Climate-resilient management
for safe disinfected and non-disinfected
water supply systems

Tag: research and innovation

  • 27th Drinking Water Colloquium of the DVGW Research Centre TUHH

    27th Drinking Water Colloquium of the DVGW Research Centre TUHH

    Under the heading “Research and practice in drinking water supply” the DVGW Research Centre TUHH invites to its 27th Drinking Water Colloquium at the TU Hamburg on 15th February 2024. Both TUHH-internal and external speakers will provide a broad and varied programme of lectures with a focus on innovative drinking water treatment and water quality…

  • First ZeroPollution4Water Webinar conducted

    First ZeroPollution4Water Webinar conducted

    “All about DBP (disinfection byproducts)” has been the title of the first ZeroPollution4Water Cluster Webinar which took place on 30 November 2023. H2OforAll and SafeCREW have been the organisers of the webinar which attracted about 90 participants. The participants had the chance to learn about the projects and their contributions to our future and drinking…

  • Field work at the waterworks in Berlin has started

    Field work at the waterworks in Berlin has started

    Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB), in cooperation with Berliner Wasserbetriebe, has started their field work at the waterworks. The waterworks in Berlin are part of SafeCREW Case Study 1, which represents near-natural non-disinfected drinking water supply. The two largest cities in Germany, Berlin and Hamburg, have water treatment chains and drinking water distribution networks without disinfection,…

  • Award for SafeCREW poster on removal of DBP precursors in drinking water

    Award for SafeCREW poster on removal of DBP precursors in drinking water

    Jon Wullenweber, PhD candidate at DVGW research centre at TUHH, presented his current research on 12 June 2023 at the first Workshop of TUHH Research Cluster “Biobased Processes and Reactor Technologies”. The poster displays research results on “Chlorine based disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors removal during drinking water treatment”. During the poster sessions, the poster stimulated…

  • SafeCREW researcher promotes International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

    SafeCREW researcher promotes International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

    With this post, we’d like to introduce our colleague Laura Vinardell Magre, PhD candidate at Eurecat, and her engagement in the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2023. In her own words: “Last month was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th of February). In this sense,…

  • Eurecat presents its role in SafeCREW in Catalan and Spanish

    Eurecat presents its role in SafeCREW in Catalan and Spanish

    SafeCREW partner Eurecat is the main Research & Technology Organisation in Catalonia and the second largest private research organisation in southern Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 650 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 52 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Eurecat works on SafeCREW through its…

  • Kickoff meeting of SafeCREW concluded

    Kickoff meeting of SafeCREW concluded

    The safe and affordable supply of drinking water in the EU under the pressure of climate change is a key priority. The European joint project SafeCREW, led by the DVGW Research Centre at Hamburg University of Technology, will address this key priority over the next three and a half years. SafeCREW will develop new methods…

  • SafeCREW – Safeguarding drinking water supply systems under climate change conditions

    SafeCREW – Safeguarding drinking water supply systems under climate change conditions

    The DVGW research center at TUHH is coordinating the EU project SafeCREW since 1 November 2022. Partners from five countries will research on climate-resilient management for safe disinfected and non-disinfected water supply systems. They will close knowledge gaps on disinfection by-products and develop guidelines for the monitoring and management of drinking water supply. SafeCREW is…