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Water analysis Conducting and evaluating physical-chemical and microbiological water testing in accordance with the German Drinking Water Ordinance and other relevant legal regulations. -
Testing of products and devices Initial testing of products and materials in contact with drinking water. Our Test Centre is accredited for more than 200 different product standards according to DIN EN ISO 17025. Test and develop UV technology. -
Treatment technologies Develop sustainable water supply concepts. Implement, monitor and optimise new technologies. Test and further develop existing treatment methods. -
Micropollutants and microorganisms Develop and improve the method of determination using cutting-edge equipment. Investigate the presence, behaviour and retention of inorganic and organic micropollutants in the water cycle and drinking water treatment. -
Network management and drinking water installation Microbiological quality change, deposit formation and cleaning and optimisation of the distribution network operation. Evaluate and analyse corrosion damage. -
Risk management Support for water supply companies to establish a Water Safety Plan. Benefit from our extensive expertise. -
Environmental biotechnology and contaminated sites Evaluation of the decomposition potential at contaminated locations. Development of sustainable ways to eliminate pollutants from the environment. Employ a combination of microbiological and technical methods.
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Resource protection Protection of water resources, risk management in water catchment areas -
Environmental biotechnology Technical and biological methods for the elimination of microorganisms, microbiological degradation processes -
Microorganisms Developing and applying reliable and sensitive detection methods, evaluating disinfection and treatment measures -
Micropollutants Determination of micropollutants, transformation products and microplastics reliably and sensitively, investigate behaviour in the water cycle, qualified risk assessment -
Waste water and water cycle Use of biological decomposition, developing integrated water supply and waste water management concepts -
New technologies and products Testing and optimizing processes and products to treat, disinfect and post-process drinking water for efficiency, security and robustness -
Asset management and infrastructure Development of management strategies and innovative tools to evaluate the condition of the supply network and its components -
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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Do higher temperatures become a problem for water distribution?
Within 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 moreGlobal Water Research Coalition presents new strategic plan
The Strategic Plan 2022 - 2027 describes the strategic direction of the Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC) for the next five years. It builds on…
Read moreNew project: Making water infrastructure climate-resilient
The impacts of climate change require the transformation of water and wastewater infrastructure towards climate-resilient systems. Making…
Read moreNon-Target-Screening: Seeing the Water as a Whole
In order to not only detect known substances, but to achieve comprehensive monitoring, non-target analysis is available for water monitoring. This…
Read moreFaster bacterial identification with MALDI-TOF
MALDI-TOF is a method for the mass analysis of chemical compounds. This modern and highly innovative method is also used for bacterial identification…
Read moreA cloud for micropollutants tracking in water
Exciting insights into a research project focussing the interface between water analytics and data science are presented in this video. The "K2I…
Read moreGlobal networks and local actions for the protection and safety of water resources
TZW is always working on innovative research projects which deal with current aspects of risk management. In June 2022, specialists from TZW presented…
Read moreThe "silent pandemic" - research on antibiotic resistance at TZW
The increase in antibiotic resistance has been termed a "silent pandemic" by the World Health Organization (WHO). The long-standing and extensive use…
Read moreThird amendment of the KTW-BWGL also includes elastomers
Since 7 March 2022, elastomers and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) also fall within the scope of the evaluation criteria document for plastics and…
Read moreTracking water losses with digital tools
Water supply companies have a strong interest in monitoring and minimising water losses in their pipe networks. To apply digital methods the experts…
Read moreEuropean network for product development in the water sector
The EU project "Water Test Network" is funded within the framework of the Interreg North-West Europe Programme and supports small and medium-sized…
Read moreNot only water - Analysis of organic micro-pollutants in complex environmental samples
TZW’s name „German Water Centre“ does not reflect fully its program anymore when it comes to the analysis of organic micropollutants. Since years,…
Read moreCondition-based flushing strategy newly included in DVGW Rule W 291
In order to provide drinking water of the highest quality at all times, water supply companies flush their drinking water pipes. The "condition-based…
Read moreNew research project: Transport of microorganisms in groundwater
The DFG-funded PrePat project aims to show how bacteria, viruses and antibiotic resistance genes are transported in groundwater. To this end, the…
Read moreMonitoring technology to assess the condition of shut-off valves even more accurately
The maintenance and servicing of infrastructure elements in the water industry (asset management) includes the condition assessment of shut-off valves…
Read moreDrinking water treatment safely managed
The treatment of raw water into drinking water takes place invisibly behind filter columns, pipes and treatment equipment in waterworks. Even the…
Read moreLowering of the lead value in the EU drinking water directive
Due 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 moreNew EU project ZeroPM aims at zero pollution from persistent, mobile substances
Persistent, mobile (PM) substances are being recognized as serious threats to the safety of water resources. In many cases, drinking water supplies…
Read moreBMBF Innovation Atlas: Software tool for risk management in the water supply sector
In 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 moreAnnual report 2020: Insights into the work of TZW
Digitalisation in water supply, climate change, SARS-CoV2 in wastewater and much more: the recently published Annual Report 2020 offers figures, data,…
Read morePersistent and mobile organic trace contaminants require continuously adapted methods
Organic micropollutants with very high polarity are not only an analytical challenge. If they are also persistent, they pose a challenge for water…
Read moreFindings from 3.5 years of microplastic research in the Danube catchment area
Since 2017, the joint research project MicBin has been investigating how plastics and, in particular, so-called microplastics get into rivers, what…
Read moreEvaluation criteria of the KTW-BWGL mandatory since 21 March 2021
On 21 March 2019, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published “evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking…
Read moreThe Digital Water Utility of the Future
How 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 moreNew project for the inspection of drinking water pipelines during operation
Optical inspection systems are already in widespread use in the wastewater sector. A recently launched DVGW research project is to explore the…
Read moreFuture-oriented reorganisation
TZW 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 moreWater knows no borders
Just as water bodies transcend borders, research topics are dealt with on an international and interdisciplinary basis. TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum…
Read moreSino-German Water Supply Network (SIGN)
The 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 moreTZW and PUB Singapore jointly research nanoparticle analysis in water reuse
The cooperation between the Singapore National Water Agency PUB and TZW lasts since June 2014 with several projects being worked on. The research…
Read moreNew EU Drinking Water Directive: Regulations for PFASs are analytically only partly feasible
The draft of the new EU Drinking Water Directive regulates per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) for the first time. These industrially…
Read moreTZW research on SARS-CoV-2 in the aquatic environment
On 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 moreWhat UV LEDs can do for drinking water disinfection
LEDs (light-emitting diodes) have become environmentally friendly and cost efficient alternatives to previously used light sources in many areas of…
Read moreTZW Board of trustees holds its 25th meeting online
On 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 moreAsset management with system and innovative technology
Tailor-made concepts for the asset management and the operation of drinking water distribution systems are the essential basis for a sustainable and…
Read moreAssessing relevant chemicals for drinking water
When small, polar and mobile substances are discussed as water contaminants, scientists often speak of PMT/vPvM substances, PMOC, SMS and hot-targets…
Read moreMALDI-TOF-MS for species identification in drinking water microbiology
In the past few years a new and innovative method has been developed to quickly identify microorganisms – MALDI-TOF-MS (matrix-assisted laser…
Read moreThe new drinking water directive has a strong emphasis on risk management
Precautionary planning and risk-based approaches are addressed in the current EC drinking water directive. But their significance shall be emphasised…
Read moreRhine Ministerial Conference adopts quantitative reduction targets for micropollutants
The 16th Rhine Ministerial Conference took place in Amsterdam on 13 February 2020. The ministries responsible for water protection in the Rhine…
Read moreGWRC-Factsheet Covid-19 Virus
As the COVID-19 Virus associated respiratory disease is rapidly spreading worldwide, a fact sheet published by GWRC (Global Water Research Coalition)…
Read moreMicroplastic: New method for the analysis of water samples
TZW 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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