Transnational Access Project "Standard for stormwater management in Sweden" (2024-2025)

In a research project within Co-UDlabs, IKT, Rise and Luleå University of Technology are collaborating on prefabricated stormwater treatment plants that are implemented, especially in traffic areas with high levels of pollution (e.g. tire and road wear particles, brake particles, etc.). However, standardized tests are often lacking to evaluate and compare these devices.

The transnational research project “Standard development for stormwater management in Sweden” has now been launched to address this issue. In the project, the Swedish research organization RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden, the Luleå University of Technology and the company UPONOR, a Swedish manufacturer of drainage elements, have access to the IKT's research infrastructure in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, a test and research facility for decentralized stormwater treatment systems.

Corresponding tests are carried out at the IKT and accompanied by the Swedish project team. The results of the tests will be used to develop a test procedure for decentralized stormwater treatment systems, which is to be seen as a proposal for the Swedish test standard for the relevant standardization bodies.

Financer: CoUDLabs

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