 1/4

🎉 Work anniversary 🎉 Congrats, Zdravka Saracevic, on 25 years of reliable, high-throughput chemical analyses & indefatigable support for research and teaching activities in the lab! You´ve always been a fundamental pillar of our team, & this formal celebration of your anniversary is well deserved!

The 2025 edition of the Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems' Annual Symposium was once again an inspiring and outstanding event! #doctoral #programme #symposium #interdisciplinary #waterresources #phd 1/4

A new guest in our team! Abir MELLITI, Ph.D joins us for a 3-month research internship, bringing a strong background in environmental chemistry and water treatment technologies. Welcome to the team, Abir! 💧 1/3