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Now begins a series of DRIZZLE seminars

Starting on 21 April 2021, “DRIZZLE - center for stormwater management” is organizing a series of online lunch seminars, where results from DRIZZLE's ongoing work will be presented to those interested in the partnership.

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,...

How does stormwater effect microplastic contamination?

Stormwater runoff is a known pathway for mobilization and transport of microcontaminants from terrestrial environments to diverse aquatic ecosystems (ponds, rivers and sea). Yet, there is a lack of evaluation before and after rainfall events which limits the knowledge on the actual influence of stor...

New network for you who works with infiltration, inflow and overflows

Stormwater&Sewers participates in the Swedish Water forum on infiltration/inflow (I/I) and overflows. The forum has now decided to coordinate a network for all professionals who have an interest in I/I and issues related to overflows.

Annelie Hedström has been promoted to professor

Annelie Hedström, Luleå University of Technology, has been promoted to professor. In her new role, Annelie will continue to contribute to the development of the research subject Urban Water Engineering and the undergraduate education conducted by the subject. Annelie will have a special focus on the...

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.

EUROSAM 16-17 June

EUROSAM workshop 2021 goes on-line

Sewers and climate conference (RÖK 2021)

In March, Swedish Water arranged its ordinary Sewers and Climate conference (Rörnät och Klimat 2021) online this year

Water Sewerage Cycle 2021 conference

The annual VAK conference went online this year, March 17-18. The program was at least as extensive as in previous years, with the difference that some of the sessions were pre-recorded.

LPS-workshop

On 26th of February, Stormwater&Sewers arranged an online workshop, within the framework of the ongoing SVU project "Experiences with LPS systems – A knowledge compilation"

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.

New members of Swedish Water RÖK Committee

At the beginning of 2021, Swedish Water made a fresh start with its expert committees. The committees provide an exciting platform where members with their experience, interests and competence both contribute to the Swedish water industry as a whole, but also personally have the opportunity to devel...

Are you our next PhD candidate in circular nutrient flows from sewage?

The research subject Urban Water Engineering at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, is looking for an engaged PhD candidate that would like to study circular nutrient flows from wastewater to food production and connect waste energy flows in an industrial and ur...

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.

Urban Water seminar and industry day 2021

25 Feb. 2021 13:00 – 16:15 :

On February 25, 2021, we conducted our annual VA seminar. Due to the pandemic situation, the seminar was held at Zoom and in a somewhat abbreviated form.

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.

Digital lecture on small-scale drains for houses and cottages

2 Jun. 2020 12:00 – 12:45 :

Published:5 November 2013
Updated: 21 April 2021
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