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Solutions
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Water analysis Conducting and evaluating physical-chemical and microbiological water testing in accordance with German Drinking Water Ordinance and other regulations.
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Testing of products and devices Initial testing of products and materials in contact with drinking water. The test centre is accredited for more than 200 product standards.
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Treatment technologies Develop sustainable water supply concepts. Implement, monitor and optimise new technologies. Test and further develop existing treatment methods.
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Micropollutants and microorganisms Development and improvement of determination procedures. Investigating occurrence, behaviour and fate of inorganic and organic trace substances.
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Network management and drinking water installation Advice on safeguarding the quality of drinking water in the distribution system, support in the development of specific network management strategies.
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Risk management Continuous support for water supply companies with risk management of water supply facilities based on comprehensive and long-standing expertise.
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Drinking water catchments and resources Protection of drinking water resources by assessing potential hazards in water catchment areas, catalogues of measures, monitoring concepts, databases
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Environmental biotechnology and contaminated sites Evaluation of the degradation potential at contaminated sites. Development of sustainable options for eliminating pollutants from the environment.
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Digitalisation Water demand forecast, Evaluation of water quality and quantity data, Regression and classification models, Machine learning, AI, Databases, GIS-application
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Practical projects Research and practice, water supply, scientific and technical expertise, technology concepts, resource protection, distribution network, digitalisation
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Research
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Resource protection Sustainable protection of water resources as an important factor for safe drinking water supply. Management of hazards and risks in water catchment areas.
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Environmental biotechnology Technical and biological methods for the elimination of microorganisms, microbiological degradation processes
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Microorganisms Developing and applying reliable and sensitive detection methods, evaluating disinfection and treatment measures
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Micropollutants Determination of micropollutants, transformation products and microplastics reliably and sensitively, investigate behaviour in the water cycle, qualified risk assessment
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Waste water and water cycle Use of biological decomposition, developing integrated water supply and waste water management concepts
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New technologies and products Testing and optimizing processes and products to treat, disinfect and post-process drinking water for efficiency, security and robustness
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Asset management and infrastructure Development of management strategies and innovative tools to evaluate the condition of the supply network and its components
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Safety and security, digitalisation and management Digital transformation in public drinking water supply, increase the safety and security of drinking water supply
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Our team
Our departments Water supply, Water microbiology, Water chemistry, Water distribution and the Test centre are staffed by experts with comprehensive know-how in all areas of the entire water cycle. The departments are subdivided into sections. The Finance, Human Resources, Infrastructure department as well as the staff positions assume cross-sectional tasks for the TZW. Here you will find some of our 190 staff members and their special topics. To do this, unfold the individual tabs of the accordion.
Your contact
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Management
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Water supply - Risk management
Dipl.-Geoökol. Sebastian SturmHead of department,
+49 721 9678-200 Send email
Head of section risk managementM.Sc. Cordula WitzigGroundwater monitoring and agriculture,
+49 721 9678-185 Send email
Risk management -
Water supply - Concepts for supply structures and technology
Dipl.-Geoökol. Sebastian SturmHead of department,
+49 721 9678-200 Send email
Head of section risk managementDr. Marcel RiegelHead of section
+49 721 9678-132 Send email
concepts for supply structures and technologyM.Sc. Sebastian EgnerWater supply and structural concepts, Ultrafiltration
+49 721 9678-1929 Send emailDr. Brigitte Haist-GuldeActivated carbon treatment, removal of micropollutants
+49 721 9678-131 Send emailM. Sc. Patricia RiedeConcepts for supply structures,
+49 721 9678-1927 Send email
resilience of water supply -
Water microbiology
Prof. Dr. Andreas TiehmHead of department,
+49 721 9678-137 Send email
Head of section Environmental biotechnology and molecular biologyDipl.-Geol. Axel MüllerEnvironmental
+49 721 9678-223 Send email
biotechnology and
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Water chemistry - Chemical analysis
Dipl.-Ing. Detlef BethmannQuality management, Team leader element analysis and water lab
+49 721 9678-128 Send email -
Water chemistry - Water chemistry research
Dr. Nicole ZumbülteHead of section
+49 721 9678-146 Send email
water chemistry research, spectroscopy and
micro plasticDr. Frank Thomas LangePer- and polyfluoroalkyl
+49 721 9678-157 Send email
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Water distribution
Dr. Andreas KorthHead of department, Head of section management distribution systems
+49 351 85211-54 Send email -
Test centre
Dr. Johannes RuppertHead of section material hygiene, materials and corrosion, Head of test centre
+49 721 93163-51 Send emailDr. Jutta EggersHead of section
+49 721 93163-52 Send email
UV devices and processes, Deputy of test centre -
Finances, HR, Infrastructure
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Wolfgang RießHead of department,
+49 721 9678-140 Send email
Head of section finances and HR -
Staff positions
Dipl.-Ing. Detlef BethmannQuality management (chemical analysis, drinking water microbiology)
+49 721 9678-128 Send email
About TZW