DTU ENVIRONMENT
DTU Environment DTU (DTU Environment) is a department at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) aiming at developing technical and sustainable solutions to minimize the impact of society on the environment through research and teaching in Water supply, waste water, solid waste, hydrology, geology, ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry and microbiology at an international level.
Water, soil and minerals are scarce and precious resources that must be carefully managed. The research and teaching of the department cover many aspects of this problem. For example, the department has expertise in groundwater and surface waters and their management. It seeks to determine how pollution from waste disposals and chemical spills affects the environment. DTU Environment also deals with solid waste disposal and water supply in urban environments. To meet these challenges the department conducts field and laboratory research as well as modeling studies in water resources systems, petrophysics, fate and effects of pollutants, remediation technologies, water supply and wastewater treatment.
The total annual turnover for DTU Environment is 8 mill. euro with 40% from external funding (projects). The academics at DTU Environment are civil, environmental and chemical engineers as well as physicists, chemists, microbiologists, geologists and biologists. This composition reflects the demand for an interdisciplinary approach to survey and solve complicated environmental problems. The department has state-of-the-art chemical and biological laboratories and operates a number of research field sites. Advanced modelling is carried out on up-to-date computer facilities. Approximately 130 people are currently employed at DTU Environment, including about 30 PhD students.
NERI AU
The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) is a part of University of Aarhus. In Danish NERI is called Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser (DMU). NERI is responsible for providing the technical and scientific foundation for policy decisions related to nature and environment. NERI collects, processes and assesses information about nature and the environment and utilizes this knowledge as the basis for providing independent scientific advice to decision makers and various governmental agencies.
NERI’s research addresses nature and the environment on land, in the water and in the air, as well as societal processes of importance to the environment. In addition, NERI accords importance to cross-disciplinary analyses of topical environmental issues such as nutrients, chemical substances, biotechnology products, climate effects, biodiversity and environment and health. NERI develops and maintains a unique combination of research, monitoring and advisory activities. Each activity contributes considerably to the development of the other activities.
GEUS
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS, is a research and advisory institute in the Danish Ministry of the Environment. The survey also operates in the private sector.
GEUS' overall mission is to provide, to use, and to disseminate knowledge of geological materials, processes and relations that is important for the use and protection of geological resources in Denmark and Greenland. Part of this mission is to support administrative and legislative work in Danish Ministries and the Greenland Home Rule Authority, by providing state-of-the-art geoscientific knowledge of international standard.
GEUS' main tasks are geological mapping, data collection and storage, to carry out research projects, to give advice, and to disseminate geoscientific knowledge. The activities are organised within five programme areas: Data banks, information technology, and information to the general public; Water resources; Energy resources; Mineral resources and Greenland mapping; and Nature and environment.