DWA Publications

Flyer "Themenfaltblatt" ‘What can go in the toilet’ DIN long, 12 pages

This flyer gives a compact and comprehensible description of what belongs in the toilet or in the waste bin and which wastes must be
disposed of separately in German and ten other languages. This flyer is used especially as information for persons applying for asylum and
includes the following languages: German, Amharic, Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Kurdish, Pashto, Russian, Somali, Tigrinya.

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Toilet topic flyer

Anthropogenic micropollutants, pathogens and antibiotic resistance
in the hydrological cycle ‒ relevance, pathogens and elimination

The thematic issue on ‘Anthropogenic micropollutants’ is currently marketed free of charge thanks to funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and can be ordered via info@dwa.de.

The research project on ‘Typifying, communicating and minimising risks caused by new pollutants and pathogens in the hydrological cycle ‒ TransRisk’ has provided the foundation of this DWA topic issue. The project was funded as part of the ‘Sustainable water management ‒ NaWaM’ BMBF funding project and concluded after 3.5 years in April 2015.

As anthropogenic micropollutants, their transformation products and ecotoxological effects as well as pathogens and antibiotic resistance can now be detected, water quality can be comprehensively typified using a multi-disciplinary approach. By applying the combined process of ‘Ozone treatment and filtration using granulated activated carbon’, it was possible to largely eliminate the micropollutants under analysis and their transformation products.

Please find below the PDF file of the topic issue for free-of-charge download: DWA TransRisk topic issue

Approaches to eliminating anthropogenic micropollutants

This thematic issue describes the problems related to the elimination of anthropogenic micropollutants in municipal
wastewater treatment plants and summarises the relevant aspects and latest findings regarding the removal of
micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants. In addition to general information on anthropogenic
micropollutants in the water cycle, this issue provides important information on the legal boundary conditions and
the problems of sampling, analysis and toxicological evaluation.

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Approaches to eliminating anthropogenic micropollutants

Impact of transformation products on the water cycle

The thematic issue especially describes transformation products formed of highly water-soluble and moderately
absorbing micropollutants due to abiotic or biotic changes in the environment or during industrial processes.

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Impact of transformation products on the water cycle

Anthropogenic trace pollutants in the water cycle – pharmaceuticals

This thematic issue examines the methods of assessing human and ecotoxicology of pharmaceuticals and
indicates potential dangers, possibilities for action and the need for research in order to prevent anthropogenic
micropollutants in the aquatic environment. In addition attention is drawn to regulatory and legislative loopholes at
national and European level, for example in the Water Framework Directive.

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Anthropogenic trace pollutants in the water cycle – pharmaceuticals

Wastewater from hospitals and other medical facilities

The information sheet provides information about the various wastewater collecting points and the
characteristic contents of the different wastewater streams. The areas of normal and intensive care, the
surgical area and the Infectious and Nuclear Medicine wards are described with regard to their wastewater amounts.

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Wastewater from hospitals and other medical facilities

Micropollutants in the water cycle

Micropollutants enter the wastewater treatment plants in the wastewater where the variety of chemical
compounds cannot be completely removed from the wastewater. Thus, the treated wastewater, which still
contains micropollutants, enters rivers and lakes where it can be harmful. The booklet provides tips on how
everybody can help prevent the substances from entering the water cycle.

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Micropollutants in the water cycle