GreenNano Day May 8, 2019

On May 8, GrönNanodagen owns rooms in Stockholm.

Chemical precipitation of stormwater

On April 26, 2019, Fredrik Nyström presented his licentiate thesis "Coagulation Process Characteristics and Pollutant Removal from Urban Runoff" at a seminar with Michael Cimbritz, senior lecturer at Lund University, as discussion leader. In the paper, a chemical precipitation process has been inves...

In the media: Stormwater hero of the year 2019 awarded at Water Conference

For the first time in the Water Wastewater Circle conference's history, a prize was distributed to this year's stormwater hero. This year's award winner is Godecke Blecken, assistant professor at Luleå University of Technology.

Engineering degree with a MSc thesis about green roof functionality on cold climates

Jonathan Hjelm has completed his studies in Natural Resources Technology with a thesis on green roofs.

Industry day with focus on sewage systems

What do you do when the treatment plant burns up? In March 2018, the plant in Täfteå burned down to the ground. Urban Water-manager Robert Hansson talked about the work on crisis management and reconstruction.

New SWWA report on stormwater quality available

Recent knowledge about stormwater quality has been compiled and published in the Swedish Water and Wastwater Association (SWWA) report 2019-2 that summarizes stormwater pollutants, their sources, concentrations, and variations in concentrations.

Press Release: New research project focuses on reducing microplastics in the Baltic Sea

Sweden Water Research

In the media: New project focuses on the Baltic Sea microplastics

The total budget is EUR 2 968 068.80, about SEK 30 million, and is financed by the EU Interreg, as well as the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency for the Swedish parties Sweden Water Research and Luleå Technical University.

Micro litter in urban environment: Analysis of anthropogenic particles accumulated in snow

Lovisa Renberg, who studied environment and water in the Civil Engineering Engineering program at Natural Resources Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has now completed her thesis "Micro-litter in urban environment: Analysis of anthropogenic particles accumulated in snow".

Improved sanitation systems in rural areas

In large areas of northern Scandinavia on-site sanitation systems are used. In a new project investigates the function of existing treatment systems, their effect on the environment, how the treatment efficiency can be increased and which alternative systems can be used.

Sustainability and treatment efficiency of on-site sanitation systems

The PhD student Brenda Vidal presented her Licentiate thesis on December the 19th with the title “On-site Sanitation Systems – An Integrated Assessment of Treatment Efficiency and Sustainability”.

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...

How municipalities can work with design of environmental goals

Elvira Lindström, studying Environment and Water at The Master Program Natural Resources Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has now finalised her master thesis work Design of environmental target model, from global to local scale – Case study with focus on selection of indicators and wat...

In the media: SVU report on sector-wide cooperation in the Urban Water industry

The two collaborative initiatives studied have been Sweden Water Research AB, which since 2013 is a collaboration between the public organisations NSVA, VA SYD and Sydvatten, and the competence network Stormwater&Sewers, which is an older collaborative organization between public and private actors ...

Urban Water Engineering celebrated 25 years

The research subject Urban Water Engineering celebrated 25 years at Luleå University of Technology with a jubilee conference. The challenges and opportunities of the future were on the agenda with inspiring lectures from both university and invited lecturers.

In the media: Urban Water Engineering is worth all the attention

"The need for research and collaboration between various VA actors was great already 25 years ago. Today, it is even bigger if we are to meet the challenges we face now, "says Maria Viklander, Professor in Urban Water Engineering at Luleå University of Technology.

In the media: Pools will clean the water

Two pools at Storsjö Strand in Östersund, will clean the water from pollutions. The purification basins are part of a research project at Luleå University of Technology. It is to be measured how effective this purification method is.

Industrial PhD student from Tyréns

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

How to prioritize where the pipeline for water and sewage is to be renewed?

Andreas Nilsson och Fredrik Stoltz have studied Master Programme in Civil Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. The have now finalized and published their Master Thesis work. The thesis is about how water utilities can prioritize in which areas the pipe system needs to be renewed.

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...

Published:5 November 2013
Updated: 9 May 2019
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