Head of the Chair SWA
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
Telefon: +49 89 6004-2061
Email: christian.schaum@unibw.de
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Scientific laboratory manager
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
Telefon: +49 89 6004-3849
Email: steffen.krause@unibw.de
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- 1: Office - Bldg. 41/100 fourth floor
- 2: Chemical Laboratory - Bldg. 33/200 third floor
- 3: Pilot Plant Station - Bldg. 151
Technical Employees
Main research topics
Teaching and research activities of the chair of sanitary engineering and waste management are focused on protection of health, water, and other resources. The chair’s mission is knowledge development in the field of sanitary engineering with a wide range of research interests from drinking water supply to wastewater and sludge treatment. The overarching characteristic of the chair is its multidisciplinary expertise and research program.
Main research topics:
- Drinking water distribution and wastewater discharge,
Networks and modeling - Advanced wastewater treatment,
Elimination of micropollutants,
Retention of microplastics and their the behaviour in the aquatic environment - Sustainable sewage sludge treatment,
Co-digestion, energy service, phosphorus recovery - Climate and resource protection,
Use of resources contained in water and wastewater: Water, energy, phosphorus, metals etc. - Protection of critical infrastructures,
Member of the Research Center for Risk, Infrastructure, Security and Conflict of the Bundeswehr University Munich
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Research Projects
Organic acids as a control parameter for the optimized operation of anaerobic digestion and biogas plants (AciDi)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Anastasia Ruf, M.Sc.
Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2026
funding: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK)
project partners: - Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik (IBP)
- Hach Lange GmbH
- ALLNET GmbH
- Finsterwalder Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co KG
associated partners: - Gemeindliche Einrichtungen und Abwasser Holzkirchen Kommunalunternehmen
- Abwasserzweckverband Kempten
- Stadtentwässerung Rosenheim
- Entsorgungsbetriebe der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden
- Kläranlage Bad Wörishofen - Glass GmbH & Co. Umwelttechnik KG
- Stadtentwässerung Freising
- Central Marin Sanitation Agency
Studies on the contribution of Bavarian wastewater treatment plants to greenhouse gas emissions
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Sebastian Chalupczok, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Marcel Hagen, Dipl.-Ing.
runtime: 01.07.2022 – 31.08.2023
funding: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt (LfU)
project partners: - Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für Abwassertechnik mbH
- Binder Group GmbH
Emergency water supply (NOWA III) - requirements for emergency drinking water and measures for use for sensitive consumers and sensitive technical systems in health care facilities (hospitals)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Nora Pankow, M.Sc.
Natalie Wick, M.Sc.
Johannes Blattenberger, M.Sc.
runtime: 02.08.2021 – 01.04.2022
funding: Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK)
project partners: - Forschungs- und Beratungsinstitut Gefahrstoffe GmbH (FoBiG)
Guideline for the dewatering, drying and disposal of sewage sludge of small and medium sized wastewater treatment plants
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Sebastian Chalupzcok, M.Eng.
Marcel Hagen, Dipl.-Ing.
runtime: 01.10.2021 – 31.07.2022
funding: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt (LfU)
project partners: - Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für Abwassertechnik mbH
Intelligent Critical Infrastructure: From Reality to the (Hybrid) Digital Twin
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Omar Shehata, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2024
funding: Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg)
project homepage: https://dtecbw.de/home
project partners: - Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Mathematik und Operation Research (UniBw M)
- Professur für Baukonstruktion und Bauphysik (UniBw M)
- Professur für Computergestützte Simulation (UniBw M)
- Professur für Elektrische Energiesysteme (UniBw H)
- Professur Lernen und Lehren mit Medien (UniBw M)
- Professur für Massivbau (UniBw M)
- Professur für Politikwissenschaft insb. Innenpolotik und Vergleichende Regierungslehre (UniBw M)
- Professur für Stahlbau (UniBw M)
Flexible and Complete Energetic Use of Biogenic Residual and Waste Products: Anaerobic Digesters of Water Resource Recovery Facilities and Biogas Plants as Energy Consumers, Storage, and Producers (FLXsnyErgy)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
Larissa Schwinghammer, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.10.2020 – 31.09.2023
funding: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi)
project partner: - Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH (DBFZ)
- Hochschule für Philosophie München
- Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für Abwassertechnik mb
- Wolter Hoppenberg Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
associated partners: - Gea Holzkirchen KU
- Zweckverband zur Abwasserbeseitigung im Raum Ochsenfurt
- Abwasserzweckverband Kempten
- Stadtentwässerung Rosenheim
- Münchner Stadtentwässerung
- Entsorgungsbetriebe der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden
- Next Kraftwerke GmbH
- Stadtentwässerung und Umweltanalytik Nürnberg
Emergency preparedness planning for water supply and sanitation in health care facilities – organisational and technical solution strategies to increase resilience (NOWATER)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineers: Larissa Schwinghammer, M.Sc.
Elena Joel, M.Sc.
Natalie Wick, M.Sc.
Lisa Hoffmann, M.Sc.
Mona Möller, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.05.2020 – 30.04.2023
funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
project homepage: http://go.unibw.de/nowater
project partners: - AGAPLESION HYGIENE Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin,
AGAPLESION Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken gGmbH
- Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe
- Strecker Wassertechnik GmbH
- teckons GmbH & Co. KG
- Technische Hochschule Köln, Institut für Rettungsingenieurwesen und Gefahrenabwehr
- United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security
Characterization and Contamination Testing of Source Separated Organic Feedstocks and Slurries for Co-Digestion at Resource Recovery Facilities
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Dipl.-Ing. Marcel Hagen
runtime: 01.09.2019 – 30.06.2021
funding: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
(Water Research Foundation (WRF))
project partners: - Carollo Engineers, Inc.
- University of Michigan
Phosphorus recovery during waste water treatment
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Dipl.-Ing. Marcel Hagen
runtime: 01.05.2019 – 31.12.2020
funding: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt
project partners: - Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für
Abwassertechnik mbH
Optimized grease separator in order to recover resources and reduce negative environmental impacts (FAFODI)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Anastasia Ruf, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.11.2018 – 30.04.2022
funding: Interreg Österreich-Bayern (Europäische Union,
Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung)
project partners: - Universität Innsbruck (UIBK, Fachgebiet
Abfallbehandlung und Ressourcenmanagement)
- Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für
Abwassertechnik mbH
- Abwasserverband Achental – Inntal-Zillertal
- Abfallwirtschaft Tirol Mitte
associated partners: - Abwasserverband Grossache-Nord
- SüdWasser GmbH
- Abwasserverband Kufstein und Umgebung
- AWV Reither Ache Kläranlage Going
- Abwasserverband Hall in Tirol - Fritzens
- ARAB GmbH
- Stadtentwässerung Schwaz GmbH
- Abwasserverband Zirl und Umgebung
- Gemeindliche Einrichtung und Abwasser Holzkirchen
Kommunalunternehmen
- Markt Haag i. OB
- Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe AG
Development of an innovative biogas-batch-system for quantification of methane and biohydrogen (QUAMEWA)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineers: Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.11.2018 – 31.10.2020
funding: Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)
durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und
Energie
project partner: - Dr.-Ing. RITTER Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
Synergy of integrated Sensors and Technologies for urban secured environment (SYSTEM)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Christoph Wöllgens, M.Sc.
Elena Joel, M.Sc.
runtime: 03.09.2018 – 28.02.2022
funding: EU – Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme No. 787128
project partners: - FORMIT – Fondazione per la Ricerca sulla Migrazione
e Integrazione delle Tecnologie (IT)
- RESI Informatica S.p.A. (IT)
- T4i Engineering Ltd (UK)
- Sensichips s.r.l. (IT)
- CapSenze Biosystems HB (SE)
- Blue Technologies Sp. z.o.o. (PL)
- Politechnika Warszawska (PL)
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der
angewandten Forschung e.V. (DE)
- Ústav hydrológie Slovenskej akadémie vied (SK)
- Hochschule Fresenius gemeinnützige GmbH (DE)
- ISEM – Inštitút pre medzinárodnú bezpečnosť a
krízové riadenie, n. o. (SK)
- OSDIFE – Osservatorio sulla Sicurezza e Difesa
CBRNe (IT)
- Bratislavská vodárenská spoločnosť, a. s. (SK)
- Acqualatina S.p.A. (IT)
- Acea Ato 2 S.p.A. (IT)
- Roma Capitale (IT)
- Prezídia Policajného zboru SR (SK)
- Centralne Laboratorium Kryminalistycznw Polocji (PL)
- Bundeskriminalamt (DE)
- Ministero della Difesa (IT)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
Water resource management of alpine huts - derivation of recommended actions (HaWalpS)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Lisa Broß, M.Sc. M.Sc.
runtime: 17.07.2018 – 16.07.2020
funding: Deutsche Bundestiftung Umwelt (DBU)
project partner: - BOKU Wien
project support group: - Deutscher Alpenverein
- Österreichischer Alpenverein
- Alpenverein Südtirol
- Land Oberösterreich
- Land Tirol
- Land Salzburg
- Landratsamt Garmisch-Patenkirchen
- Landratsamt Oberallgäu
Risk assessment of a sewage sludge mono-incineration in the context of phosphorus recovery
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Dipl.-Ing. Marcel Hagen
Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.06.2018 – 31.10.2018
funding: Municipal waste disposal company
Scientific support during the implementation of a 4th purification stage at the wastewater treatment plant of the Abwasserverband Bickenbach, Seeheim-Jugenheim
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcel Hagen
project engineers: Dipl.-Ing. Marcel Hagen
Annett Mundani, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
Lisa Hoffmann, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.03.2018 – 31.05.2024
funding: Abwasserverband Bickenbach, Seeheim-Jugenheim
The sewage treatment plant in interaction with the waste and energy industry: A German-Austrian dialogue (CoMiTo)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineers: Christian Hubert, M.Sc.
Bettina Steiniger, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.01.2018 – 31.12.2019
funding: Interreg Österreich-Bayern (Europäische Union,
Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung)
project partners: - Universität Innsbruck (UIBK, Fachgebiet
Abfallbehandlung und Ressourcenmanagement)
- Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für
Abwassertechnik mbH
- BioTreaT GmbH
strategies for the reducting urban plastic emmissions into limnic systems (PLASTRAT)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineers: Sophia Badenberg, M.Sc.
Annett Mundani, M.Sc.
Lisa Broß, M.Sc. M.Sc.
Natalie Wick, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.09.2017 – 31.08.2020
funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
project homepage: www.plastrat.de
project partners: - Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- IWW Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für
Wasserforschung gemeinnützige GmbH
- Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
- aquadrat ingenieure GmbH
- Technische Universität Darmstadt
- inge GmbH
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.
- Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung
Balancing of sewage sludge treatment at the Winterhausen sewage treatment plant
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christan Schaum
project engineer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
runtime: 01.08.2017 – 31.01.2018
funding: Zweckverband zur Abwasserbeseitigung im Raum
Ochsenfurt
Emergency Water Supply (NoWa II) - Emergency Prevention Concepts
project management: apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Lisa Broß, M.Sc. M.Sc.
runtime: 15.03.2017 – 31.12.2018
funding: Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und
Katastrophenhilfe (BBK)
Co-digestion Experience in Central Europe and Case Study Analysis
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schaum
project engineer: Verena Demmelbauer, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.02.2017 – 31.12.2017
funding: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
(Water Environment and Reuse Foundation (WE&RF)
Integration of new methods in adaptation planning for municipal water supply networks (AkWa)
project management: apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Salomé Parra, M. Sc.
runtime: 01.10.2016 – 30.11.2019
funding: BFS – Bayrische Forschungsstiftung
project partners: - tandler.com
- COPLAN AG
- AWA-Ammersee Wasser- und Abwasserbetriebe gKU
Analysis of the situation of the small-scale water supply in Southern Germany using Bavaria as an example and the derivation of research needs
project management: apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Wolfgang Günthert
project engineer: Lisa Broß, M.Sc. M.Sc.
runtime: 01.02.2016 – 31.01.2017
funding: Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V. (DVGW)
Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt (LfU)
Optimizing Energy efficiency in Water supply and wastewater disposal in Brazil (OpEn Water Brazil)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Wolfgang Günthert
project engineers: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Frank Krönlein, M.Sc.
Sophia Badenberg, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2017
funding: KSB AG
project partners: - Dr. Krätzig Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
- KSB
- Brazilian water supply companies and universities
Sewage monitoring system for tracking synthetic drug laboratories (microMole)
project management: apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Tim Metzner, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.09.2015 – 28.02.2019
funding: EU – Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme No. 653626
project homepage: www.micromole.eu
project partners: - Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
- Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police (Poland)
- Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)
- Blue Technolgies (Poland)
- CapSenze (Sweden)
- JGK Tech-Pipeferret (Iceland)
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Germany)
- Tilburg University (the Netherlands)
- Ghent University (Belgium)
- Université Claude Bernard (France)
Investigations on the reduction and avoidance of odour and corrosion in drainage systems including H2S / sulfide balances (SuBi)
project management: apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Simon Faltermaier, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.07.2015 – 31.12.2017
funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
project partner: - unitechnics KG
Emergency Water Supply (NoWa I) – capacities and resources
project management: apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Steffen Krause
project engineer: Lisa Broß, M.Sc. M.Sc.
Salomé Parra, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2016
funding: Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und
Katastrophenhilfe (BBK)
Sewage sludge recycling in the Nuremberg region - metallurgical phosphorus recycling - iron, fertiliser and energy in one process step (KRN Mephrec)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Wolfgang Günthert
project engineers: Christina Tocha, M.Sc.
Verena Demmelbauer, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.11.2014 – 31.10.2017
funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
project partners: - Klärschlammverwertung Nürnberg GmbH
- Baumgarte Boiler Systems GmbH
- INNOVATHERM GmbH
- Fraunhofer UMSICHT
- ifeu (Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung
Heidelberg GmbH)
- RWTH Aachen, Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
Pilot project “Advanced Wastewater Treatment” at the WWTP in Weißenburg
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Wolfgang Günthert
project engineer: Dipl.-Ing. Sascha Rödel
runtime: 01.05.2014 – 31.01.2019
funding: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt im Auftrag des
Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und
Verbraucherschutz
project partners: - Dr.-Ing. Steinle Ingenieurgesellschaft für
Abwassertechnik mbH
- Ingenieurbüro Dr. Resch + Partner
- Stadt Weißenburg i. Bay.
Energy recovery in the water distribution system by intelligent pressure management (EWID)
project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Wolfgang Günthert
project engineers: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Frank Krönlein, M.Sc.
Salomé Parra, M.Sc.
Sophia Badenberg, M.Sc.
runtime: 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2017
funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
project partners: - AWA-Ammersee Wasser- und Abwasserbetriebe gKU
- Dr. Krätzig Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
- KSB AG
- SCHRAML GmbH
- Wasserversorgungszweckverband Perlenbach
