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Projects

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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Security - digitalisation - management
How to integrate climate aspects into risk management (RisTkli)

The amended German Drinking Water Ordinance requires water suppliers to implement risk management, explicitly calling for the consideration of risks arising from climate change. The new project by TZW and the German Environment Agency (UBA) addresses…

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Water supply is facing great challenges (JuergenM on Pixabay)
Security - digitalisation - management
Water supply in water shortage regions (ResilJetzt!)

Regional-temporal shortages and climate change impact analysis make it increasingly clear that adaptation strategies for water supply are necessary on a local to supraregional level. The ResilJetzt! project therefore aims to identify options for…

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Use of the camera car
Abgeschlossen-2024
Analysis methods for digital inspection data evaluation (DataInspect)

Project on the use of indoor inspection data in the drinking water sector: research, survey and interviews show potential for deep learning and autoencoders.

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Image: Clément Hélardot on Unsplash
Security - digitalisation - management
Scientific-technical realisation of two modules HOT-TARGET and BAK-IDENT (HotBak)

TRINK-HelpDESK is a cloud solution consisting of several modules designed to support daily operations and the exchange of experience within the public water supply system and to help ensure water quality. As part of this research project, the…

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Image: Scott Graham on Unsplash
Abgeschlossen-2023
Digital tools for sustainable asset management (DigiTools)

Ageing infrastructures and changing framework conditions are currently major challenges for sustainable asset management in the water supply sector. The substance-oriented preservation of the value of existing facilities is essential in order to…

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Inspection of the Villiersdorp sewage treatment plant, South Africa
Resource protection
Climate Resilience, Sanitation and Water Safety (KreATiw)

In the KreATiw project, experiences from South Africa are used to successfully adapt existing risk management approaches for drinking water supply and wastewater disposal to climate change. In South Africa, water scarcity is already a severe problem,…

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Map of risks in a catchment area from the preceding project TRUST
Abgeschlossen-2023
Software tool for risk management in drinking water supply (RiskPlus)

In the BMBF joint project RiskPlus, an innovative, user-friendly software tool that can be easily embedded in the real work processes of water supply companies was designed and implemented as a prototype. It complies with the requirements of the…

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Device for the maintenance of shut-off valves in use, product photo: 3S Antriebe GmbH
Abgeschlossen-2023
Monitoring technology for assessing the condition of shut-off valves (ValveEar)

ValveEar was involved in the further development of a valve maintenance device for the precise assessment of the tightness of shut-off valves. To this end, the recording of torque and speed was expanded to include audiospectroscopic data.

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Abgeschlossen-2023
Cloud based evaluation for non-target analysis of water samples (K2I)

The tracker for trace compounds is a cloud-based solution that enables laboratories to evaluate raw data from non-target analytical devices for a single laboratory or across laboratories. The cloud workflow with machine learning from the non-target…

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Abgeschlossen-2023
Nitrate Monitoring 4.0 (NiMo)

Nitrate distribution in groundwater represents a highly complex, spatially and temporally highly variable pattern, which shows a pronounced regional and especially vertical hydrogeochemical differentiation. In the research project "NiMo 4.0",…

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Security - digitalisation - management
DVGW Cloud TRINK-HelpDESK – Feasibility study

TRINK-HelpDESK will designed as a working and communication platform that supports the daily operations in waterworks and the exchange of experiences within the drinking water sector. This feasibility study discusses opportunities as well as risks…

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Digital Water (Image: www.pexels.com)
Distribution networks
FIWARE4Water

In the Fiware4Water project, interfaces and tools were developed to connect the water sector to the FIWARE platform. Four demo cases in Europe were used to demonstrate various applications.

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