Publications/Lectures

Sieglar, J.; Zipplies, J.; Liese, V.; Siebert, N.; Morck, T.; Theobald, S.; Vajen, K.; Jordan, U. (2026): Assessing the seasonal potential of wastewater and rivers as heat sources for district heating: Methodology and example application for the federal state of Hesse, Germany, International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol. 49, 5–25, https://doi.org/10.54337/ijsepm.11196

Liese, V.; Akgün, B.; Elreedy, A.; Lapp, J.; Ferle, K.; Moll, R.; Gescher, J.; Morck, T. (2026): EBPR process dynamics under variable conditions: interaction between PAOs and the microbial community, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 440, January 2026, 133468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133468

Parniske, J.; Froemelt, A.; Morck, T. (2026): Modeling competitive adsorption of organic micropollutants onto granular activated carbon in fixed-bed adsorbers for advanced wastewater treatment, Water Research, Vol. 288, Part A, January 2026, 124631, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124631

Siebert, N.; Raza, H. A.; Bachmann, K.; Kaetzl, K.; Laner, D.; Wachendorf, M.; Morck, T. ( 2025); Adsorption of organic micropollutants on biogenic activated carbon: Potential of kitchen waste and woody residues as feedstocks for advanced wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 394, November 2025, 127476, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127476

Thormann, M.; Morck, T. ( 2025): Full-scale experiments to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions in wastewater treatment plants through optimization of the aeration strategy. Environmental Technology & Innovation, Vol. 40, November 2025, 104469, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2025.104469

Liese, V.; Lapp, J.; Gescher, J.; Morck, T. ( 2025): Effect of Ethanol and Glycerol on the Diversity of Polyphosphate and Glycogen-Accumulating Organisms in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems, 7th IWA International Conference on Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment, ISBN: 978-91-7485-724-5, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17349374

Atallah Al-asad, Hana; Alex, J.; Morck, T. (2025): Development and application of a mechanistic model for advanced wastewater treatment by ozonation, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 519, September 1, 2025, 165152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.165152

Bachmann, K.; Schmidt, S.; Kaetzl, K.; Morck, T.; Laner, D. (2025): Environmental performance of management scenarios for urban bio-waste: A German case study on the role of sources and pathways.Waste Management, Vol. 205, August 2025, 114974, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2025.114974

Kaetzl, K.; Riegel, M.; Joseph, B.; Ossenbrink, R.; Gerber, H.; Gwenzi, W.; Morck, T.; Laner, D.; Heinrich, T.; Kromrey, V.; Friedrich, K.; Wachendorf, M.; Stenchly, K. (2025): Biogenic Activated Carbons from Conservation Grassland Biomass for Organic Micropollutants Removal in Municipal Wastewater. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, Vol. 26, July 2025, 100588, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.2025.100588

Siebert, N.; Liese, V.; Höft, L.; Schäfer, B.; Jordan, U.; Morck, T. (2025): Wastewater Heat Recovery from Sewage Treatment Plant Outflows—Estimation of the Heat Supply Potential for Hesse. Correspondence: Abwasser, Abfall, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 267–272, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3242/kae2025.04.003

Abbas, A.; Freyschmidt, A.; Thormann, M.; Beier, M.; Morck, T.; Schmidtke, J. (2025): Climate-Neutral Wastewater Treatment Plants—Greenhouse Gas Accounting to Derive Mitigation Measures Using the KlicK Web Tool. Korrespondenz Abwasser, Abfall, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 186–195, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3242/kae2025.02.003

Atallah Al-asad H.; Parniske, J.; Morck, T.; Alex, J. (2024): Simulation-Based Optimization of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Using Powdered Activated Carbon. gwf Wasser | Abwasser, 12/2024.

Atallah Al-asad H.; Alex, J.; Parniske, J.; Morck, T. (2024): Simulation-based process optimization of full-scale advanced wastewater treatment systems using powdered activated carbon. Water Science & Technology, 90 (11): 3008–3028. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.382

Mahdariza, F.; Georg, W.; Pronold, H.; Morck, T. (2024): Enhancing the membrane bioreactor efficiency: The impact of rotating membrane modules and aeration strategies on the transmembrane pressure. Water Science & Technology, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp. 985–994, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.242

Morck, T.; Parniske, J.; Qian, J.; Krieg, G.; Kiesecker, O.; Alex, J.; Atallah Al-asad, H.; Phan, L.-C.; Hetschel, M.; Krampe, L.; Wissing, H.; Hiller, J.; Daub, B.; Metzger, S. (2024): Decoding Trace Substances—Implementation of an Intelligent Monitoring and Control Center for Resource-Efficient Trace Substance Removal from Wastewater, Technical Report for the BMBF Digital GreenTech Long-Term Project DecS. Water – Wastewater – Environment, Series of the Department of Urban Water Management, Volume 49, Kassel University Press, ISBN 978-3-7376-0964-7, July 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2024070910484

Mahdariza, F.; Georg, W.; Pronold, H.; Morck, T. (2024): Rotate Instead of Aerate More: The Rotating Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor. In: Mannina, G.; Ng, H.Y. (Eds.): Frontiers in Membrane Technology. IWA-RMTC 2024, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 525. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, pp. 138–142, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63357-7_23

Singer, J.; Morales, Y.; Horn, H.; Morck, T.; Otter, P.; Schmidtke, J.; Saravia, F. (2024): Use of biologically treated wastewater for hydrogen production. DVGW energie | wasser-praxis, pp. 58–63, 6+7/2024

Parniske, J.; Atallah Al-asad, H.; Qian, J.; Morck, T. (2024): Modeling competitive adsorption of organic micropollutants onto powdered activated carbon in continuous stirred tank reactors for advanced wastewater treatment. Water Research, 258 (2024) 121806, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121806

Qian, J.; Atallah Al-asad, H.; Parniske, J.; Brandl, A.; Degenhardt, M.; Morck, T. (2024): Influence of effluent particles and particle-bound micropollutants on the removal of micropollutants and_UVA254 in wastewater effluent ozonation. Journal of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 270, January 15, 2024, 115915, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115915

Hille-Reichel, A.; Horn, H.; Schmidtke, J.; Mohr, M.; Maurer, P.; Schmid, S.; Morck, T. (2023): Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants as Biorefineries—Two Current Projects from Baden-Württemberg, Correspondence in Wastewater and Waste, Vol. 70, No. 11, pp. 868–872, 2023

Ehrhardt, F.; Beißwenger, N.; Nguyen, T.H.; Parniske, J.; Neef, J.; Launay, M.; Morck, T.; Morhaus, T.; Bitsch, M.; Metzger, S. (2023): Trace Substance Removal Using Powdered Activated Carbon in Dust Accumulation Mode. Korrespondenz Abwasser, Abfall, Vol. 70, No. 11, pp. 859–867, 2023

Mahdariza, F.; Georg, W.; Wille, E.-M.; Morck, T. (2023): The impact of solid/floc holdup on oxygen transfer in a rotating hollow fiber membrane bioreactor under endogenous conditions. Water Science & Technology, 88 (5): 1232–1245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2023.265

Morck, T.; Parniske, J.; Qian, J.; Alex, J.; Atallah Al-asad, H.; Phan, L.-C.; Hetschel, M.; Jagemann, P.; Metzger, S.; Daub, B.; Krieg, G. (2023): Sustainability potential of digitized trace substance removal from wastewater—the Digital GreenTech project DecS. In: Wintgens, T. (ed.): 56th Essen Conference on Water Management “Safe Water Management in Times of Crisis,” March 7–9, 2023, at Eurogress Aachen. Society for the Promotion of Municipal Water Management at RWTH Aachen University, ISBN 978-3-938996-62-1, pp. 16/1–16/9, 2023

Qian, J.; Riede, P.; Abbt-Braun, G.; Parniske, J.; Metzger, S.; Morck, T. (2022): Removal of organic micropollutants from municipal wastewater by powdered activated carbon–activated sludge treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 50, December 2022, 103246. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103246

Hiller, J.; Liese, V.; Morck, T. (2022): Phosphorus recovery from wet sludge—An analysis of options in the context of the requirements of the Sewage Sludge Ordinance. Correspondence: Abwasser, Abfall, Vol. 69, No. 10, pp. 840–855, 2022

Mahdariza, F.; Rimoldi, I.D.; Henkel, J.; Morck, T. (2022): A new concept for a rotating hollow-fiber membrane module: Impact of rotation on fine-bubble aeration. *Water Science & Technology*, Vol. 85, No. 9, pp. 2737–2747. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.144

Atallah Al-asad, H.; Parniske, J.; Qian, J.; Alex, J.; Ramaswami, S.; Kaetzl, K.; Morck, T. ( 2022): Development and application of a predictive model for advanced wastewater treatment by adsorption onto powdered activated carbon. Water Research, Vol. 217, June 15, 2022, 118427. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118427

Telgmann, U. (2022): Phosphorus removal via flocculation filtration and extension of the process for the parallel removal of organic micropollutants in a GAK filter. Water – Wastewater – Environment, Vol. 47, DOI: 10.17170/kobra-202205096154

Saif, S.M.A. (2022): Assessment of Rainwater Harvesting Potential in the Blue Nile Basin Based on Open-Access Data Water - Wastewater - Environment, Vol. 46, DOI: 10.17170/kobra-202203235917

Morck, T.; Henkel, J.; Mahdariza, F.; Rimoldi, I.D. (2021): Rotating Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor—Impact of Rotation on Oxygen Transfer. 14th Aachen Conference on Water Technology, Conference Proceedings, Aachen, 2014

Drensla, K.; Hoven, F.; Wiegmann, B.; Schier, W. (2021): Activated Sludge Tank Volume and Operating Parameters in MBR Systems—Current Design Approaches and Future Potential. 14th Aachen Conference on Water Technology, Proceedings, Aachen

Aboelnga, H.T. (2021): Assessment Framework for Urban Water Security Water – Wastewater – Environment, Series of the Department of Urban Water Management, Vol. 45, Kassel University Press, ISBN 978-3-7376-0960-9

Garbowski, M. (2021): Arsenic Removal Using Combined Ultra-Low-Pressure Filtration Processes for Water Treatment in Developing Countries: Water – Wastewater – Environment, Series of the Department of Municipal Water Management, Vol. 44, Kassel University Press, ISBN 978-3-7376-0959-3

Ching P. M. L.; So, R. H. Y.; Morck, T. (2021): Advances in soft sensors for wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review. Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 44, 2021, 102367, ISSN 2214-7144, 10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102367. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102367

Liese, V.; Schier, W.; Emmert, S.; Felmeden, J. (2021): Evaluation of operational results and experiences regarding maximum phosphorus removal. Water – Wastewater – Environment, Series of the Department of Municipal Water Management, Vol. 43, Kassel University Press, ISBN 978-3-7376-0957-9

Baumann, P.; Morck, T.; Diehm, B. (2021): Discharges from wastewater treatment plants during heat waves and low-water conditions in water bodies. WASSERWIRTSCHAFT, 06/2021

Garbowski, M.; Liese, V.; Wimmer, L. (2021): Condensate from Gas Pressure Regulation and Metering Systems. gwf Wasser | Abwasser, 05/2021

Reichert, G.; Hilgert, S.; Alexander, J.; de Azevedo, J.C.; Morck, T.; Fuchs, S.; Schwartz, T. (2021): Determination of antibiotic resistance genes in a river impacted by a wastewater treatment plant in surface water, sediment, and biofilm: Influence of seasonality and water quality. Science of the Total Environment, 768, May 10, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144526

Telgmann, U.; Borowska, E.; Felmeden, J.; Frechen, F.-B. (2020): The locally resolved filtration process for the removal of phosphorus and micropollutants using GAC. Journal of Water Process Engineering 35 (2020) 101236

Liese, V.; Lapp, J; Gescher, J; Morck, T. (2025): Effect of Ethanol and Glycerol on the Diversity of Polyphosphate- and Glycogen-Accumulating Organisms in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems. 7th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment, Stockholm, Sweden, June 23, 2025

Morck, T. (2025): Aiming with scope—Understanding_N₂Odynamics to identify efficient greenhouse gas mitigation strategies at wastewater treatment plants. Water Chemistry and Water Technology Colloquium, Engler-Bunte Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, May 16, 2025

Morck, T. (2024): Rethinking Trace Substance Removal at Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants—New Insights from Research and Practice, 2024 Annual Meeting of Chemists in Public Service (ChiöD) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), Kassel, September 23, 2024

Mahdariza, F.; Georg, W.; Pronold, H.; Morck, T. (2024): Rotate Instead of Aerate More: The Rotating Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor. IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference 2024, Palermo, Italy, June 20, 2024

Schier, W. (2024): Evaluation of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Central Hesse Regarding Phosphorus in Light of the Hessian Action Program. Practical Forum of the Dresden Wastewater Conference, April 23, 2024

Siebert, N. et al. (2024): Application of activated carbon from urban residual biomass. DWA Expert Discussion: Activated Carbon from Biomass for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment, Kassel, March 21, 2024

Morck, T. et al. (2024): Mitigation Potential for Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Based on Long-Term Measurements. 57th ESSEN CONFERENCE on Water Management, Essen, March 6, 2024

Morck, T.; Baumann, P. (2023): Co-treatment of combined sewer overflow at wastewater treatment plants. RÜB Seminars, Module 4, DWA Baden-Württemberg, December 5, 2023

Mahdariza, F.; Georg, W.; Wille, E.-M.; Pronold, H.; Morck, T. (2023): Performance of a Rotating Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor System Under Batch and Continuous Flow Conditions. 15th Aachen Conference on Water Technology, October 26, 2023

Morck, T. et al. (2023): Resource-Efficient Trace Substance Removal from Wastewater—Results from the Digital GreenTech Project DecS. Digital GreenTech Conference, Karlsruhe, September 18, 2023

Parniske, J. et al. (2023): Resource-Efficient Trace Substance Removal from Wastewater—Results from the Digital GreenTech Project DecS. DWA Baden-Württemberg Regional Conference, Pforzheim, September 17, 2023

Morck, T. , Thormann, M.; Fuchs, J.; Stier, M.; Schmidtke, J. (2023): Assessment of the Climate Relevance of Wastewater Treatment—Analysis of Long-Term Measurements at the Ulm-Steinhäule Wastewater Treatment Plant. DWA Baden-Württemberg Regional Conference, Pforzheim, September 17, 2023

Qian, J.; Atallah Al-asad, H.; Parniske, J.; Alex, J.; Möller, M.; Metzger, S.; Morck, T. (2023):How sustainable is the digitalization of treatment stages for micropollutant removal?^6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment, Girona, Spain, June 28, 2023

Alex, J.; Atallah Al-asad, H.; Parniske, J.; Qian, J.; Morck, T. (2023): Modeling adsorption on powdered activated carbon for advanced wastewater treatment. DWA Joint Conference: Sewage Treatment Plant Days and Measurement and Control Technology in Wastewater Treatment Plants (MSR), Osnabrück, June 21, 2023

Atallah Al-asad, H.; Phan, L.-C.; Hetschel, M.; Jagemann, P.; Teichgräber, B.; Morck, T.; Alex, J. (2023): Model-Based Control Concept for Advanced Wastewater Treatment at the Dülmen Wastewater Treatment Plant. DWA Joint Conference: Wastewater Treatment Plant Days and Measurement and Control Technology in Wastewater Treatment Plants (MSR), Osnabrück, June 20, 2023

Morck, T. (2023): Carbon Footprint Assessment with a “CLICK” and Sustainability at Wastewater Treatment Plants. “Toward a Climate-Neutral and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Plant,” After-Work Event hosted by Umwelttechnik BW, Stuttgart, June 15, 2023

Atallah Al-asad, H.; Morck, T.; Alex, J. (2023): Simulation-Based Process Control for the Removal of Trace Substances Using Powdered Activated Carbon for Advanced Wastewater Treatment. 29th SIMBA User Meeting, Blankenburg, May 9, 2023

Parniske, J.et al. (2023): Project DecS—Implementation of an intelligent monitoring and control center for resource-efficient trace contaminant removal from wastewater. DWA Neighborhood NRW “Elimination of Micropollutants at Wastewater Treatment Plants,” Gütersloh-Putzhagen, April 18, 2023

Morck, T.et al. (2023): Sustainability Potential of Digitized Trace Substance Removal from Wastewater—the Digital GreenTech Project DecS. 56th Essen Conference “Safe Water Management in Times of Crisis,” Aachen, March 7, 2023

Morck, T. (2023): Effects of Climate Change on Municipal Wastewater Infrastructure. ÖWAV/TU Vienna Seminar “Reuse of Treated Wastewater,” Vienna, February 21, 2023

Morck, T. (2023): Re-evaluating advanced wastewater treatment by adsorption onto activated carbon. Water Chemical and Water Technological Colloquium, Engler-Bunte Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, January 13, 2023

Morck, T. et al. (2022): Decoding Trace Substances: A Resource-Efficient Method for Removing Trace Substances from Wastewater. Digital GreenTech Conference, Göttingen, November 7, 2022

Qian, J. et al. (2022): Digitalized Trace Substance Removal—Sustainability Gains from DecS. Digital GreenTech Conference, Göttingen, November 7, 2022

Morck, T. (2022): Impacts of Climate Change on Municipal Wastewater Infrastructure. Wastewater Colloquium 2022, University of Stuttgart, October 20, 2022

Telgmann, U. (2022): Combined removal of phosphorus and micropollutants using granular activated carbon (GAC). 31st Magdeburg Wastewater Days, September 16, 2022

Morck, T.; Laner, D.; Kätzl, K.; Wachendorf, M.; Wagner, R. (2022): CirCles — Circular economy of urban residual biomass via innovative utilization routes. Challenges of Sustainability Research, Kick-Off Conference of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability, University of Kassel, September 14–16, 2022

Morck, T. (2022): Rethinking Trace Substance Removal at Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants—New Insights from Research and Practice. DWA Regional Conference for Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland, Frankenthal, July 13, 2022

Parniske, J.; Morck, T. (2022): Modeling the Removal of Trace Substances in Adsorption Stages with Accumulation Operation. 28th SIMBA Meeting 2022, May 17–18, 2022

Morck, T. (2022): Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection—Potential in Wastewater Management. Conference of Instructors and Chairs of the DWA Regional Chapters in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, April 6–7, 2022

Morck, T.; Baumann , P. (2021): Co-treatment of combined sewer overflow at wastewater treatment plants. Module 4, RÜB Seminars, DWA Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn, November 10, 2021

Morck, T.; Henkel, J.; Mahdariza, F.; Rimoldi, D. (2021): Rotating Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor—Impact of Rotation on Oxygen Transfer. 14th Aachen Water Technology Conference, November 2–3, 2021

Drensla, K.; Hoven, F.; Wiegmann, B.; Schier, W. (2021): Activated Sludge Tank Volume and Operating Parameters in MBR Systems—Current Design Approaches and Future Potential. 14th Aachen Water Technology Conference, November 2–3, 2021

Garbowski, M. (2021): Expansion of Low-Pressure Ultrafiltration Systems with Electrocoagulation for Arsenic Removal. 14th Aachen Water Technology Conference, November 2–3, 2021

Abbt-Braun, G.; Morck, T.; Gomez Scholz, S.; Frimmel, F. H.; Horn, H. (2021): Organic matter in effluents from wastewater treatment plants—an analytical approach.^20th Conference of the International Humic Substances Society, Virtual Global Conference, August 15–27, 2021

Reichert, G.; Hilgert, St.; Alexander, J.; Rodrigues de Azevedo, J.C.; Morck, T.; Fuchs, St.; Schwartz, Th. (2021): Occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes and their relationship with water quality. In: Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences 12, Dublin, Ireland. 10F_RS11 Fundamental and applied freshwater ecology, July 30, 2021

Morck, T. (2021): Presentation of the course assessment with energy check. Conference of teachers and representatives of the DWA neighborhoods in Baden-Württemberg, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, April 21, 2021

Schier, W. (2021): Ammonium Situation at Wastewater Treatment Plants in Hesse—Status and Outlook. 10th Joint Advisors’ and Representatives’ Day 2021 of the DWA Regional Association of Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland, Wiesbaden, March 10, 2021

Liese, V. (2020): Maximum phosphorus removal with regard to cost-effectiveness, precipitant use, and salinity increase. 9th Joint Supervisors’ and Representatives’ Day 2020 of the DWA Regional Association of Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland, Wiesbaden-Naurod, February 4–6, 2020

Telgmann, U. (2020): Flocculation filtration in activated carbon filters as a fourth treatment stage for the simultaneous removal of phosphorus and micropollutants. IWAU Seminar, January 29, 2020