Research Center of Excellence in Urban Water Engineering

The research project SODA, Collaboration for a sustainable management of stormwater, which was carried out under the leadership of RISE in collaboration with i.a. the partners Stormwater&Sewers at LTU and Östersund municipality are coming to an end. For two years, representatives from all parts of the community building process have fought for a change in society towards a more sustainable stormwater and stormwater management with a focus on neighborhood land.

The course pack "Cross-disciplinary (Blue-green infrastructure) Stormwater Management" has been developed within the research project SODA (Collaboration for sustainable stormwater management on neighborhood level) since coordination between different stages, administrations and actors has been identified within the project as a success factor for achieving sustainable stormwater solutions.

The international urban water conference Novatech 2023 took place 3rd – 6th of July and commenced with two insightful workshops focusing on key topics within the stormwater field: designing the water quality monitoring of urban wet-weather flows and fast models for urban flood simulations – future perspectives in the era of ubiquitous data.

During Spring 2023, two undergraduate students, Lisa Gren and Pina Filipponi, chose to take a project course in Urban Water Engineering as a part of their engineering studies. Both students carried out research projects under the supervision of Kelsey Flanagan.

Letty Mora joined the Urban Water Research group at Luleå University of Technology in August 2023 as PhD candidate within AquaClim. Her main research interest is in source separation systems with three pipes (triplicate systems). Letty's focus is on the feasibility of introducing triple systems in new areas and existing buildings.

Shadi Kohzadi has started working as a senior research engineer in the Urban Water research group at Luleå University of Technology in July 2023.

The Water Research School's annual meeting took place at Chalmers University in Gothenburg from June 13-14, 2023. The event encompassed many interesting presentations and also engaging recreational activities.