Water Research at KIT

Research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) comprises the entire regional cycles of water and matter in natural and man-made environments, reaching from the micro scale to river basins.

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:

	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
	ESI-CorA - Systematic Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Coordination: Dr. Verena Höckele (PTKA) Working groups: PTKA, EBI a.o. Funding: EU, Emergency Support Instrument (ESI) Funding period: 2021–2023 more information
	DAMAST - Technologies for the Safe and Efficient Operation of Water Reservoirs Coordination: Prof. Dr. Frank Schilling (AGW) Working groups: IWG, GPI, GIK, IPF, CEDIM a.o. Funding: BMBF Funding period: 2019–2022 more information
	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
	V-For-WaTer - Virtual research environment for water and terrestrial environmental research Coordination: Dr. Sibylle Haßler (IWG) Working groups: IWG, SCC Funding: MWK Baden-Württemberg, KIT Funding period: ssince 2016 more information
	KARMA - Karst Aquifer Resources availability and quality in the Mediterranean Area (KARMA) Coordination: Prof. Dr. Nico Goldscheider (AGW) Funding: BMBF Funding period: 2019–2022 more information
	Conti-Bio-Elect - Continious bioproduction using a tailored biocatalyst for electrode assisted fermentation Coordination: Prof. Dr. Harald Horn (EBI) Funding: BMBF Funding period: 2020–2022 more information