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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 Environmental biotechnology to improve water quality. Degradation processes for water purification. Concepts and studies for pollutant contamination.
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Digitalisation Solving complex questions and problems of water supply companies in digitalisation through technical support or practical research projects.
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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 resource protection 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, risk assessment of microbial contamination
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Microorganisms Application and development of reliable detection methods for microorganisms in drinking water, evaluation of disinfection and treatment measures.
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Micropollutants Reliable and sensitive determination of trace substances and microplastics, investigation of the behaviour in the water cycle, qualified risk assessment
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Waste water and water cycle Development of integrated water supply and waste water disposal concepts, Utilisation of biodegradation processes to eliminate persistent substances
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New technologies and products Technologies and products for the treatment, disinfection and post-treatment of drinking water, testing for performance, safety and robustness
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Asset management and infrastructure Development of asset management strategies to ensure a stable supply of drinking water, assessment of the condition of pipeline networks.
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Safety and security, digitalisation and management Digitalisation in the areas of data collection, data management, data-driven applications and IT security. Artificial intelligence and blockchain.
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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 Sturm
Head 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 Sturm
Head of department,
+49 721 9678-200 Send email
Head of section risk managementDipl.-Ing. Andreas DahlemHead of section
+49 721 9678-148 Send email
concepts for supply structures and technologyM.Sc. Sebastian EgnerUltrafiltration, water supply and structural concepts
+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 supplyDr. Marcel RiegelStructural concepts, removal of micropollutants, ion exchangers
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Water microbiology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Tiehm
Head 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 Bethmann
Quality management, Team leader element analysis and water lab
+49 721 9678-128 Send email -
Water chemistry - Water chemistry research
Dr. Nicole Zumbülte
Spectroscopy, micro plastic, organic micropollutants
+49 721 9678-146 Send emailDipl.-Ing. Michael FleigMonitoring of surface waters, waterworks associations
+49 721 9678-153 Send emailDr. Oliver HappelOnline sensors, oxidative processes and transformation products, analytical coupling techniques
+49 721 9678-155 Send emailDr. Frank Thomas LangePer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sum parameters (TOP assay, AOF, EOF)
+49 721 9678-157 Send emailDr. Karsten Nödlerpharmaceuticals, drinking water relevance of micropollutants
+49 721 9678-258 Send email -
Water distribution
Dr. Andreas Korth
Head of department, Head of section management distribution systems
+49 351 85211-54 Send email -
Test centre
Dr. Johannes Ruppert
Head 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 Rieß
Head of department,
+49 721 9678-140 Send email
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Staff positions
Dipl.-Ing. Detlef Bethmann
Quality management (chemical analysis, drinking water microbiology)
+49 721 9678-128 Send email
About TZW