(I) Names of research team
Genti and Tiziano
(II) What?
-How dangerous is glacier melt for the world?
-How can we reduce glacier melt on long terms?
(III) How?
-Interviews with ETH scientist
(IV) Diverse
-Equipment for taking pictures and video recording
>Product: Short video and/ or text and pictures
(V) Expert’s comment
-In progess
(VI) Goal/ Result
-In progess
We have finally decided what our project is. We will look into the topic "future mobility". We think it is really a interessting and a important topic for the future of our planet and are looking really enthusiastic into our project. Daniel is also really interessted in cars, so we also have a personal connection to the topic.
We think it is really important for us to make a good plan when we do what and when we finish with a part of our project. In general, we plan on doind a world-wide survey to see, if the oppinions are the same in other countries. We were surprised, that big car manufactures like the VW-Audi Group or Toyota are spending much money into the developement of gasoline cars and e-patrol instead of the e-cars like everybody thinks. As part of our project, we wannt to test drive a full electric car and make a personal comparision from "a car-guys perspective". Furthermore we plan to "build" a small e-engine by ourselfe and do a website, on which we show the direct comparision of the different types of cars.
You can listen to our audio, so you can understand the basic idea of our project.
Future_Mobility.aac (564,93 kb)
We also found a partner from Bosnia, which we like to ask the question "is it realistic to only drive e-cars in the balkan region?". Our partner has studied economics and has a master degree and was the head of one of the biggest banks in the balkan region, so he is a really good expert. Currently we think it isn't possible to only drive e-cars in this region, because the countries are mostly really poor.
The Werdhölzli Zürich Wastewater treatment plant is instructed to clean the waste water in my hometown.
There are 87 workers involved to serve over 471'275 people with cleaned water.
Due to its design up to 500'000 cubic metres can be cleansed each day.
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My water is purified at the Flos wastewater treatment plant (ARA) in Wetzikon. The water of the city of Wetzikon, Aathal/Seegräben, Auslikon (Pfäffikon) including the baths, Ober-Balm (Hittnau) and Grüt (Gossau) is cleaned there. They are also responsible for the sewerage system of the town of Wetzikon.More...
Here are some quick facts about the ARA Pfäffikon, which is my residential WWTP.
Name: ARA Pfäffikon
Size: It sustains about 17 000 People
Serves these villages: Pfäffikon, Bäretswil, Hittnau, Fehraltolf
Location: Schanzweg 2, 8330 Pfäffikon (See map below)
Fun Fact: The ARA is located opposite of the "Schanz" which is our "Wertstoff-Sammelstelle"
Source: züriost
Source: map.geo.admin
Rüti operates a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Gruebensteg for about 14,500 inhabitants (approx. 16,750 population equivalents, including industry and commerce). The municipalities of Dürnten, with the village part Tann (2,650 inhabitants) and Bubikon, area Kämmoos-Egelsee (350 inhabitants) are involved.
In rainy weather, up to 250 l/sec of wastewater can be fed to the WWTP. Larger quantities are retained in rainwater tanks and later fed into the WWTP. After the 3-stage, i.e. mechanical-biological-chemical treatment, the wastewater is discharged into the Jona. Every year, about 11,500 m3 of digested sludge is dewatered and sent for incineration. The digester gas produced is processed in a combined heat and power plant and the electrical energy generated, approx. 250,000 kWh per year, is fed into the Rüti public utility grid. The waste heat is used to heat the digester rooms and the plant operation.
The WWTP was expanded between 1989 and 1994 and has been adapted to the new regulations to date. In the future, too, adjustments and renovations will be necessary on an ongoing basis due to new findings. Current planning extends to the year 2020 and anticipates a load of up to 20,000 PE.
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Where is it located?
Weidlistrasse 8, 8608 Bubikon
Coordinates: 2705 278 / 1236 123
How many people is it designed for?
8400 people
Waters:
Zürichsee, Schwarzbach
Commissioning:
1972
How does it look like?
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Source [PDF; zh.ch]
For my waste water, the ARA Esslingen und Oetwil am See is responsible. It covers 4848 people from Oetwil am See and 8888 people from Esslingen (2020). However, the size of the sewer is for 17,000 inhabitants. The ARA is in Esslingen 8133 and was founded in 1965.
The wastewater is collected via urban drainage and flows into the main sewer system. Due to the topographical location of our communities, part of the wastewater must be conveyed to the main collection sewer with the help of nine pumping stations.
Because the wastewater treatment plant cannot receive an unlimited amount of wastewater (210l/s), the municipality of Egg and Oetwil am See also have four additional rainwater retention basins at their disposal in case of large rainfalls, which can be used to collect the first wastewater accumulation.
The cleaning efficiency is 98%.
ARA-Esslingen
Livia
The municipality of Rüti operates a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Gruebensteg for about 14,500 inhabitants (approx. 16,750 population equivalents, including industry and commerce). The municipalities involved are Dürnten, with the village part Tann (2,650 PE) and Bubikon, area Kämmoos-Egelsee (350 PE).
In rainy weather, up to 250 l/sec of wastewater can be fed to the WWTP. Larger quantities are retained in stormwater tanks and later fed to the WWTP. After the 3-stage, i.e. mechanical-biological-chemical treatment, the wastewater is discharged into the Jona. Every year, about 11,500 m3 of digested sludge is dewatered and sent for incineration. The digester gas produced is processed in a combined heat and power plant and the electrical energy generated, approx. 250,000 kWh per year, is fed into the Rüti public utility grid. The waste heat is used to heat the digester rooms and the plant operation.
The WWTP was expanded between 1989 and 1994 and has been adapted to the new regulations to date. In the future, too, adjustments and renovations will be necessary on an ongoing basis due to new findings. Current planning goes up to 2020 and expects a load of up to 20,000 PE.
https://www.rueti.ch/topics/politik-verwaltung/verwaltung/abteilungen/klaranlage
A Vital Resource Under Threat
We all drink too little tap water - even though in Germany and France it is considered the safest food of all. Here, as there, it is at least as good as bottled water from the supermarket. How can we make tap water more palatable (schmackhaft) to people? And: How is tap water actually produced? More...