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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Mar 17

Our dear colleague Norbert Kreuzinger has been honoured w/ the #Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (Silbernes #Ehrenzeichen) by Elmar Pichl, Dir. Gen. of #BMBWF.
This highly prestigious national decoration rightly recognises the important & pioneering role...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, he also talks about advanced #wastewater #treatment as an effective way to mitigate this impact.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 2d

A #podcast tip on Ö1 (in German):

Norbert Kreuzinger discusses the presence of #pharmaceutical residues in #water systems, their impact on #aquatic #organisms, and what we still largely don't know about the 'cocktail effects' of their mixture in the environment.

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Arzneimittelrückstände im Wasser | DO | 25 09 2025 | 19:05

Österreichs größtes Kultur- und Informationsmedium – Nachrichten, Journale, Reportagen, Radiokunst und Musik.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 5d

... the #IAWD - Voice of the Danube and the regional cooperation in the water service sector of the Danube region.

Take a look at the full #programme and join us on Tuesday afternoons for some exciting discussions!

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 5d

... the latest advancements in key technologies.
We kick off on 14 October with a talk by our colleague Meiqi Liu on the identification of sources and pathways of #PFAS pollution in the Upper #Danube Basin, and we continue on 21 October with an overview of a talk by Katerina Schilling on ...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 5d

As in previous years, the programme is very broad and diverse, featuring talks both in English and German ranging from research projects and insights into the challenges and solutions of water management projects to insights into the work of international institutions and companies and ...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 11d

...and receive training on implementing harmonised #databases. These innovative tools are designed to facilitate the effective management and use of #micropollutant concentration data within and across national borders, primarily to support #emission #modelling and #water #quality assessment.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 11d

... foundations of #nitrogen flows in WWTPs. Meanwhile, in a nearby seminar room, over 20 #waterquality experts from the #Danube region who are participating in the Interreg #Tethys project, coordinated by Ottavia Zoboli, came together to discuss their progress...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 11d

Our team kicked off the week by hosting not 1 but 2 international #workshops!
The #DWAl expert group KA 6.1: #Microbiology in #wastewater treatment”, of which Norbert Kreuzinger is a member, met w/ the main objective of jointly developing a report to consolidate knowledge of the microbiol...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 14d

... exchanging memories of her time as a student assistant at our research unit. A big thank you to the ÖGL (Austrian association for trenchless technology) for organizing this inspiring conference and for their commitment to fostering the next generation of professionals 🚀

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Congrats to Lara Anna Vrečar!
At grabenlos.2025 – the conference on trenchless technologies – Lara was honoured with the Youth #Award 2025 for her pitch on #trenchless #sewer #rehabilitation. We celebrated it together at the #conference dinner, ...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 16d

A warm thank you to International Water Association, 경북대학교(Kyungpook National University), the Korean Society on Water Environment, the Korean Society of Water & Wastewater, and all the sponsors for organizing such an outstanding event.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 16d

He specifically examined how Forward Osmosis can influence the ozonation process, built on Gerda Gurtner’s insightful diploma thesis. The conference was a great opportunity 2 exchange knowledge, discuss fresh ideas w/ peers from across the globe, & experience the vibrant culture of South Korea

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 16d

Our colleague Liad Weisz recently took part in the 11th #IWA #Membrane Technology #Conference in Daegu, South Korea, where he gave a talk focusing on a possible #quaternary treatment technique - combining Forward #Osmosis with Retentate #Ozonation.

📸 Pere Olives Cegarra

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 23d

🔵Implementation of sidestream deammonification and treatment of exhaust air in the sidesstream can significantly reduce the overall N2O emission of a WWTP

Congrats to Ali and all coauthors!

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 23d

Highlights:
🟢 Established physical–chemical N2O end-of-pipe air treatment technologies show limitations when implemented at WWTPs
🟣 Denitrifying bioscrubbers are a feasible option for treating N2O-rich exhaust air from sidestream treatment of WWTPs

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 23d

Emissions of the #greenhouse gas #nitrousoxide #N₂O strongly shape the carbon footprint of the #wastewater sector 🌍💨
The new paper by Ali Valipoor et al. reviews treatment #technologies for emission #abatement, focusing on biological systems like #bioscrubbers.

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Critical review on end-of-pipe technologies for nitrous oxide removal as part of a novel comprehensive concept for greenhouse gas emission mitigation at wastewater treatment plants | Water Science & T...

HIGHLIGHTS. Established physical–chemical N2O end-of-pipe air treatment technologies show limitations when implemented at WWTPs.Denitrifying bioscrubbers a

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 29d

... which focus on a novel and comprehensive concept to #mitigate the #emissions of the #greenhouse gas #nitrous #oxide at WWTPs through implementation of denitrifying bioscrubbers in the #sidestream treatment of dewatering liquors, will be published shortly.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 29d

The presentation attracted strong interest, with 55 participants from utilities, research institutions, and consultancy firms attending the call.

Stay tuned for deeper insights: the outcomes of lab-scale investigations, ...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 29d

The presentation, summarised the outcomes of the #ReLAKAN project: “Reduction of Direct Nitrous Oxide Emissions at Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants through Biological Off-Gas Treatment in the Sidestream”, funded by the #BMLUK (see www.bmluk.gv.at/themen/wasse...).

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Endbericht zur Studie „ReLaKAN“

Lachgas ist der bestimmende Anteil der Treibhausgasemissionen auf kommunalen Kläranlagen. Um diese Emissionen zu reduzieren, wurde ein neues Konzept fü"

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · 29d

On 4 September, Vanessa Parravicini was invited to present our team's research on N₂O #bioscrubbing at #wastewater treatment plants within the #IWA #ClimateSmartUtilities Initiative, GHG Sub-Group.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Sep 2

➡️ Adenovirus, bocavirus and reovirus were the most abundant in both urban and hospital WW.

Congratulations to all coauthors , esp. to Elena! This is also an important step forward in her PhD under the supervision of Norbert Kreuzinger.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Sep 2

➡️ SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in WW preceded the increase in the number of clinical cases by nearly 2 weeks.

➡️ Comparing the 2 sites indicates that monitoring WW at an urban level provides a more complete & epidemiologically relevant picture than data obtained only from hospitals.

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Sep 2

New insights into #wastewater #surveillance from a 1-year survey of the untreated influent at the Bucharest WWTP and an infectious diseases hospital.

Check out the full details in the latest publication by Elena Radu et al.:

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Monitoring SARS‐CoV‐2 Dissemination in Wastewater and Virus Isolation in Cell Cultures: An Integrated Approach for Pathogen Detection and Surveillance

Our study presents wastewater (WW) monitoring data, focusing on determining the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in the collected samples. Additionally, a panel of different viruses has been tested in the W...

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TU Wien Water Quality Management @iwr-water.bsky.social · Sep 2

Iva Ćurić works at the University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu. We are delighted to see the first results of her collaboration with our team during her research stay at TU Wien being published.

The article will be freely available until 4 October 2025.

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