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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. -
Networks and drinking water distribution 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. -
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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What’s new at TZW? Discover new projects in this field, interesting events, the latest research results and brand-new publications in a nutshell. Take a look at the news overview to find our posts from the last year.
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Microplastic: 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…
Read more"TZW-Kolloquium" offered an overview of current water topics
Every year in December TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser (German Water Centre) in Karlsruhe welcomes around 150 guests from water supply companies,…
Read moreInternational Conference on UV LED Technologies ICULTA 2020
Two years after the first successful ‘International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications (ICULTA)’ the next conference will be held from…
Read moreClimate change and extreme weather events call for new strategies
The current Newsletter No. 47 "TZW aktuell" (in German) reports on projects in the TZW on the impacts of climate change on drinking water supply and…
Read moregat|wat 2019: Innovation scouting – Outside the box
What can the water supply sector learn from other industries and what impulses for innovative technologies can be gained? Answers will be provided at…
Read moreFIWARE4Water: Survey on digitalisation in the water sector
In June 2019, the EU project FIWARE4Water, which focuses on digitalisation in the water sector, was launched. TZW is a German partner within this…
Read moreInterreg Water Test Network at Aquatech Amsterdam
Breakfast Networking Event on 7 November 2019: As a German partner, TZW is part of the European Water Test Network. The EU project "Water Test…
Read moreBetter detection of undesirable contaminants in groundwater
New methods for groundwater analysis are available following the completion of a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education…
Read moreNew: Volume on the optimisation of EOF analysis
The current volume of the TZW publication series reports on the further development of the surrogate parameter EOF and the identification of…
Read moreTZW mapped as "Water Europe Living Lab"
In July 2019, "Water Europe" published the first edition of the "Atlas of the EU Water Oriented Living Labs". The TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser…
Read moreTZW invests in innovative LED test bench
In order to strengthen the sustainability of the "Advanced UV for Life" consortium, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provided…
Read moreContent impulses and personnel changes
The board of trustees of the TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser (German Water Centre) met on 11 July 2019 for its annual meeting in Karlsruhe. The…
Read moreNew: Publication series on the contamination of drinking water with enterococci
A research project funded by the DVGW addresses the question of which pathways enterococci use to enter drinking water and how they behave. The…
Read moreAntibiotic resistance in the water cycle
In Berlin, the research alliance HyReKA published its results on antibiotic resistance in the water cycle. Since 2016, researchers in the project,…
Read moreDresden Drinking Water Colloquium
About 170 employees from water suppliers, companies and authorities in the water sector met on 14 May 2019 for the 28th Dresden Drinking Water…
Read moreTZW newsletter: The latest findings on PFAS and their effects on the environment
In its newsletter No. 46 (04/2019), TZW provides brief information on its current projects and research activities. The editorial gives an overview of…
Read moreModern, structured, comprehensive
TZW has a new website: “TZW’s impressive new web presence has completely revised content, additional services and functions, a clear structure and a…
Read moreHygienic suitability of products used for drinking water – new evaluation criteria
About 150 delegates came to an information event organised by TZW to discover what the new German Environment Agency evaluation criteria mean for…
Read moreWaterworks residues: dispose or recycle?
Waterworks residues are generated during the treatment of drinking water, especially during flocculation and filtration. Residues include both the…
Read moreFrom microbiology to climate change
The TZW colloquium presents key themes in water research. Every seat was taken for TZW’s event: DVGW-Technologiezentrums Wasser in Karlsruhe at its…
Read moreGerman-Australian cooperation on water microbiology
Called “gabi - German Australian Joint Cooperation for Water Microbiology”, a German-Australian cooperation was initiated between the biggest…
Read moreEn route to smart data for water supply
How can artificial intelligence, algorithms or data platforms help water supply companies to deal with future challenges? On 14 November 2018, TZW and…
Read moreTZW newsletter: The digitalisation trend and internal changeover
The latest newsletter No. 45 gives a brief overview of current projects and research activities at TZW. The lead article is dedicated to the trend of…
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