Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Nowak

Professor of Hydraulics

Study Advisor for Urban Water Management (B. Eng.)

Head of Water Laboratory

Committees & Offices

BAföG Representative

Member of the Audit Committee

Unit

Civil Engineering Department

jens.nowak@fh-potsdam.de

Phone

+49 331 580-4319

Location

House 1

Room

2.01

Office hours

Tuesdays 12:30 - 14:00 in LW 040 Hydraulic engineering laboratory

Main fields of activity (research, teaching)

Research

Wastewater disposal in rural areas
Soil filters
(Small) wastewater treatment plants
Purification processes for wastewater, rainwater and mixed water
Industrial wastewater treatment
Anaerobic wastewater treatment
Innovative sanitary systems (NASS)
Disposal concepts for settlements adapted to climate and demographic change
Recycling of water and nutrients
Partial flow treatment
Nutrient elimination in water catchment areas etc.

Regulatory work

Preparation of regulations for the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
Member of the DWA main committee on sewage treatment plants
Chairman of the DWA Technical Committee 10 Wastewater Treatment in Rural Areas
Spokesperson for the DWA working group KA-10.1 Wastewater treatment in planted soil filters
Member of DWA working group 10.3 Wastewater from motorway service areas
Member of DWA working group ES 3.5 Retention soil filters
DWA expert for the certification of small wastewater treatment plant maintenance companies
Code of practice DWA-M 201
Principles for the design, construction and operation of wastewater pond systems, 2005
Code of practice DWA-M 221
Principles for the design, construction and operation of small wastewater treatment plants with aerobic biological treatment stage, 2012
Code of practice DWA-M 222
Principles for the design, construction and operation of small wastewater treatment plants with aerobic biological treatment stage up to 1,000 population equivalents, draft 2009
Worksheet DWA-A 226
Principles for wastewater treatment in activated sludge plants with joint aerobic sludge stabilisation from 1,000 population equivalents, 2009
Worksheet DWA-A 262
Principles for the design, construction and operation of constructed wetlands with planted soil filters for the biological treatment of municipal wastewater, 2006
Worksheet DWA-A 280
Treatment of sludge from small wastewater treatment plants in municipal wastewater treatment plants, 2006
Work report: Current need for investigation of planted soil filters for the treatment of municipal wastewater, 2009

CV

Maintenance mechanic
Studied water management at TU Dresden
Doctorate in urban water management at TU Berlin
Consultant at the Plauen State Environmental Agency
Managing director of a wastewater association
Short-term expert for EU Twinning projects in the Czech Republic and Romania
Expert for the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)
Short-term expert for the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Start of teaching: WS 2013/14

Selected projects

CCRBF: Expansion of the Indo-German Centre of Excellence for Riparian Filtration; Subproject D: Concept for the Construction and Operation of Planted Soil Filters in India

CONNECT Education-Research-Innovation, a funding area of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, supports the development of a German-Indian Competence Centre for Riverbank Filtration as part of the "CCRBF" project.