| 2028–2024 | Sustainable Development of the OWL Cultural Landscape (nekO) – Hedges, Buffer Zones, and Water Retention in the Cultural Landscape of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Project Planning for Storm Protection. Commissioned by the Municipality of Kalletal |
| 2027–2023 | Joint project: Future Network wasser^plus for knowledge transfer in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region (wasser^plus OWL). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, funded cooperation partner: Ruhr University Bochum, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martina Flörke, project website |
| 2026–2025 | Technical support for the introduction and further development of the Wastewater Discharge Register (ELKA) at the lower water authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Commissioned by the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia, Web link to LANUV regarding ELKA |
| 2024–2021 | Technical support for the introduction and further development of the Wastewater Discharge Register (ELKA) at the lower water authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Commissioned by the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2020 | Conducting ongoing experiments on biological wastewater treatment using two different carbon sources. Commissioned by the City of Verden (Aller) |
| 2020–2017 | Technical support for the introduction and further development of the Wastewater Discharge Register (ELKA) at the lower water authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Commissioned by the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2019–2018 | Investigation of opportunities and potential for intermunicipal cooperation in the field of wastewater disposal in the LEADER region of Nordlippe (municipalities of Barntrup, Dörentrup, Kalletal, and Extertal) |
| 2018 | Assessment of the influence of glyoxylated polyacrylamides on the anaerobic degradation process of wastewater from the paper industry |
| 2018–2015 | Statewide monitoring of the effects of leaky private sewage pipes on soil and groundwater; consortium consisting of IWW, Mülheim an der Ruhr; Emscher Wassertechnik GmbH, Essen; IUTA, Duisburg; geo-id, Hattingen; and HS OWL, Detmold; commissioned by the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature, and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2017–2015 | Development of a technical recycling and disposal concept for HTC process water, joint project with Department 8 (Prof. Dr. Joachim Fettig) and other partners, funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation |
| 2017–2015 | Pilot project on the elimination of micropollutants using ozonation in combination with granular activated carbon at the ZKA Detmold – Project Phase II, commissioned by the City of Detmold |
| 2017–2013 | Preliminary project for the research initiative “Wastewater-Soil-Groundwater,” a joint project by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ute Austermann-Haun and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schlötzer (both Dept. 3) and Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Weinig, commissioned by the Detmold District Government |
| 2015 | Elimination of micropollutants at the Herford wastewater treatment plant using powdered activated carbon, test phase 2015, commissioned by Herforder Abwasser GmbH |
| 2015–2013 | Technical support for the creation and implementation of the ELKA discharge register. Commissioned by the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2014 | Scientific support for the testing of ozone use for micropollutant elimination at the Detmold wastewater treatment plant. Commissioned by the City of Detmold |
| 2014 | Elimination of micropollutants at the Barntrup wastewater treatment plant using powdered activated carbon followed by separation of solids using a fuzzy filter; test phase 2014. Commissioned by the City of Barntrup |
| 2014 | Measurement program to assess the composition of leachate from the Schmedissen landfill, Detmold, and conduct aerobic degradability tests to determine C and N degradation. Commissioned by the Solarinstitut and Solarinvest GmbH, Detmold |
| 2013 | Removal of micropollutants at the Barntrup wastewater treatment plant using powdered activated carbon followed by separation of solids using a fuzzy filter. Commissioned by the City of Barntrup, joint project with Ingenieurbüro Danjes, Detmold, and Bosman Water Management GmbH, Berlin |
| 2013 | Completion of the data basis for emissions reporting: CH4 emission factors and COD values from wastewater treatment in the most relevant industrial sectors. Commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency, Dessau |
| 2013 | Conducting column tests with granular activated carbon using wastewater from the Herford wastewater treatment plant. Joint project with Prof. Dr. Fettig (Department 8), commissioned by Pöyry Deutschland GmbH, Essen |
| 2013–2012 | Innovative integrated wastewater treatment concept for municipal wastewater from the city of Warburg and industrial wastewater from Südzucker AG. Joint project of the Water and Wastewater Department of the City of Warburg, ISA at RWTH Aachen University, ISAH at the University of Hannover, Grontmij GmbH, Südzucker AG, and HS OWL |
| 2013–2012 | ELKA Discharger Registry, technical support for data migration and data collection in legacy systems. Project of the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2013–2009 | Decentralized anaerobic industrial wastewater treatment for the production of biogas as an energy source using membranes for biomass separation (AMBER), in cooperation with TH Mittelhessen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulf Theilen, research contract from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| 2012–2011 | Utilization of process water from the hydrothermal carbonization of organic waste (abbreviated: HTC process water), joint project with the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Applied Computer Science, funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) |
| 2012–2011 | Optimization of IT processes in water management, funded by the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature, and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2012–2009 | Treatment of tapioca wastewater and sustainable water protection management in the main economic zone in South Vietnam (subcontractor to the University of Braunschweig as the main applicant), funded by the BMBF |
| 2011–2009 | Optimization and consolidation of the NIEWA (stormwater discharges) and REBEKA (rainwater basin cadastre) databases, funded by the Detmold District Government |
| 2011–2009 | Optimization and consolidation of the INKA (Indirect Discharge Register) and NIKLAS-IGL (New Integrated Wastewater Treatment System for Industry, Commerce, and Agriculture) databases, funded by the Detmold District Government |
| 2011 | Preliminary measures for a study on the operation and optimization of wastewater ponds in Tunisia and Tanzania, approved by the International Office of the BMBF |
| 2011–2010 | Provision of a quality-assured data basis for emissions reporting to implement international air pollution control and climate protection agreements for selected industrial sectors – specifically: “N2O emission factors from wastewater treatment in the four most relevant industrial sectors,” commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (FKZ: 360 16 031) |
| 2011–2010 | Expansion of the leachate treatment plant at the Hellsiek landfill to include an activated carbon filtration system for the elimination of PFT, specifically “Scientific support for the commissioning of the activated carbon adsorption system and optimization of the entire plant with regard to the interaction of ozonation and activated carbon filtration,” Abfallbeseitigungs-GmbH Lippe, Lemgo |
| 2009–2007 | Support for the Lower Water Authorities in the collection and integration of data into DEA, in cooperation with Kommunal- und Abwasserberatung NRW, Düsseldorf, commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2009–2008 | Stormwater discharges into water bodies – development of a data model, commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment and Nature Conservation, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. |
| 2007 | Conceptualization of management planning—point sources sub-area—for the implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive using the Werre river basin as an example, research commission from the MUNLV |
| 2007–2005 | Support for local water authorities in the collection and integration of data into DEA, in cooperation with Abwasserberatung NRW, Düsseldorf, commissioned by the MUNLV |
| 2007–2005 | Revision and follow-up collection of data on industrial and commercial wastewater disposal at the State Environmental Office in Düsseldorf, commissioned by the MUNLV |
| 2007–2005 | Collection of wastewater IGL data at the State Environmental Office in Lippstadt, which falls under the jurisdiction of the lower water authorities, commissioned by the MUNLV |
| 2005–2004 | Optimization of small wastewater treatment plants with regard to their treatment performance, maintenance requirements, operational monitoring, and operational safety, in cooperation with KWS Water Solutions GmbH, Herford, research contract from the MUNLV |
| 2005–2004 | Online measurements in small wastewater treatment plants to monitor sludge levels and effluent, in cooperation with U.T.S. jh Umwelttechnischer Service Jörg Huntmann, Lotte-Wersen, research contract from the MUNLV |
| 2005–2004 | Stormwater discharges into water bodies – development of a data model – commission from the MUNLV |
| 2005–2002 | Implementation of the Environmental Information Act for wastewater discharges – Exemplary data collection and data transmission to D-E-A, in cooperation with Abwasserberatung NRW, Düsseldorf, commissioned by MUNLV |
| 2005–2002 | Revision and follow-up collection of data on wastewater disposal at the State Environmental Office in Lippstadt, commissioned by the MUNLV |
| 2004 | Review of the Inka history concept and creation of an interface description in XML format, in cooperation with Mummert Consulting AG, Münster, commissioned by the MUNLV |
| 2004 | Expansion of the use of BeEr for the lower water authorities, in cooperation with Mummert Consulting AG, Münster, commissioned by the MUNLV |
| 2004–2002 | Membrane modules for retrofitting small wastewater treatment plants, in cooperation with ATB Umwelttechnologien GmbH, Porta Westfalica, research contract from the “Otto von Guericke” Association of Industrial Research Associations as project sponsor for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. |
| 2004–2001 | Development of a modular wastewater treatment plant with subsequent reuse of treated water to substitute for drinking water, in cooperation with KWS Water Solutions GmbH, Herford, research contract from the Ministry of Schools, Science, and Research and the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2001 | Implementation of the Environmental Information Act for wastewater discharges in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, research contract from the MUNLV |
