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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 9d

With the start of the academic winter term, we are pleased to announce the beginning of our new #waterquality management #seminar #series.
The series is part of the civil and environmental engineering curriculum, but it is #open to #everyone as a #forum for exchange and discussion.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great news, congratulations!
We had the pleasure of contributing to Chapter 4 "Water quality of the Danube River and the Black Sea", coordinated by @mzessner.bsky.social, and we look forward to also holding the whole book in our hands.

#waterquality #Danube #river

BIodiversity and BioGEochemistry of Riverine landscapes @bigerscience.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢A new book is out: "The Danube River and the Western Black Sea Coast – A volume in Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast" is out: www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...
Congrats to Prof. Dr. Thomas Hein on this remarkable work!👏

The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast

The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast: Complex Transboundary Management is a brand-new volume in the Elsevier Ecohydrology from Catchment t...

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Julia Vierheilig @4heilig.bsky.social · Jul 19

Happy to see our new paper out in #WaterResearch! A pleasure 2contribute2 this collaborative effort led by Matthew Thornton & fantastic team at @bergthalerlab.bsky.social.

It highlights how much the choice of virus enrichment #method shapes our view of the #wastewater #virome.

#WBE #PublicHealth

TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thrilled 2 share that our colleagues @4heilig.bsky.social & Gabriela Eder contributed 2 the recently published #openAccess article led by Matthew Thornton from @bergthalerlab.bsky.social‬ (@meduniwien.ac.at) in #WaterResearch (@iwapublishing.bsky.social)

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Comparative wastewater virome analysis with different enrichment methods

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has proven its value for public health. Physical concentration of virus particles is a crucial step for WBE to per…

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Marco Dignum (Waternet)
Gang Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Andreas Farnleitner (TUWien & KL Krems, ICCWaterHealth, GWPP)

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

Panelists:
Shannon Briggs (MichiganStateUniversity)
Marta Vargha (National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy)
Tarja Pitkänen (@helsinki.fi)
Robert Bos (independent consultant, former @who.int)
Orin Shanks (USEPA)
Maria Ines Sato (Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo)
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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Ricardo Santos (Instituto Superior Técnico)
Gertjan Medema (@tudelftwm.bsky.social & KWR)

Speakers:
Alexander Kirschner (MedUniWien, ICCWaterHealth)
Brent Gilpin (ESR)
Abhilasha Shrestha (@uicpublichealth.bsky.social)
Veronica Rajal (UniversitySalta)
Gertjan Medema (TUDelft & KWR)

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

Organisers:
Andreas Farnleitner (TUWien & KLKrems, ICCWaterHealth, GWPP)
Joan Rose (MichiganStateUniversity & GWPP)
Katalin Demeter (TUWien, ICCWaterHealth)
Mats Leifels (KLKrems, ICCWaterHealth)
Claudia Kolm (KLKrems, ICCWaterHealth)
Regina Sommer (@meduniwien.ac.at, ICCWaterHealth)
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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

💧Drinking water
🏖️Recreational water
🧪WBES (wastewater-based environmental surveillance)

✅ We also discussed standards & regulations before concluding with a high-level panel of internat. scientists & regulators.

💬 The strong engagement highlighted the sector's readiness to accelerate uptake.

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

📊 The session built on last year’s global WaterSurvey, which assessed adoption of genetic methods worldwide. At WaterMicro25, nearly 200 participants took part in an Expert Poll to help identify the most promising parameters for use in: ...

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔬 Co-led by Andreas Farnleitner (@tuwien.at & #KLKrems) and Joan Rose (@michiganstateu.bsky.social), and coordinated by Katalin Demeter (@chemistry-tuw.bsky.social), the workshop focused on how genetic tools can move from #research labs into real-world #WaterManagement.

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Jun 30

💧 At the #WaterMicro25 conference mid-June, we hosted a workshop on #GeneticMethods in #WaterQuality testing - organized by the Austrian ICC for Water & Health, the Global Water Pathogen Group #GWPP, and #KWR.

#Microbiology #WaterHealth #ScienceToPolicy

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Glowing mobile phones as people submit their responses to the live poll.
(Photo by Angelika Bauer)

Panel discussion, from left to right: Joan Rose, Andreas Farnleitner, Maria Ines Sato, Marta Vargha, Shannon Briggs, Tarja Pitkänen, Robert Bos, Marco Dignum, Gang Liu.
(Photo by Dominik Kugler)

186 conference participants took part in the ExpertPoll.

Candidate microbial parameters (measured by a genetic technique) across the three application areas, identified by participants of the ExpertPoll. The size of the circles is proportional to the number of participants, hence with the number of candidate parameters, for the given category.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · May 26

Another fully booked and successful #water resource management #excursion!
Thirty students, accompanied by the excursion leaders @mzessner.bsky.social and Julia Derx, showed high motivation by joining the two-day trip on Friday and Saturday, and were rewarded with a very varied programme...

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · May 21

👉 Mehr Infos:
• ICC Water & Health: www.waterandhealth.at
• Stadt Wien – Wiener Wasser: www.wien.gv.at/wienwasser/
• Prüf-, Inspektions- & Zertifizierungsstelle: www.wien.gv.at/forschung/laboratorien/

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · May 21

Die Finanzierung erfolgt durch:
📍 Grundfinanzierung: #StadtWien
📍 Projektmittel: #ICCWater&Health
Beigetragen wurden bisher 10 Projekte: 3x @fwf-at.bsky.social, 1x @wwtf.at, 2x EU und 2x @ffg.bsky.social

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · May 21

ViWa 2020+ zeigt, wie interdisziplinäre Forschung, Praxis & Stadtpolitik zusammenwirken – um auch unter Klimawandel & Bevölkerungswachstum die hohe Qualität des Wiener Trinkwassers zu sichern.

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · May 21

🏆 Die Zwischenbilanz zur Projekt-Halbzeit:
• 1 Habilitation & 5 Dissertationen
• 22 Publikationen
• 18 Konferenzbeiträge
• 9 Auszeichnungen
• 20+ öffentliche Outreach-Formate

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · May 21

Gemeinsam mit der #StadtWien – #WienerWasser & weiteren Partnern werden wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse direkt in die Praxis überführt:
🔬 Molekularbiolog. Diagnostik
🤖 KI-gestützte Quellprognosen
☀️ Neue UV-Desinfektion für Karstquellen
📊 Risikobasierter Ansatz zur Überwachung der Wasserqualität

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · May 21

💧 Wiener #Trinkwasser: Positive Zwischenbilanz ViWa 2020+

Im Frühjahr fand das MidTerm-Symposium der Forschungskooperation #ViWa2020+ statt – mit 130 Stakeholdern aus Wissenschaft, Verwaltung & Wasserwirtschaft.

#WienerWasser #Forschung #Wasserqualität @wien.gv.at

📷 © Wiener Wasser/Zinner

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Our study provides a valuable data foundation for future research and protective measures.

#EnvironmentalResearch #Science

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 31

...to moderate compared to international levels – likely due to effective wastewater treatment and antibiotic management.

🌍 Why does this matter?
Rivers are key pathways for the transmission of antibiotic resistance, one of the biggest challenges for global health.
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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 31

💡Key Findings:
✅ Fecal contamination is a major factor in the spread of resistance genes – w/ strong local variations
✅Other factors, eg heavy metals, antibiotics, & river dynamics also play a role, but their connection to ABR needs further investigation
✅ABR burden in Lower AT rivers is low...

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 31

🔬 New #Publication in the Journal of Hazardous Materials on #AntibioticResistance in #River Systems:

🔗 Leopold et al: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our latest study provides comprehensive insights into the spread of antibiotic resistance (ABR) in four river systems in Lower Austria.

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Using a harmonised study design and quantitative tool-box reveals major inconsistencies when investigating the main drivers of water and biofilm antibiotic resistomes in different rivers

The spread of antibiotic resistance (ABR) via surface waters is of increasing concern. Large-scale studies investigating ABR drivers in different wate…

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 22

Es werden weitere Podcasts mit Beteiligung des @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social folgen.

Die Podcastserie wird mit Mitteln der Europäischen Union (Programm IBW / #EFRE - Projekt NÖ Innovatiosökosystem) cofinanziert.

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 22

👉 Gabriele Weigelhofer ( #WasserClusterLunz & #BOKU)👉 Peter Strauss (Bundesamt für #Wasserwirtschaft & Inst. für Kulturtechnik u. Bodenwasserhaushalt)
👉 Andreas Farnleitner ( #KLKrems & @tuwien.at, @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social)

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ICC Water & Health @iccwaterhealth.bsky.social · Mar 22

...auch für kommende Generationen bewahren & schützen können. Wasser ist für alle Lebensvorgänge von elementarer Bedeutung. Es ist Lebensraum & Lebensmittel, Heilmittel, Wirtschaftsfaktor - und manchmal auch eine potenzielle Gefahr.

Hört rein in die 1. Folge mit: ...

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