The Department of Water and Environmental Biotechnology deals with current issues in the field of wastewater. In addition to aspects of resource recovery from wastewater, the Corona pandemic has been a particular focus of public attention in recent years. The WUB department was involved early on in detecting SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater and using this methodology as an instrument for monitoring the occurrence of infections. The high social importance of these topics is also reflected in the media coverage: a large number of articles about the research at the WUB Department were published in various media – from reports in national newspapers, podcasts and interviews in radio programmes to various video contributions on television and online. A selection of the most important contributions with exciting insights into the research work can be found here.