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The IWA World Water Congress is the key global event of the water sector, organised every two years. This year, the ICC Water & Health was represented by a team of six members. Sophia Steinbacher gave a platform presentation on the impact of ships on the faecal pollution of rivers,, and Ahmad Ameen gave a platform presentation on the co-transport…

The 38th annual conference of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP) took place in Salzburg from May 13-16. The ICC Water & Health was strongly represented with more than 20 participants. In total, the ICC Water & Health contributed 9 presentations, 2 chairmanships and 18 poster contributions.

Congratulations to our steering committee member Julia Derx for successfully defending her thesis "Understanding the impact of global changes and management measures on the microbiological water quality and safety in river basins" for her habilitation in the area of Groundwater Management!

On May 2, Julia gave an impressive lecture which was…

On 24 April, 18:00 - 19:30, Thomas Oudega from the research group of Julia Derx and Alfred Paul Blaschke will give a lecture on per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) at the VHS Wiener Urania.

The kick-off event for the ARISE project - "Evaluation of innovative molecular analysis methods and approaches for surveillance of antibiotic resistance in wastewater" - will take place at KL on 22 April.

The global spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment poses a growing threat to public health. Large rivers are of particular importance, as they are important lifelines and at the same time are heavily polluted by wastewater discharges. In a large-scale collaboration between ICC Water & Health, MedUni Graz, IFA Tulln and international…

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