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Water research at KIT covers a wide range of water sciences and engineering fields such as Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Aquatic Ecology, Fluid-Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering, and Water Chemistry and Water Technology. Our research aims at an improved understanding of the role of the water cycle and related transport of matter for the functioning of environmental systems. We focus on the synthesis and implementation of foresightful and sustainable water resources management concepts and related technology.

In teaching, water plays also an important role: Several bachelor's and master's degree programs with a strong link to water are offered at KIT.

 

2025_06_15_Hagelsonde-kunzSusanna Mohr, KIT
Storm chasing in the USA

Researchers from KIT took part in the ICECHIP (In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail in the Plains) international measurement campaign in the Great Plains. During the campaign, an international research team tracked, observed and analysed hail-producing thunderstorm systems.

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2025_06_16_University_of_Waterloo_Exchange_Visit_700px_rdax_98pIWU, KIT
University of Waterloo Exchange Visit

In June, a delegation from the University of Waterloo (Canada) visited the Institute for Water and Environment (IWU). The visit provided an excellent opportunity to showcase KIT-IWU’s research activities and infrastructures to our Canadian colleagues, to further strengthen the long-standing collaboration between our universities.

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2025_05_BRIDGEValentin Goldberg, KIT
Sustainable extraction of raw materials from thermal waters

With simultaneous events at the Chilean Embassy in Berlin and the German Embassy in Santiago de Chile, both countries kicked off an international project coordinated by KIT in May 2025. The BRIDGE project aims to characterise and model relevant thermal water reservoirs in both countries to assess their suitability for raw material extraction.

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20250407-MB-01-073_KITcubeMarkus Breig, KIT
Measurement campaign for better prediction models and severe weather warnings in the Alps

The weather in the mountains often behaves quite differently than predicted. This is mainly due to the complexity of the terrain, which has a strong influence on air exchange processes. To investigate such exchange processes, an international measurement campaign is taking place in the Alps. The mobile atmosphere observation system ‘KITcube’ is being used for this purpose.

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