Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste ...

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Establishment of a regional quality infrastructure
in the East African Community (EAC)
An effective regional quality infrastructure (QI), in
which all parties recognise each other mutually, plays
a central role for the development of a common market
in the member countries of the East African Community
(Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi)
since it enables, to a large extent, a mutual and
free movement of goods as well as the development
of environmental and consumer protection on a liberalised
market.
In a project of the German metrology institute Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt (Project executing
agency: Secretariat of the East African Community)
this QI is to be strengthened. For this purpose among
other things proficiency test for the chemical analysis
of food (edible salt, wheat flour, edible vegetable oil)
are performed.
Scientific support and consultancy of these PT schemes
is the task of ISWA in this project.
Financing institution:
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Duration:
since 12/2007, for an unlimited period
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Jörg W. Metzger,
Dr.-Ing. Michael Koch
Development of a biotechnical process with improved
infiltration properties and envi-ronmental
sustainability for the remediation of sites
contaminated with volatile chlo-rinated hydrocarbons
(VCH)
Sub-Project “Development of microbiological
process basics for the optimization of the electron
donor application in the field”
Microbiological and biotechnological studies are being
carried out to develop a new remedia-tion strategy for
effective and complete dechlorination of volatile chlorinated
hydrocarbons at contaminated sites. Therefore
lipophilic electron donors are developed which are selectively
supporting reductive dechlorination as well as
favoring mass transfer of VCH from the DNAPL-phase
into the electron donor phase. The most suitable electron
donor is tested un-der laboratory and field conditions
for economical dosing at little accumulation of
DOC, methane and chlorinated intermediates.
Financing institution:
Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology, ZIM
(Central Innovation Program of Small and Medium-
Sized Business)
Duration:
05/2009 - 04/2011
Contact:
Prof. Dr, rer. nat. habil. Jörg W. Metzger
Dr. Bertram Kuch
Dipl.-Chem. Claudia Lange
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