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The Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC) has published its summary of activities in 2023 and 2024. This overview provides valuable insights into the…
Read moreSince the beginning of the pandemic, nationwide wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 has made a decisive contribution to monitoring the incidence of…
Read moreIn the recast 2020 EU Drinking Water Directive and the German Drinking Water Ordinance (Trinkwasserverordnung) from 2023, parametric values for per-…
Read moreWith the amendment of the Drinking Water Ordinance, very strict requirements regarding PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) must be met in…
Read moreIn the water supply sector, maintaining the functionality and value of drinking water infrastructure is a major challenge for the coming years. The…
Read moreFrom June 3 to 5 2024, one of four major project meetings took place at TZW in Karlsruhe as part of the Rural Roadwater Rescue (RRR) project funded by…
Read moreThe EU research project ZeroPM (Zero pollution of persistent, mobile substances), TZW and Stadtwerke Rastatt invited interested stakeholders to a…
Read moreFollowing the revision of the EU Drinking Water Directive at the beginning of 2021, six legal acts were published in the Official Journal of the…
Read moreWith the Annual Report 2023, TZW is going one step further by offering it purely digitally as a website. This is an efficient, sustainable and…
Read moreThe amended Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV) and the new Drinking Water Catchment Areas Ordinance (TrinkwEGV) implemented the third EU Drinking…
Read moreDue to climate change, pollution and invasive species, reservoirs and lakes are confronted with a loss of near-natural biodiversity. In order to gain…
Read moreThe chemical substance group of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) has now entered the political and public debate. These…
Read moreClimate change, changes in land use and the discharge of pollutants are threatening the quality of our surface waters. The DIWA research project…
Read moreExperts at TZW have been working on the topics of water consumption and digitalisation for years. One aspect is analysing large amounts of data with…
Read moreIn recent years, TZW has developed the methodology of condition-based network flushing as a result of research and consultancy projects. Positive…
Read moreDue to different adsorption properties activated carbons based on bituminous coal cannot be replaced by coconut shells based activated carbons in…
Read moreOptical methods for pipe inspection are well established in the wastewater sector. In the hygienically relevant drinking water sector with pressure…
Read moreIn water research, the topics of water quality and infrastructure are high on the international agenda. GWRC Managing Director Stéphanie…
Read moreIncreasing nitrate concentrations in groundwater force water supply companies with the challenge of complying with the nitrate limit value specified…
Read moreA research project on substances with high persistence and mobility in the environment once again shows that effective resource protection must have…
Read moreExperts at TZW have developed a StoryMap on the topic of trifluoroacetate (TFA), that provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the complex topic…
Read moreBrowse through it and be amazed! The TZW Annual report 2022 shows the past business year and gives an insight into the TZW world: into our expertise,…
Read moreWithin the last 20 years, climate change has increasingly led to record summers with extended hot weather periods. The warming of the soil can reach…
Read moreThe Strategic Plan 2022 - 2027 describes the strategic direction of the Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC) for the next five years. It builds on…
Read moreThe impacts of climate change require the transformation of water and wastewater infrastructure towards climate-resilient systems. Making…
Read moreIn order to not only detect known substances, but to achieve comprehensive monitoring, non-target analysis is available for water monitoring. This…
Read moreMALDI-TOF is a method for the mass analysis of chemical compounds. This modern and highly innovative method is also used for bacterial identification…
Read moreExciting insights into a research project focussing the interface between water analytics and data science are presented in this video. The "K2I…
Read moreTZW is always working on innovative research projects which deal with current aspects of risk management. In June 2022, specialists from TZW presented…
Read moreThe increase in antibiotic resistance has been termed a "silent pandemic" by the World Health Organization (WHO). The long-standing and extensive use…
Read moreSince 7 March 2022, elastomers and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) also fall within the scope of the evaluation criteria document for plastics and…
Read moreWater supply companies have a strong interest in monitoring and minimising water losses in their pipe networks. To apply digital methods the experts…
Read moreThe EU project "Water Test Network" is funded within the framework of the Interreg North-West Europe Programme and supports small and medium-sized…
Read moreTZW’s name „German Water Centre“ does not reflect fully its program anymore when it comes to the analysis of organic micropollutants. Since years,…
Read moreIn order to provide drinking water of the highest quality at all times, water supply companies flush their drinking water pipes. The "condition-based…
Read moreThe DFG-funded PrePat project aims to show how bacteria, viruses and antibiotic resistance genes are transported in groundwater. To this end, the…
Read moreThe maintenance and servicing of infrastructure elements in the water industry (asset management) includes the condition assessment of shut-off valves…
Read moreThe treatment of raw water into drinking water takes place invisibly behind filter columns, pipes and treatment equipment in waterworks. Even the…
Read moreDue to its high toxicity, the limit value of the heavy metal lead for drinking water has been lowered more and more in the past decades. Especially…
Read morePersistent, mobile (PM) substances are being recognized as serious threats to the safety of water resources. In many cases, drinking water supplies…
Read moreIn the "Innovation Atlas Water" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which can be accessed online, the TZW is represented with a…
Read moreOrganic micropollutants with very high polarity are not only an analytical challenge. If they are also persistent, they pose a challenge for water…
Read moreSince 2017, the joint research project MicBin has been investigating how plastics and, in particular, so-called microplastics get into rivers, what…
Read moreOn 21 March 2019, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published “evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking…
Read moreHow can water utilities gain profit of new digital technologies and what will they look like in the future? The Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC)…
Read moreOptical inspection systems are already in widespread use in the wastewater sector. A recently launched DVGW research project is to explore the…
Read moreTZW is starting 2021 with a new, future-oriented organisational structure. At the end of the year, two long-standing heads of department retired. "We…
Read moreJust as water bodies transcend borders, research topics are dealt with on an international and interdisciplinary basis. TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum…
Read moreThe Sino-German Water Supply Network (SIGN) is a joint project that has been running since 2015 with BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)…
Read moreThe cooperation between the Singapore National Water Agency PUB and TZW lasts since June 2014 with several projects being worked on. The research…
Read moreOn behalf of the DVGW, scientists at TZW evaluated and summarised about 300 studies and other literature on SARS-CoV-2. This provides the current…
Read moreLEDs (light-emitting diodes) have become environmentally friendly and cost efficient alternatives to previously used light sources in many areas of…
Read moreOn 8 July 2020, the Board of Trustees of TZW met for the 25th time. The keynote lecture on SARS-CoV 2 from a water management perspective, which was…
Read moreTailor-made concepts for the asset management and the operation of drinking water distribution systems are the essential basis for a sustainable and…
Read moreWhen small, polar and mobile substances are discussed as water contaminants, scientists often speak of PMT/vPvM substances, PMOC, SMS and hot-targets…
Read moreIn the past few years a new and innovative method has been developed to quickly identify microorganisms – MALDI-TOF-MS (matrix-assisted laser…
Read morePrecautionary planning and risk-based approaches are addressed in the current EC drinking water directive. But their significance shall be emphasised…
Read moreThe 16th Rhine Ministerial Conference took place in Amsterdam on 13 February 2020. The ministries responsible for water protection in the Rhine…
Read moreAs the COVID-19 Virus associated respiratory disease is rapidly spreading worldwide, a fact sheet published by GWRC (Global Water Research Coalition)…
Read moreTZW has established a new method for the analysis of microplastic particles in water samples down to 5 μm particle size.This is an important step to…
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