Barbera Education, Research & Training Facility

Professor Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Stein

With deep sadness we announce the loss of our founder and partner Prof Dr Dietrich Stein at the age of 85.

Engineers around the globe are thankful for his dedication to the inventions in the fields of sewers, …

PPI Releases New Installation Guide for PE4710 Pipe

PPI’s MAB-11-2024 Covers HDPE Water Pipelines Up to 60-in. Diameter and 10,000-ft Long Pulls

Developed by the Municipal Advisory Board (MAB) – and published with the help of the members of the …

Faster wide-scale leak detection now within reach

Mass deployment of connected leak loggers is being made possible by the latest technology, writes Tony Gwynne, global leakage solutions director, Ovarro

Water companies in England and Wales are …

Kraken awakens customer service potential in water

The innovative customer service platform Kraken has made a successful transfer from energy to water. Ahead of their presentation at UKWIR’s annual conference, Portsmouth Water chief executive …

Predicting the toxicity of chemicals with AI

Researchers at Eawag and the Swiss Data Science Center have trained AI algorithms with a comprehensive ecotoxicological dataset. Now their machine learning models can predict how toxic chemicals are …

Goodbye water loss: Trenchless pipe renewal in Brazil

Pipe renewal in Brazil

How do you stop water loss through leaks in old pipe systems without major environmental impacts and restrictions? The answer: with trenchless technology, or more precisely …

Impact of high-temperature heat storage on groundwater

In a recently launched project, the aquatic research institute Eawag is investigating how the use of borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) affects the surrounding soil, the groundwater …

Watercare completes East Coast Bays sewer link

Watercare has successfully finished the final connection on the East Coast Bays link sewer at Windsor Park in New Zealand.

Much of the East Coast Bays sewer link was installed using horizontal directional …

Innovative water solutions for sustainable cities

Cities need to become more sustainable and use their water resources more efficiently. Managing water in local small-scale cycles is one possible solution. A new white paper by Eawag, the University …

How digital technologies contribute to universal drinking water

Digital water technologies have an important role in ensuring universal access to safe drinking water by 2030, that is according to a new report from the World Health Organisation. …

Knowledge transfer on sustainable water infrastructure in India

India’s fast-growing cities need an efficient infrastructure for water supply and wastewater disposal. A research cooperation, is therefore supporting the development of a sustainable …