Press Release 123/2018

Assessing the Risks of Micropollutants, Sustainable Water Reservoir Management, Visualizing Drought

Status Colloquium of the Baden-Württemberg Water Research Funding Program on October 08 and 09, 2018 in Stuttgart
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Universities in Baden-Württemberg pool their competencies in water research to improve water supply and water quality. (Photo: Stefan Haun, Stuttgart University)

Water is considered one of the most important resources of the 21st century. Within the funding program “Netzwerk Wasserforschung Baden-Württemberg” (Water Research Network Baden-Württemberg), an initiative of the State Ministry for Science, Research, and the Arts (MWK), state universities study how water availability can be ensured in sufficient amount and quality. The network office at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will organize the status colloquium to present the results of the three joint projects on October 08 and 09, 2018, 13.00 hrs, in Stuttgart.

 

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The following three interdisciplinary projects will be presented:

 

Effect-Net: Causal Relations for Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Water Ecosystems

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Spokesperson: Professor Thomas Braunbeck, Heidelberg University

More information: http://www.effect-net-wasser.de/en/14144 
 

CHARM: Understanding Reservoirs – Sustainable Management of Reservoirs

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Spokesperson: Professor Silke Wieprecht, Stuttgart University

More information: https://www.charm-bw.de/index.en.html  

 

DRIeR: Effects of Droughts – Making the Invisible Visible

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Spokespersons: Professor Kerstin Stahl and Professor Jens Lange, Freiburg University

More information: http://www.drier.uni-freiburg.de/ (in German only)

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More information: http://www.wassernetzwerk-bw.de/english/index.php

 

Status colloquium of the Baden-Württemberg Water Research Funding Program

Monday, October 08 to Tuesday, October 09, 2018, from 13.00 hrs
Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg
Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19, 70174 Stuttgart

The program will be in German.

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Mit wissenschaftlicher Unterstützung von:

 

Further material:

Press release on the start of the “Netzwerk Wasserforschung in Baden-Württemberg“, August 2015
http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2015_kit-coordinates-water-research-network-in-baden-wuerttemberg.php

 

 

 

Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to the global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, about 9,800 employees cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in natural sciences, engineering sciences, economics, and the humanities and social sciences. KIT prepares its 22,300 students for responsible tasks in society, industry, and science by offering research-based study programs. Innovation efforts at KIT build a bridge between important scientific findings and their application for the benefit of society, economic prosperity, and the preservation of our natural basis of life. KIT is one of the German universities of excellence.

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