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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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Contract signing for the OH4CAM project
Microbiology
One Health for Cambodia (OH4CAM)

OH4CAM strengthens One Health in Cambodia. As the Environmental Health partner, TZW supports the development of laboratory capacities as well as the establishment of environmental monitoring for antimicrobial resistance and infectious pathogens.

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Real-time monitoring for safe water reuse from treated wastewater. Photo: AI-generated image, TZW
Microbiology
Safe Water Reuse Through Online Monitoring (MONADIS)

The German-Israeli water technology project MONADIS combines online monitoring with UV and oxidation-based disinfection processes to enable safe, efficient, and sustainable water reuse while ensuring high microbiological water quality.

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Raffinerie Tirlemontoise: In NEW WATER, process water from the sugar refinery will be treated to drinking water quality (Photo @ raffinerietirlemontoise.com)
Microbiology
New Water Sources for Climate-Resilient Drinking Water Supply (NEW WATER)

In NEW WATER, wastewater, rainwater and polluted surface water are scientifically assessed as resources for producing drinkable water in North-West Europe.

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Inline CO₂ measurement in water (Illustration generated by AI)
Technology
Inline measurement technology for resource‑efficient process control (InlineMIR)

Widely tunable MIR lasers for real‑time inline CO₂ measurement in waterworks – enabling optimized process control, plant operation, and resource efficiency in water treatment.

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Schematic illustration of PFAS transformation by biodegradable surfactants and microorganisms under different environmental conditions.
Analysis
Strategies for PFAS in-situ remediation using innovative technologies (SPIRIT)

Soil and groundwater in the Rastatt/Baden-Baden area are contaminated with PFAS over a wide area. To ensure the long-term availability of drinking water and the continued use of agricultural land in the region, remediation strategies that are both…

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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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Infiltration pond in Lima, Peru
International-2025
Water Reuse applying MAR and membrane treatment (NEWA2)

The NEWA2 research project will use demonstration plants to investigate managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and solar-based membrane technology in order to evaluate possibilities for indirect and direct water reuse and their contribution to alleviating…

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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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Drilling and construction of a large well (Picture: ASR Sachverständigengesellschaft mbH für Umwelt und Geologie)
Contaminated sites
Groundwater Remediation via In-Situ Chemical Oxidation and Biodegradation (ISCOENA)

Biological pollutant degradation combined with upstream chemical oxidation opens new approaches for accelerated groundwater remediation. To ensure optimal coordination between the two processes, a biomonitoring system is to be developed that is not…

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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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