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Our database contains all of TZW’s ongoing research projects and completed projects up to 2010. By filtering by category or time you can find the specific topic you’re looking for.

Our database contains all of TZW’s ongoing research projects and completed projects up to 2010. By filtering by category or time you can find the specific topic you’re looking for.

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Tablets/Pharmaceuticals
Water chemistry research
Pharmaceutical Metabolites in Drinking Water Resources (HuMeWaTri)

Human pharmaceuticals enter the water cycle via wastewater – often in the form of their metabolites. These metabolites are rarely monitored, even though they may affect drinking water quality. The research project HuMeWaTri addresses this issue:…

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Modules for removing PFAS and by-products from groundwater and wastewater.
Microbiology
Removal of PFAS from groundwater and wastewater (PFAStrea)

The PFAStrea project aims to develop a modular concept that allows for adaptation depending on the degree of contamination and the properties of the water to be treated.

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Cultivation of cyanobacteria in the laboratory
Water chemistry research
Cyanobacteria and their toxins (CyanoTox)

The project aims to establish new robust detection and quantification methods for relevant cyanobacteria and their toxins in order to enable better monitoring of emerging algal blooms and potential toxin release.

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PFAS in water. Picture: zimmytws
Technology
​​PFAS removal from membrane concentrates​ (PFAS-Konz)

The R&D project PFAS-Konz is investigating innovative processes such as foam fractionation and precipitation with PerfluorAd for PFAS removal from membrane concentrates.

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Distribution networks
Future-proof water supply for Kassel (Flexilienz)

Flexilienz stands for a resilient (resistant) and flexible drinking water supply in times of climate change and the energy transition. The project strengthens supply security in Kassel through innovative technologies and intelligent system coupling.

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Principle of a self-regenerating bioactive carbon filter with immobilisation of specialized microorganisms on the activated carbon material.
Microbiology
On-site treatment of chloroethenes with a bioactivated carbon filter (CKW Aktiv)

In “CKW Aktiv”, microbial aerobic CHC degradation on activated carbon will be established and optimized in laboratory tests. This will be followed by a pilot scale operation of the innovative bioactive carbon filter in the field.

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Sampling with filtration cascade in the waterworks
Water chemistry research
Microplastics in drinking water supply (MiTri)

As part of MiTri, reliable data on the occurrence of microplastics in the drinking water supply - especially in drinking water distribution networks - is collected in order to make a realistic exposure assessment of the intake of microplastics…

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Precipitation monitoring on TFA by TZW (Image: Shutterstock)
Micropollutants
TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID – POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGE IN REGULATION (TFA-Trink)

A toxicologically based drinking water guideline value of 60 µg/L currently applies to TFA in drinking water. However, further toxicological data presented in 2024 could lead to a reassessment. As part of the “TFA-Trink” project, the following was…

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Stimulation of aerobic TCE, cDCE and VC degradation with oxygen
Microbiology
Bioaugmentation and biostimulation for the remediation of chloroethene-contaminated groundwater (ChloroBioRem)

Together with experts in metagenome analyses from China, the functional biodiversity of chloroethene degradation under oxidising conditions is investigated. Optimised groundwater remediation concepts and innovative monitoring methods are developed.

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Analysis of water samples using an LC-TOF mass spectrometer.
Water chemistry research
Artificial and collective intelligence for trace substance tracking (K2I-Xplore)

The project combines water analysis with data science and creates an innovative tool for water utilities through the advancement of the "K2I trace substance tracker". This cross-laboratory cloud solution enables automated evaluation of non-targeted…

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blue pipes, Source: shutterstock
Distribution networks
Development of principles and concepts for the operation of interconnection pipelines - "(Not)Verbundleitungen"

The research project is developing practical recommendations for the operation of interconnection pipelines in order to strengthen the resilience of the drinking water supply.

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Plate heat exchanger Source: shutterstock
Distribution networks
Heat utilisation from drinking water distribution networks (heat extraction)

The "Heat extraction" research project is investigating the utilisation of heat from drinking water distribution networks in order to review the current state of knowledge and experience.

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