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Wastewater is tested for coronavirus

Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have participated in a European study in which wastewater was sampled in a number of municipalities in Sweden at the same time and then analyzed for SARS-CoV-2. The approach may provide indications of future corona outbreaks.

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...

New funding for Water Research School

For the past four years, Stormwater&Sewers, together with DRICKS, VA-kluster Mälardalen, VA-teknik Södra and Sweden Water Research, has run a Water Research School funded by FORMAS. The Water Research School gathers PhD students from all higher education institutions participating in the Swedish Wat...

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.

New Swedish Water report values blue-green infrastructure

Stormwater systems are increasingly being supplemented or replaced by different types of blue-green infrastructure (BGI). The main purpose is often stormwater management - to reduce flows and treat stormwater. But BGI can also provide many other benefits that are not directly related to the technica...

Newly appointed PhD student Ivan Mantilla at Urban Water Engineering

Ivan Mantilla joined the Urban Water Research Group in June 2020 as Ph.D. student. Initially, he will be investigating changes in the rainfall patterns in the context of climate change, geographical variability of precipitation in a large-scale, and its influence in the design of green infrastructur...

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...

GreenNano final conference will be postponed

Due to the current circumstances, we have decided not to run the GreenNano final conference on November 11-12, 2020 as previously planned. Instead, we plan to arrange the final conference in late spring 2021 or in the autumn of 2021.

In the news: Corona rendering wastewater treatment in the summer cottage an environmental culprit?

The increased number of vacation in the summer cottage this year might cause problems for many older on-site wastewater treatment plants. Inga Herrmann, researcher at LTU within resource efficient sewage systems, explains how the sewer facilities in the summer cottage can be rendered more economical...

In the media: New "VA-guiden" (Water Guide) expert

Inga Herrmann has been appointed new member of the Water Guide's expert panel for small wastewater systems. "Ask the expert" is part of the Water Guide's support for those working with small-scale wastewater systems at public agenicies. The editors make the question anonymous and distribute it to th...

Annual Water Research School seminar 2020 goes digital

The annual Water Research School seminar 2020 was held the 11th of June this year. Due to the prevailing pandemic, we could not meet in Gothenburg as planned. Instead, we had a half-day meeting in Zoom.

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.

High pressure on on-site wastewater systems this corona summer

Many will spend this year's vacation in a summer house to avoid the ravages of the coronavirus. This, in turn, will increase the pressure on on-site wastewater facilities that belong to a summer house. Researcher Inga Herrmann at Luleå University of Technology has studied these wastewater systems a ...

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...

Digital lecture on small-scale drains for houses and cottages

2 Jun. 2020 12:00 – 12:45 :

Published:5 November 2013

Updated: 14 October 2020

By:Sylvia Kowar

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