Our research on sewer systems
Current projects
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StreetWise (2026-2029)
Swedish municipalities face significant challenges as streets, water supply and wastewater systems age, while climate change increases the risk of flooding and service disruptions. Although street infrastructure and water and wastewater systems often require renewal in the same areas, interventions ...
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StreetWise (2026–2029)
Swedish municipalities face significant challenges as streets, water supply and wastewater systems age, while climate change increases the risk of flooding and service disruptions. Although street infrastructure and water and wastewater systems often require renewal in the same areas, interventions ...
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Acoustic and vibration methods for condition assessment of sewer networks – Smart Sewers (2024-2026)
The overall goal of this project is to investigate the potential of using vibration and acoustic measurements for condition assessment of sewer networks and, ultimately, to develop a method that continuously assesses the condition of the pipes using real-time measurements and machine learning algori...
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AquaClim – Triplicate (2023-2027)
AquaClim is a project financed by the Research council Formas and is led by Lund University, in cooperation with Luleå University of Technology, Uppsala University and Chalmers, as well as a number of water utilities and the Swedish water and wastewater association “Svenskt Vatten”. The project runs...
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VA-NET - Vibration-based Assessment of Pipe Networks
We are pleased to announce that Stormwater&Sewers' joint research application, "Vibration-based Assessment of Municipal Pipe Networks for IoT-enabled Real-time Monitoring and Machine Learning-aided Maintenance Planning (VA-NET)," has been granted funding by Smart Built Environment - FORMAS. The tota...
Completed projects
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Resource efficient and coordinated maintenance and renewal of water and sewerage pipes and streets (2019-2022)
Water and wastewater systems are ageing and renewal is slow. In Sweden, the current renewal rate is ...
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Urban drainage and climate change (completed 2008)
Climate change, e.g. more intense rainfall events, will affect urban drainage systems, and cause pro...
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Early warning system - Is this something for our municipalities? (2007-2008)
In this project different methods which are used today to detect disturbances in the availability an...
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Fat, oil and grease in sewer systems (2007-2009)
Fat oil and grease (FOG) from food preparation can cause severe problems if it is discharged to the ...
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Food Waste Disposers (FWD) - Long term impact on sewerage (2010-2011)
One alternative to reduce the amount of solid residues originating from household food preparation i...
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Clean Water (2013-2015)
Clean Water is a project financed by Vinnova and runs 2013-2015. The objective of the project is to ...
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Attract - Attractive and sustainable cities in cold climates
Sustainable building includes social, economic, ecological and technical aspects. Within the interdi...
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Renovating aging sewers? Improving environment and health or waste of money? (2013-2017)
The sewer system in Sweden is extensive, consisting of about 92,000 km of municipal pipes, with a re...
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Experiences of LPS systems - A knowledge compilation (2021-2022)
LPS (low pressure sewers) systems are often advocated as an alternative to conventional gravity pipe...
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RECO-Resource efficient coordinated maintenance&renewal of streets, water and sewer pipes 2019-2023
In this project we work with coordiated maintenance and renewal of streets and pipes for water suppl...