Completed projects

FUTURE DANUBE - Prediction of future trends in health-related microbiological water quality of rivers in a rapidly changing world

Duration: 2021 - 2024
Funding body: NÖ Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung (GFF)
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Alexander Kirschner
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Faterisk Aqua - PFAS in the urban water cycle

Duration: 2021 - 2024
Funding body: Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (WWTF)
Contact: Julia Derx, Alfred Paul Blaschke
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RIVAR – A quantitative approach to investigating human-associated antibiotic resistance in rivers along the human wastewater pathway

Duration: 2020 - 2023
Funding body: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
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SwimCity: The impact of floods and storm events on short-term variations of water quality in urban recreational surface waters

Duration: 2020 - 2023
Funding body: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW, Jubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien)
Contact: Sílvia Cervero-Aragó, Julia Derx
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Faecal pathways of antibiotic resistance along the entire length of the Danube

Duration: 2019 - 2023
Funding body: Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
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MULTISENSE AQUA – Automated online flow cytometry for real-time monitoring of bacteria and particles in drinking water

Duration: 2019 - 2022
Funding body: EU/EUROSTARS, Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner, Rita Linke
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Survey of faecal contamination in the Lower Austrian Danube using E. coli

Duration: 2019 - 2021
Funding body: Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Wasser
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Alexander Kirschner
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SIWAWI - Future chemical and microbiological challenges for municipal wastewater management

Duration: 2019 - 2021
Funding body: Umweltbundesamt
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Regina Sommer

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
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Vibrio cholerae - An innovative strategy for quantifying and predicting toxigenic and non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae bacteria in natural waters

Duration: 2019 - 2021
Funding body: NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB)
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Julia Vierheilig
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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
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REEgain – Sustainable biological recycling of environmentally harmful substances

(Rare Earth Elements) aus Elektronikabfall und Abwässern
Duration: 2018 - 2022
Funding body: Interreg - Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Claudia Kolm
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Protozoan mimics – Assessment of new surrogate substances for protozoa

Duration: 2018 - 2021
Funding body: Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)
Contact: Margaret Stevenson, Alfred Paul Blaschke
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FWF DKplus Doctoral College “Water Management Systems”

Duration: 2009 - 2021
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Günter Blöschl (Gesamtleitung), Andreas Farnleitner (Fachgebiet Wasser und Gesundheit)
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Aquascreen - Development of a pioneering water testing method for tomorrow's drinking water supply

Duration: 2018 - 2020
Funding body: Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abteilung Wirtschaft, Tourismus und Technologie
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Domenico Savio
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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

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

Groundwater Resource Systems Vienna (GWRS)

Duration: 2010 - 2018
Funding body: MA 31, Stadt Wien
Contact: Alfred Paul Blaschke, Andreas Farnleitner, Regina Sommer, Alexander Kirschner

Sustainable concept for managing the microbiological and hygienic condition of Lake Neusiedler See, taking into account the urban water management of the surrounding municipalities. Phase 1: "Pilot study"

Duration: 2014 - 2018
Funding body: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft/Land Burgenland
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner, Regina Sommer, Alfred Paul Blaschke

Vibrio cholerae in selected bathing waters in the Province of Burgenland: Abundance, antibiotic resistances and genetic diversity

Duration: 2017 - 2018
Funding body: Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung
Contact: Alexander Kirschner

AQUAVALENS - Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation

Dauer: 2013 - 2018
Funding body: EU
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner, Alexander Kirschner

A unifying basis for faecal detection and source tracking

Duration: 2012 - 2017
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner
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Microbial faecal pollution patterns along large rivers

Duration: 2013 - 2017
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
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Faecal Source Tracking Along the Urban Waste Water Path (GEBAM)

Duration: 2011 - 2016
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner
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Relevance of Viable-But-Non-Culturable Legionellae

Duration: 2012 - 2016
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Alexander Kirschner
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Microbial communities inherent to karstic aquifers – ecological driving forces in the depth (Kooperationsprojekt mit EAWAG, Schweiz)

Duration: 2011 - 2014
Funding body: AMBIZIONE, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
Contact: Inés Wilhartitz
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Ecology, diversity and pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae

Duration: 2009 - 2014
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Alexander Kirschner
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Elucidating faecal microbiota for source tracking

Duration: 2009 - 2014
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Georg Reischer
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Elucidating faecal microbiota for source tracking (APART Förderung)

Duration: 2009 - 2012
Funding body: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Contact: Georg Reischer

Investigation and evaluation of the performance of a UV disinfection system for wastewater

Duration: 2010 - 2011
Funding body: Kommunalkreditbank, Lebensministerium
Contact: Regina Sommer

Quantitative microbial source tracking (QMST)

Duration: 2007 - 2011
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner

Microbiology of Alpine karst spring waters

Duration: 2002 - 2009
Funding body: MA 31, Stadt Wien
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner

Microbial activity of karst spring waters

Duration: 2005 - 2009
Funding body: FWF
Contact: Andreas Farnleitner

Joint Danube Survey 2007

Duration: 2007 - 2008
Funding body: ICPDR, Bundesamt für Wassergüte
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner
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Long-term monitoring of botulism neurotoxin C1 in Lake Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park

Duration: 2002 - 2004
Funding body: Land Burgenland, Nationalpark Neusiedler See - Seewinkel
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner

Avian botulism in Lake Neusiedl National Park

Duration: 1999 - 2001
Funding body: Land Burgenland, Nationalpark Neusiedler See - Seewinkel
Contact: Alexander Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner