Field experiments
Experiments are able to take advantage of the advanced data collection infrastructure. In 2011, Alexander Eder, and other students of the Vienna Doctoral Programme ran a flooding…
In the same area, Christina Frick is studying the capacity of standard faecal indicators (E.coli and intestinal enterococci) to detect faecal contamination. Bacterial standard indicators have been…
One of the best ways to learn about water resource systems is to study them in action. Fieldwork in our Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) gives students the opportunity to learn by doing.
Julia Derx is looking at the effect of groundwater fluctuations on the exchange of chemical and microbiological contamination between streams and aquifers. Based on 3-D groundwater modelling she…
Multi-parametric signals for water quality analysis
Alternative approaches for water quality monitoring are being tested out by Philipp Stadler. He has installed an enzymatic on-line detection…
Julia Vierheilig is applying similar bio-informatic based techniques, but focusing on the molecular analysis of alternative bacterial feacal indicators. Genetic faecal marker detection and source…
