Edith Durisch-Kaiser

Dr. Edith Durisch-Kaiser
Head Section Waste Water
Abt. Gewässerschutz
Amt für Abfall, Wasser, Energie und Luft
Baudirektion Kt. Zürich
Postfach
Hardturmstrasse 105
CH-8090 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 43 259 91 52
Phone2: +41 (0) 43 259 91 40
E-mail: edith.durisch(at)bd.zh.ch


Additional functions:
Former Senior Researcher (Oberassistentin) at ETH, one of three project leaders in the SNF project: The role of lake sediments in the carbon cycle: organic carbon preservation and methane emission
Co-PI of RECORD (CCES)


Key Publications of Edith Durisch-Kaiser (up to ten) :
Rist, B., S. Schielke, S. Binggeli, B. Kobler, A. Nietlisbach, E. Durisch-Kaiser. 2021. Energieeffizienz auf Zürcher Abwasserreinigungsanlagen (ARA). AWEL-Publikation.

Burkhardt, M., D.I. Jenny, E. Durisch-Kaiser, A. Bruenisholz und J. Auerswald. 2019. Freisetzung von Mikroplastik aus Textilien in Abwasser. Aqua & Gas Nr. 2: 2.

Durisch-Kaiser E. 2018. Der schlaue Weg zum Schutz von Trinkwasser. Zürcher Umweltpraxis Nr. 94: 29.

Durisch-Kaiser E. 2018. Mikroplastik und Abwasserreinigungsanlagen. Aqua Viva Nr. 3: 34.

Cabernard, L., E. Durisch-Kaiser, J.-C. Vogel, Rensch, D. und P. Niederhauser. 2016. Mikroplastik in Zürcher Abwasser und Gewässer. Aqua & Gas Nr. 7/8: 78.

Peter S., L. Mächler, R. Kipfer, B. Wehrli und E. Durisch-Kaiser. 2015. Flood-controlled excess air formation favors aerobic respiration and limits denitrification activity in riparian groundwater. Front. Environ. Sci. DOI 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00075.

Kappeler, A., E. Durisch-Kaiser (Federführung), S. Schielke, D. Rensch. 2014. Elimination von Mikroverunreinigungen auf Abwasserreinigungs-anlagen. Planung des Kantons Zürich. Vorabzug.

Schirmer, M., J. Luster, N. Linde, P. Perona, E.A.D. Mitchell, A.D. Barry, O.A. Cirpka, P. Schneider, T. Vogt, K. Tockner, P. Burlando, E. Graf Pannatier, A. Green, E. Hoehn, J. Hollender, R. Kipfer, and E. Durisch-Kaiser. 2014. Morphological, hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological changes and challenges in river restoration – the Thur River case study. Hydrology and Earth Syst. Sci. 18: 2449-2462.

Durisch-Kaiser, E., M. Schmid, F. Peeters, R. Kipfer, C. Dinkel, T. Diem, C.J. Schubert, and B. Wehrli. What prevents out-gassing of methane to the atmosphere in Lake Tanganyika? accepted in J Geophysical Res - Biogeosciences.

Sobek, S., E. Durisch-Kaiser, R. Zurbrügg, N. Wongfun, M. Wessels, N. Pasche, and B. Wehrli. 2009. Organic carbon burial efficiency in lake sediments controlled by oxygen exposure time and sediment source. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54(6), 2009, 2243–2254.

Schubert, C.J., E. Durisch-Kaiser, B. Wehrli, B. Thamdrup, P. Lam, and M.M.M. Kuypers. 2006. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in a tropical freshwater system (Lake Tanganyika), Environmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.001074.x.

Durisch-Kaiser, E., C. Schubert, L., Klauser, and B. Wehrli. 2005. Evidence for intense archaeal and eubacterial methanotrophic activity in the Black Sea water column. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 71: 8099-8106




Expertise of Edith Durisch-Kaiser:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Energy Working GroupTechnology
Economical Dimension
Ecological Dimension
Pollution
Health Issues
Resources

Specialties of Edith Durisch-Kaiser:
Waste water, catchment analysis, aquatic biogeochemistry and microbial ecology, Carbon, N, and P Cycling,

Last update: 11/21/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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