Work

 

INWERT INSTITUTE for biological drinking water quality, Haltern am See, Germany.

  • Scientific project leader,
  • Evaluation of small invertebrates in drinking water networks
  • Development of measures, flushing strategies and monitoring

The INWERT Institute is an association of Science - Technology - Drinking water network services with the aim to support water suppliers in achieving and maintaining a biologically stable drinking water supply. Drinking water distribution systems are difficult to access and require a complex approach to analyzing and assessing the presence of pipe network inhabitants, including microbes, but also larger organisms such as water lice, water snails and mosquito larvae. 

 

The focus of the INWERT Institute's activities is the implementation of the German DVGW worksheet W 271, which sets standards for water suppliers. Another focus is the provision of advice and support in the risk assessment of the presence of small animals in drinking water systems in accordance with the amended German Drinking Water Ordinance (2023).

 

 

Scientific background 

  • Associate Professor and research group leader `Limnology´ at the Berlin University of Technology, Chair `Water Quality Control´
    (1989 - 2016).
  • Associate Professor of `Water Biology´, Berlin University of Technology, Campus `El Gouna´, Egypt (until 2019). 
  • Research co-operation with the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Visiting Professor:
    Escuela Politécnica National de Quito, Ecuador,
    Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil,
    Universidade Tecnica de Oruro, Bolivia,
    Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú, Lima, Peru.
  • Expert activities, among others for UNEP, CNPq, DAAD
  • Awards:
    Professor Adalbert Seifriz Prize (Awardee): Innovative drinking water pipe flushing technology.
    Zenit Innovation Award (Finalist): Advances in the control of small animals in drinking water networks

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