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Swedish Water Research and Innovation days 2020

The Swedish Water annual Research and Innovation Conference was held on 8-9 December 2020. During the conference organized as a webinar due to the current situation, Swedish Water, the research funders and the four research clusters Stormwater&Sewers, DRICKS, VA-kluster Mälardalen and VA-teknik Södr...

Kelsey Flanagan will be an Associate Senior Lecturer

After more than a year of work as a post-doctor in Urban Water Engineering within the framework of DRIZZLE - Centre for Stormwater Management, Kelsey Flanagan has now been hired as an Associate Senior Lecturer.

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.

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.

Characterization of dissolved metals in stormwater

Metals in stormwater occur in many chemical forms that affect the mobility and transport of the metals in the stormwater system and what environmental impact the metals will have in the recipient.

Enhancement of stormwater quality in grass swales

Snežana Gavrić will present her licentiate thesis “Enhancement of stormwater quality in grass swales: Removal and immobilisation of metals” on December 17, 2020 at Luleå University of Technology. The discussion leader is Magnus Bäckström from Swedish Water.

Ivan Mantilla latest DRIZZLE addition

In June 2020, Ivan Mantilla joined DRIZZLE as PhD student.

Erik Karlsson new Chairman of DRIZZLE Board

During the board meeting on August 24, Erik Karlsson was elected new chairman of the DRIZZLE board. He takes over after Pär Weihed, pro vice chancellor at Luleå University of Technology.

DRIZZLE's Annual General Meeting 2020

DRIZZLE's General Meeting took place on August 24 this year - digitally due to covid-19. The day began with a short presentation of parts of the field studies conducted within DRIZZLE. Thereafter, the new DRIZZLE doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and professors introduced themselves to the par...

Built in risks in blue green infrastructure

Together with Ohio State University, Luleå University of Technology has performed a major international field study of sustainable blue and green infrastructure and “built-in risks” in urban storm water management.

Pollutants in urban snow

Snow and snowmelt are sources of surface water pollution, which can deteriorate the surface water quality. The major sources of pollutants in urban snow are traffic, atmospheric deposition, de-icing salt and anti-skidding materials and urban littering. The pollutants of interest in snow and snowmelt...

Degradation of macroplastics to microplastics upon exposure to sunlight

Jonathan Svedin who studied the master's engineering program Natural Resources Engineering with specialization on Environment and Water at Luleå University of Technology has now completed his master's degree. He has conducted a laboratory study investigating the extent to which different types of pl...

Sensitivity analysis of pluvial flood modelling tools for dense urban areas

Johanna Eriksson has now finalised her masters’ thesis work. She has carried out a project related to flood modelling at the Department of Sustainable Waste and Water in the City of Gothenburg.

Interpolation of probing data for groundwater modelling

Frida Agerberg who has studied the master´s programme Natural Resource Engineering specializing in environment and water recently published her master’s thesis “Data interpolation for groundwater modelling - How choice of interpolation method and sample size affect the modelling results” that she ha...

Workshop - Snow dumps

For many municipalities in Sweden, large decentralized snow dumps for storing urban snow are an important part of their snow management in winter. However, the large snow dumps cause an enormous transport of snow every year. Also, meltwater from snow dumps contains similar pollutants as stormwater a...

Better understanding of the varying prestanda of metal treatment in bioretention

On June 3, 2020, Katharina Lange presented her licentiate thesis entitled "Total and dissolved metal treatment in stormwater bioretention". The seminar took place at Luleå University of Technology (LTU) with Danielle Dagenais from the University of Montreal, Canada as discussion leader and Maria Vik...

Swedish Water Award for best master's thesis

Emelie Hedlund Nilsson, former student at Luleå University of Technology Master Programme in Natural Resources Engineering, wins the Swedish Water Award for best master's thesis in urban water engineering. The winner is awarded SEK 25,000.

Multifunctional surfaces for rain and snow

Can integrated snow and stormwater systems in urban environments, multifunctional areas, be a way to avoid large snow deposits and polluted melt water?

In the media: Green roofs in northern Sweden

An article by Joel Lönnqvist, Godecke Blecken and Maria Viklander, VA technology at Luleå University of Technology.

Pollution of Stormwater Pond Sediments

A detailed screening found 92 organic pollutants and 7 trace metals in stormwater sediments.

Sustainability assessment of urban drainage solutions

Pär Öhrn Sagrelius, industrial PhD student at Tyréns within the DRIZZLE project, evaluates sustainability aspects of stormwater systems in various case studies.

What role do gully pots play in sustainable urban drainage?

Our cities and receiving water priorities have changed and so should also our perception of gully pots. As our cities evolve to achieve sustainability, we need to gain a better understanding of the performance and impacts of gully pots to ensure their role within wider sustainable drainage strategie...

Microplastics course in Oulu/Finland

In the beginning of December, the PhD students Katharina Lange and Brenda Vidal, Luleå University of Technology, participated in a course about microplastics

Building surface materials as sources of stormwater pollution

Stormwater is an important transport pathway for pollutants in the urban environment and contributes to the deterioration of urban receiving water quality. Metallic building surfaces and atmospheric deposition, as well as activities related to transportation, industries and construction, are among t...

Research projects highlighted as good examples in government initiative

Smart City Sweden is a government initiative aimed at increasing exports of, and investments in, smart city solutions.

Havremagasinet art hall focuses on microplastics

On October 3, Heléne Österlund was invited to the county art gallery in Norrbotten, Havremagasinet in Boden, ti give a speach on the theme "Microplastics from city to sea". This was in connection with the artist Mattias Käll giving a lecture on the project "Packaged" and the artwork "The Legacy".

Tone Merete Muthanna, Associate Visiting Professor at Urban Water Engineering

Tone Merete Muthanna has started a position as Associate Visiting Professor at the research group Urban Water Engineering at LTU. Tone comes from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. She has a wide background in stormwater management and urban water systems. She sp...

DRIZZLE's General Assembly Meeting 2019

This year's DRIZZLE Annual General Assembly meeting took place at the end of August in Stockholm with the DRIZZLE member Tyréns hosting the event. During the days, some of the researchers and PhD students associated with DRIZZLE presented news from their ongoing research.

Great interest in Almedalen for stormwater as a resource

During this year's Almedalen week, DRIZZLE participated in the seminar "Stormwater as a resource". The seminar was organized by LTU, NCC and Tyréns.

Cities, rain and risk, Malmö 13-14 juni

The international conference CITIES, RAIN AND RISK on urban flooding management in cities was held in Malmö on June 13-14 2019.

New position paper on “Prioritisation of Emerging Contaminants in Urban Wastewater”

The EU’s directive on Urban Waste Water Treatment has been open for public consultation, for the commission to assess whether a revision of the directive is needed or not.

New Post Doc

Kelsey Flanagan joined the Urban Water group at LTU on August 12 as a Post Doc, as a part of DRIZZLE – Centre for Stormwater Management.

New PhD student in DRIZZLE

Lisa Öborn was hired on August 26, through a collaboration between Stockholm City and LTU, as a municipal PhD in Urban Water Engineering within DRIZZLE.

New PhD student at DRIZZLE

On June 17, Emelie Hedlund Nilsson started as a PhD at DRIZZLE, through a collaboration between Luleå municipality and LTU.

DRIZZLE at Almedalsveckan

Come and participate in the seminar "Stormwater is a resource!" that DRIZZLE is part of during Almedalsveckan!

Time: Tuesday, July 2 at 11.45 - 13.15
Location: Arena City Development Days, Trappgränd (between St Hansgatan and Mellangatan, Visby)

"Svampen" takes care of large stormwater volumes

How can large amounts of stormwater be taken care of in built-up areas where there is lack of space? This is a question that researchers in the DRIZZLE competence center want to answer in a project with the work name "Svampen".

Improved stormwater quality using grass swales

With increasing urbanization, there will be more of hardened surfaces, such as roads, parking places and roofs. Hard surfaces cause higher levels of pollutants to storm water, higher flow rates and higher volumes. Urbanization thus affects both the quantity of water and the quality of the stormwater...

Denmark's Swedish Ambassador visited LTU

Ove Ullerup, Denmark's Swedish ambassador, visited Luleå University of Technology (LTU) on May 21 to discuss cooperation opportunities between the university and Denmark. Lena Goldkuhl, VA technology, was invited to talk about "City planning of sustainable cities".

New industy-employed PhD student

The March 18, Robert Furén, through a collaboration between NCC and LTU, started as an industry-employed PhD student at DRIZZLE.

Workshop on Riddarfjärden bay

On March 12, 2019, a workshop on stormwater solutions for the Riddarfjärden bay and its surroundings in Stockholm was arranged. The organizers of the workshop were Tyréns in collaboration with the City of Stockholm and DRIZZLE.

New Post Doc

Jiechen Wu has started working as a post doc at the Urban Water group at LTU from the 1:th of March. He will mainly be connected to projects in DRIZZLE.

New PhD student for Urban Water Engineering

In February 2019, Haoyu Wei was employed as PhD student in Urban Water Engineering at LTU. His research will be connected to projects in DRIZZLE.

Investigates microplastics in our cities

Helene Österlund, a researcher in Urban Water Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has been commissioned to investigate how microplastics are transported and dispersed in our city centers, stormwater systems and via busy roads. The result will show what actions will be most effective to st...

Industrial PhD student from Tyréns

On October 1, 2018, Pär Öhrn Sagrelius began as an Industrial PhD student in DRIZZLE, through a collaboration between Tyréns and Luleå University of Technology. He holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering at Lund University.

PhD student at the city of Stockholm

On April 17, 2018, Madeleine Syk started as DRIZZLE's first municipal school graduate, through a collaboration between Stockholm City Environmental Management and Luleå University of Technology.

DRIZZLE's Annual General Meeting 2018

On 28-29 August, DRIZZLE's General Meeting held room. About 35 people from DRIZZLE's partner organizations gathered at Luleå University of Technology to, among other things, to negotiate ongoing and planned joint research projects. The day started with a presentation round, as there were some new pa...

DRIZZLE-kickoff

On 15-16 January, a kickoff took place with all DRIZZLE’s partners. More than fifty participants from 10 different organizations met lunch-to-lunch in Stockholm, to get to know each other, to get a common view of what to do together, and to start the joint work in DRIZZLE.

110 million SEK for sustainable stormwater solutions

Luleå University of Technology receives one of Sweden's eight new centers of excellence for world-class research in areas of importance for the country. At the new center DRIZZLE, the university’s researchers will collaborate with companies and municipalities to develop groundbreaking stormwater sol...

Published:21 March 2017

Updated: 2 November 2020

By:Sylvia Kowar

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