Elisabeth Kvarnström, Adjunct Professor in Urban Water Engineering

Elisabeth Kvarnström's early environmental interest led her to an industry of crucial importance for our cycle. With sorting sewage systems, it is possible to return vital nutrients from wastewater to agriculture.

Study on nutrient recovery from urine to agriculture in Northern Sweden

In the North of Sweden, nutrient recovery from wastewater fractions is still not practised. In this study, we assessed the potential of reuse of nutrients from urine to agriculture in theNorth of Sweden in terms of quantity and environmental impact of collecting, treating and spreading urine-based f...

Call for content to the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2020 in Copenhagen

On October 18-23, 2020, Copenhagen will host the world's largest water congress and exhibition. Then 6,000-10,000 people from companies, academia and organizations gather to network, share knowledge and find new collaborations. Stormwater&Sewers also plans to participate and take an active part in t...

Havremagasinet art hall focuses on microplastics

Licentiate seminar Alexandra Müller - Urban Water Engineering

On November 15, 2019, Alexandra Müller will defend her licentiate thesis entitled "Urban surfaces as sources of stormwater pollution: An evaluation of substances released from building envelopes".

Nordic Waste Water Conference – NORDIWA 2019

On September 23-25, this year's NORDIWA conference was held in Helsinki with a participant record of 450 people from all over the Nordic region. The conference concerned the implementation of the global goals for sustainable development in the Nordic countries, the situation in the Baltic Sea and ho...

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.

Data-driven asset management for VA infrastructure

Emmanuel Okworis’s research work focuses on data management and improving data driven asset management and maintenance strategies for water and sewer pipe infrastructure for municipal systems.

Horizon 2020 Environment & Resources Information Days

Stormwater&Sewers strategy days and theme reference group meetings

During Stormwater&Sewer's strategy days 2019 held in Sigtuna in September, discussed future challenges for Urban Water organizations and research in the Urban Water area, with a particular focus on education, competence and vision work.

Stormwater&Sewers visiting VAKIN in Umeå

Maria Viklander, Annelie Hedström, Joel Lönnqvist and Youen Pericault traveled to Umeå on September 5 to meet VAKIN.

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.

SPN9 2019 in Aalborg, Denmark

During 27th – 30th of August, the 9th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN9) was held in Aalborg, Denmark. This is one of IWA’s specialist conferences that comes back every three years.

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 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 at DRIZZLE

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

Focus on stormwater management at Novatech conference

In early July, Stormwater&Sewers participated with seven researchers at the 10th edition of Novatech, an international stormwater conference that takes place every three years in Lyon, France.

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.

WETPOL 2019

WETPOL (International Symposium on Wetland Pollution Dymanics and Control) is an international conference that brings together scientists, engineers and practitioners working on wetland ecosystem services, including improving water quality, climate control and flood control.

EURO-SAM 2019

On June 18-19 a workshop was held on renewal and maintenance of sewage systems in Delft, the Netherlands.

Published:5 November 2013
Updated: 7 October 2019
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