Since 2015 the SinoGerman research project SIGN supports water quality improvement in the Taihu region, China

verfasst von

Kathrin Rachel Schmidt, Tim aus der Beek, Xiaohu Dai, Bingzhi Dong, Elke Dopp, Florian Eichinger, Monika Hammers-Wirtz, Regina Haußmann, Andreas Holbach, Henner Hollert, Marc Illgen, Xia Jiang, Jan Koehler, Stephan Koester, Andreas Korth, Stephan Kueppers, Aili Li, Matthias Lohmann, Christian Moldaenke, Stefan Norra, Boqiang Qin, Yanwen Qin, Moritz Reese, Edmund Riehle, Beatrix Santiago-Schuebel, Charlotte Schaefer, Anne Simon, Yonghui Song, Christian Staaks, Joerg Steinhardt, Guenter Subklew, Tao Tao, Tingfeng Wu, Daqiang Yin, Fangfang Zhao, Binghui Zheng, Meiyue Zhou, Hua Zou, Jiane Zuo, Andreas Tiehm

Abstract

The Taihu (Tai lake) region is one of the most economically prospering areas of China. Due to its location within this district of high anthropogenic activities, Taihu represents a drastic example of water pollution with nutrients (nitrogen, phosphate), organic contaminants and heavy metals. High nutrient levels combined with very shallow water create large eutrophication problems, threatening the drinking water supply of the surrounding cities. Within the international research project SIGN (SinoGerman Water Supply Network, www.water-sign.de), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), a powerful consortium of fifteen German partners is working on the overall aim of assuring good water quality from the source to the tap by taking the whole water cycle into account: The diverse research topics range from future proof strategies for urban catchment, innovative monitoring and early warning approaches for lake and drinking water, control and use of biological degradation processes, efficient water treatment technologies, adapted water distribution up to promoting sector policy by good governance. The implementation in China is warranted, since the leading Chinese research institutes as well as the most important local stakeholders, e.g. water suppliers, are involved.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Abfalltechnik

Externe Organisation(en)

Tongji University
Hydroisotop GmbH
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
DAHLEM Consultant Engineers
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES)
Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)
Forschungszentrum Jülich
bbe Moldaenke GmbH
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
F.A.S.T. GmbH
inge GmbH
Steinhardt GmbH
Jiangnan University
Tsinghua University
TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser
IWW Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wasserforschung gemeinnützige GmbH
TZW Water Technology Center

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Environmental Sciences Europe

Band

28

ISSN

2190-4707

Publikationsdatum

01.12.2016

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Umweltverschmutzung

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 6 – Sauberes Wasser und sanitäre Einrichtungen, SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinschaften, SDG 16 – Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-016-0092-7 (Zugang: Offen)