Research Center of Excellence in Urban Water Engineering

Stormwater&Sewers at Luleå University of Technology develops and disseminates research-based knowledge and builds networks within stormwater and sewer systems, based on the needs of society, sustainability and wise use of resources, and in close collaboration with private and public stakeholders.

Chaired professor and responsible for the Urban Water Engineering Research Group is Prof. Maria Viklander.

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Newsletter #27, December 2020

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Supplementary funding of Water Research School by Swedish Universities of the Built Environment

As an active member of the Swedish Universities of the Built Environment (SBU), Lena Goldkuhl, Stormwater&Sewers, has taken the initiative to apply for a grant to develop courses within the framework of the national Water Research School. Earlier this year, the Water Research School received funding from Swedish Water and Swedish Water Development for its activities for the next three years. Luleå University of Technology, Chalmers, Lund University and KTH together have now received additional funding of a total of SEK 200,000 to develop the courses to be given in 2021.

Peter Rosander and Jiechen Wu at the floating baffle, Lake Storsjön, Östersund

Better control of the floating baffle functionning in Östersund due to covid-19

There aren't many glimpses of light when it comes to covid-19. But thanks to the pandemic, LTU gets the opportunity to continue evaluating the floating baffle in lake Storsjön together with Östersund municipality.

13:00 26 Feb

Workshop on LPS systems

on-line

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Property-related stormwater management and industry standard for prefabricated stormwater facilities

Stormwater&Sewers researchers from RISE and Luleå University of Technology have participated in a recently finished Vinnova-funded test bed project on stormwater management in close vicinity to built property and industry standards for assessment of prefabricated stormwater facilities.

13:00 25 Feb

Urban Water seminar and industry day 2021

Zoom

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ICUD2020 goes digital with a webinar series for young researchers

When the international stormwater conference ICUD2020 had to be postponed to May 2021 because of the pandemic, a series of webinars was organized instead.

Experience of low pressure sewer (LPS) systems – a new Stormwater&Sewers project

The project "Experiences of low pressure sewer systems – A knowledge compilation" has been granted funding from Swedish Water Development (SVU) and will run during the first half of the year 2021. Solveig Johannesdottir from RISE Research Institutes of Sweden will be the project leader of this Stormwater&Sewers project with a project team from RISE, Luleå University of Technology and ten different Swedish municipal water and sanitation departments and companies.

InfraSweden2030 program conference

In October, InfraSweden2030 held its annual program conference. Due to the pandemic, the conference was held completely online this year, with the benefits that such an arrangement can provide. For the first time, the conference was open to external participants and everyone with ongoing projects was asked to invite stakeholders.

A pilot plant with reed beds is being built in Luleå municipality

Within the framework of a Formas project at Urban Water Engineering, LTU, the possibilities of using wetland systems for small rural areas in subarctic climate are investigated. Stormwater&Sewers will assess the function and treatment potential of the reed beds.

Published:11 November 2013

Updated: 29 September 2020

By:Sylvia Kowar

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