Roland
Schertenleib joined the ETC Team recently for a 12 month fellowship
at the Centre. Invited by Chair of the ETC Board, Professor Goen
Ho, Roland will carry out research in the area of water supply, wastewater
and water conservation in developing and industrialised countries,
as well as continuing to manage projects run by his home institution
EAWAG (Eidgenossische Anstalt fur Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung
und Gewasserschutz - Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science
and Technology).
Switzerland spends annually billions of Swiss Francs to attain this objective.
Numerous developing and newly industrialized countries suffer from acute
water shortage. EAWAG's task as the national research center for water
pollution control is to ensure that:
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Concepts
and technologies pertaining to the use of natural waters are continuously
improved.
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Ecological,
economical and social water interests are brought into line.
Multidisciplinary
teams of specialists in the fields of Environmental Engineering,
Natural and Social Sciences jointly develop solutions to environmental
problems. The acquired knowledge and know-how is transmitted nationally
and internationally by publications, lectures, teaching, and consulting
to the private and public sector.
EAWAG's head
office is located in Duebendorf, near Zurich. The Limnological Research
Center in Kastanienbaum, near Lucerne, also forms part of EAWAG.
The EAWAG is a Swiss Federal Research Institute which reports to
the Board of Management of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
(FIT Board).
