Award "Best thesis of faculty"

• Simlat, W. (2017): Efficient rainwater management in urban regions
• Faustmann, A. (2014):Change of the water quality in the cleaning process of a drinking water treatment plant
• Peter, M. (2013): Special features of the water ladders in the Lusatian Lakeland using the example of the ladder 1

Awards from scientific institutes or companies

• Buenning, L. (2022): Outgassing from wastewater treatment plants (nomination)
• Endermann, M. (2019): Process optimization of the denitrification of a sewage treatment plant to stabilize the effluent values (award)
• Faustmann, A. (2012): Process for the removal of humic substances from drinking water (award)

Special appreciation by companies

• Richter, S. (2014): Reduction of infiltration water in the sewer system
• Linke, H. (2012): Study for the central wastewater disposal of southern relocation areas in the municipality Schleife
• Berthold, M. (2009): Mechanical dewatering of sewage sludge
• Hansen, T. (2005): Variant analysis for waste water disposal in Elsterheide OT Klein-Partwitz

Wastewater treatment

• Potentialities of reutilization and disposal of sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment in China
• Adaptation of wastewater purification systems up to 1,000 PT for the Chinese market
• Treatment of filtrate water from the dehydration of digested sludge by adsorption
• Use of carbon sources by nutrient medium in wastewater treatment plants
• Investigation of a mobile optical measurement method in exchange for chemical analysis 
• Increasing energy efficiency of a municipal sewage plant
• Development of a biological exhaust air treatment plant based on a bioriesel flow reactor for biological wastewater treatment
• Possibilities of self-sufficient sewage disposal of floating houses under consideration of legal and normative regulations

Sewerage system

• Refurbishment of rainwater drain in consideration of regional conditions
• Innovative rainwater management in urban regions
• Possible applications of different pipe materials in waste water disposal
• Adaption of a sewer system considering the climatic effects and regional developments
• Use of pigging systems to minimize odours in the sewer system under ecological and economic aspects
• Use of wastewater heat in a private nursing home
• Influence of demographic change on wastewater discharge
• Development of a technical solution concept for the drainage of waste water

Water/Water protection

• Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive using the example of a flow line
• Iron and sulphate reduction in small rivers
• Iron reduction in the course of the watercourse through integration of constructed wetlands
• Influence of substance inputs from sewage treatment plants and agricultural land in rivers
• Use and storage of regenerative energy to keep pontoons with floating architecture free of ice
• Flood protection of water management facilities in the area of a water and wastewater association

Drinking water

• Odours in drinking water - causes and mitigation measures
• Drinking water consumption in rural areas