Chair holder
Director of the Institute
NameProf. Dr. Peter Krebs
Chair of Urban Water Management
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Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology
Institut für Siedlungs- und Industriewasserwirtschaft
Professur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
Bergstraße 66
01069 Dresden
since 2006 | Speaker of the Department of Hydrosciences, TU Dresden |
since 1998 | Director of Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management & Chair of Urban Water Management, TU Dresden |
seit 1998 | Senior Lecturer in UNEP courses on Environmental Management and Water Management, Dresden "Centre for International postgraduate studies of environmental management" (CIPSEM) |
1994-1997 | Senior Lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich |
1994-1997 | Senior Research Engineer, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Dübendorf, Switzerland |
1991-1993 | Research Associate, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
1991 | PhD defence (Dr sc techn), ETH Zurich subject: Modelling and improvement of current in secondary settling tanks |
1989-1991 | Head of the Urban Drainage Section, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich |
1988-1990 | Senior Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences, Rapperswil, Switzerland |
1985-1986 | Post Graduate Studies on Water Protection, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Zurich, Switzerland |
1983-1989 | Research Engineer, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich |
1978-1983 | Study of civil engineering at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland |
Sewer system
- Transport and conversion processes in the sewer system
- Infiltration and exfiltration through un-tight sewer systems
WWTP
- Innovative processes in wastewater treatment
- Antibiotics resistance in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP)
Integration
- Management and modelling of the integrated wastewater system: catchment, sewer system, wastewater treatment plant and receiving water
- Regional matter and water flux analysis
- IWRM - Integrated Water Resources Management
Effects of climate and demographic change on the wastewater systems
- IWA - International Water Association
- IAHR - International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
- DWA - German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste
since 1999 IWA / IAHR - Sewer sediments and processes working group 2000-2006 IWA / IAHR - Joint Committee on Urban Drainage 2000-2003 IWA - Management Committee: Specialist group on Environmental Engineering Education 1994-1998 Management Committee of COST 682
Reviewer of various scientific journals, conference series and for various research fonds and foundations
2005-2008 | Associate Editor of "Urban Water Journal" |
2000-2002 | Editorial board of "Urban Water" |
1991 | Otto-Jaag Water Protection Award, Schweiz | |
1992 | IWA Pergamon Publications Medal |
Lectures
- Principles of sewer systems
- Principles of water supply
- Principles of Urban Water Management for diverse departments/ faculties
Modules
- Modelling
- Management
- IWRM (Integrated Water Resources Management)
- Optimising operations
PhD students
- Currently supervising some 18 PhD students at the Chair of Urban Water Management, TU Dresden
- PhD advising and co-supervisor of some 30 PhD theses completed so far
External
- UNEP courses at CIPSEM
Karpf, C.; Krebs, P.: Fremdwasseranalyse mittels Datenmodellen. In: KA-Abwasser,Abfall 4, S. 362–368