Research
Current Projects
RIVAR - A quantitative concept to study human-derived antibiotic resistance in rivers along the human wastewater path
Duration: 2020 - 2023
Funding body: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
Project description
SwimCity: The impact of floods and storm events on short-term variations of water quality in urban recreational surface waters
Duration: 2020
Funding body: OeAW, Anniversary Fund of the City of Vienna call CLIMATE CHANGE: living with the consequences in a metropolitan region like Vienna
Contact: Sílvia Cervero-Aragó, Julia Derx
Project description
Fecal pollution routes of antibiotic resistance along the whole Danube River
Duration: 2019 – 2023
Funding body: Austrian Science Fund (FWF, Project No. P32464)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
Project description
MULTISENSE AQUA - Automated Online Flow Cytometry for Real-time Monitoring of Bacteria and Particles in Drinking Water
Duration: 2019 – 2022
Funding body: EU/EUROSTARS, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner, Rita Linke
Project description
Monitoring the faecal input situation for the Lower Austrian Danube using E. coli
Duration: 2019 - 2021
Funding body: Amt der NÖ Landesregierung - Gruppe Wasser
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Alexander Kirschner
Project description
triboREMEDY - Breakthrough remediation strategy for safeguarding human and environmental health
Duration: 2019 – 2022
Funding body: EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Research Executive Agency
Grant Agreement number: 829047 — triboREMEDY — H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020/H2020
Contact: Regina Sommer, Sílvia Cervero-Aragó
Project description
Vibrio cholerae
Duration: 2019 – 2021
Funding body: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Julia Vierheilig
Project description
The impact of Giardia spp. as a reference pathogen in urban water systems
Duration: 2018 – 2021
Funding body: Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (WWTF)
Contact: Sílvia Cervero-Aragó, Julia Derx
Project description
REEgain - Nachhaltiges biologisches Recycling von umweltbedenklichen Stoffen
(Rare Earth Elements) aus Elektronikabfall und Abwässern Udržitelná
biologická recyklace ekologicky problematických látek (prvk? vzácných
zemin) z elektronického odpadu a vody
Duration: 2018 – 2022
Funding body: Interreg - Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner
Project description
Aquascreen - Entwicklung eines zukunftsweisenden Wasseruntersuchungsverfahrens für die Trinkwasserversorgung von morgen
Duration: 2018 – 2020
Funding body: FTI Programm Niederösterreich: Forschungsförderung für Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft des Landes Niederösterreich
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Domenico Savio
Protozoan mimics - Überprüfung neuer Ersatzsubstanzen für Protozoen
Duration: 2018– 2021
Funding body: Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)
Contact: Margaret Stevenson, Alfred Paul Blaschke
Project description
AQUASAFE: Establishing water safety monitoring for tomorrow: genetic faecal marker diagnostics for the detection and tracking of contamination
Duration: 2017 – 2020
Funding body: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB)
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Domenico Savio
Project description
Selection and Characterization of DNA Aptamers for Health-relevant Bacteria in Water
Duration: 2017 – 2020
Funding body: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Contact: Claudia Kolm, Georg Reischer
FWF DKplus Doctoral College "Water Resource Systems"
Duration: 2009 – 2021
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Günter Blöschl (head), Andreas Farnleitner (Subject area head "Water and Health)
Project description
The interest and basic competence of ICC Water & Health are defined by the full range of water & health issues that reflect microbiological, chemical, toxicological and esthetic aspects of water quality. However, the main research focuses are currently concerned with the microbiological aspects of water quality.
Our publishing activities are aimed at the compilation of international quality-assured scientific publications (peer reviews) as well as publication in German-language media specializing in practical use.
Moreover, we collaborate in the preparation of standards and rules at the national and international levels.