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Ivan Milovanovic will present his licentiate thesis

Ivan Milovanovic will present his licentiate thesis titled “Components for area-efficient stormwater treatment systems” on 17th of June, 2021, at Luleå University of Technology. The discussion leader is Jovan Despotovic, professor in hydrology and hydraulic engineering at the University of Belgrade,...

Ico Broekhuizen defended his doctoral thesis

On April 8, 2021, Ico Broekhuizen defended his doctoral thesis "Hydrological modelling of green urban drainage systems: Advancing the understanding and management of uncertainties in data, model structure and objective functions".

Pulsatile flow may increase performance of ultrafiltration

Treatment of stormwater with a pulsatile liquid flow on ultrafiltration membranes may improve purification properties.

Field work in winter? Absolutely!

Within Stormwater&Sewers, field work is carried out all year round, even wintertime. This winter, snow sampling was carried out for three different projects within Stormwater&Sewers.

Water Europe's policy white paper on emerging pollutants

The recent EU Water legislation fitness check concluded that, whilst key legislation such as the EU Water Framework Directive and Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive are having a positive impact on the ecological status of water bodies across the EU, further actions are required in relation to the ...

DRIZZLE reinforced with new project administrator

In the beginning of 2021, Betty Christakopoulou became part of the DRIZZLE team within the Urban Water Engineering group at LTU. She works as project administrator and website coordinator.

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.

New post-doc with a focus on stormwater quality

Mehwish Taneez joined the Urban Water Research Group in December 2020 as Postdoctoral fellow in Urban Water Engineering, within the framework of DRIZZLE - Centre for Stormwater Management. She will be working on sources of stormwater pollution, quantification of emissions and risk assessment.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Ivan Mantilla latest DRIZZLE addition

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

Published:21 March 2017
Updated: 22 February 2021
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