The Water Timeline

The water timeline visualizes the dynamic history of Swiss water management over the last 200 years by presenting roughly 200 milestones based on images, text and sound. The project aims to demonstrate how technological, social and ecological changes interact in transformations towards sustainable development, and under what conditions paradigm shifts in our use of natural resources become possible. The project team hopes to spark the interest of a broad audience, and to make the timeline a key input to broader dialogues on sustainable development in the water sector and related contexts. The water timeline will be continuously updated and improved. We look forward to receiving your comments and suggestions!

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Water timeline online learning unit available on Expedio

January 7, 2025 – A new learning unit based on the water timeline is now available on the Expedio platform. The learning unit «Wastewater: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow» was developed in collaboration with Naturama Aargau and provides classes at secondary level II with teaching material on the topic of wastewater treatment.



The Water Timeline at the World Water Forum 2022 in Dakar

May 2nd, 2022 – The ninth edition of the World Water Forum was dedicated to water security for peace and sustainable development. Various Swiss actors were taking part in the forum as well as Switzerland's exhibition stand – Swiss Water Partnership. To our delight, the Swiss pavilion also decided to exhibit the water timeline, which was accessible via touch-screen.



Presentation of the Water Timeline

September 1st, 2022 – In late August 2022, the Water Timeline was presented at the Nature Congress in Bern, the EUPRIO Conference in Zurich, the SVGW Expert Conference on «Resource Protection» in Biel, and the Symposium on «River Revitalization in Communities» at Eawag in Dübendorf. We would like to thank the organizers and participants for their interest and the engaging discussions!