Water Research at KIT
KIT has a number of working groups with about 200 scientists who cover a broad range in water research:
- Process research on water and matter cycles in all environmental compartments,
- Process research and development of technologies for water treatment,
- Development and application of numerical and physical models, and
- All aspects of integrated water ressources management.
The institutes involved are well equipped with laboratories (for example water chemistry, fluid mechanics, hydraulic engineering, microbiology, geochemistry), field observatories (for example TERENO Pre-Alpine Observatory [TERrestrial ENviromental Observatories], several national and international measurement sites and catchments), and large equipment (for example cloud chamber AIDA, NMR, computing clusters).
Water research at KIT is linked to the KIT Climate and Environment Centre, to the Water Research Network Baden-Württemberg, and to the Helmholtz Water Network.
Examples of joint projects:
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ViTamins - Invigorating Hydrological Science and Teaching: Merging Key Legacies with new Concepts and Paradigms Coordination: Prof. Dr. Erwin Zehe (IWG) Working groups: IWG, IfH a.o. Funding: VolkswagenStiftung Funding period: 2022–2028 more information |
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ESI-CorA - Systematic Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater |
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DAMAST - Technologies for the Safe and Efficient Operation of Water Reservoirs |
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ViWaT-Engineering - Water, Energy and Construction Technologies Coordination: Prof. Dr. Franz Nestmann (IWG) Working groups: IWG, AGW, IPF, IMK a.o. Funding: BMBF Funding period: 2018–2021 more information |
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V-For-WaTer - Virtual research environment for water and terrestrial environmental research |
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KARMA - Karst Aquifer Resources availability and quality in the Mediterranean Area (KARMA) |
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Conti-Bio-Elect - Continious bioproduction using a tailored biocatalyst for electrode assisted fermentation
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