Gathering around the pump, quite literally.
With project partners ranging from Luleå in the north to Lund in the south, with Sundsvall-Timrå in between, most meetings within the ISWIM project are held digitally.
Design Sprint for better treatment of CSO Water
The project carried out a design sprint at the beginning of the summer to develop and propose a prototype solution for treating combined sewer overflow (CSO) water.
Site Visit for Colleagues and Stakeholders
Around 40 people braved the wind and spent an August morning learning about stormwater treatment when it was time to showcase the Värpinge Wetland to colleagues and other stakeholders.
Meet From Plate to Pixel at NORDIWA
Several participants from the Transition Lab will be attending the conference in Stockholm from 16 to 18 September.
Behind the scenes at a webinar
Strong interest as the food industry met the water sector.
Half a Century of Measures Has Reduced Phosphorus Inputs to Lake Vomb, but Challenges Remain
New research shows that phosphorus inputs to Lake Vomb have decreased as a result of improved wastewater treatment and measures implemented across the catchment area. However, challenges related to internal phosphorus loading remain.
Master thesis on mass flows in the drying and pyrolysis processes
During the spring, Helena Lillemets Edman from Lund University carried out her MSc thesis at the Testbed Ellinge.
Apply to the Climate Leap (Klimatklivet) and receive a grant for nitrous oxide meters
Four municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have recently been awarded grants from the Climate Leap to purchase nitrous oxide measurement equipments.
Testbed Ellinge: Preliminary conclusions to date
Last week, VA SYD held its seventeenth steering group meeting as part of the Testbed Ellinge project. Ahead of the meeting, preliminary conclusions to date were summarised.
Field trials with sludge biochar in the coming years!
The Swedish Innovation Agency, Vinnova, has approved a project that includes field trials with sludge biochar at eleven different sites in Sweden during 2027 and 2028.
There are currently two N2O measurement systems in operation at the Ellinge WWTP
VA SYD has recently procured Upwater’s system for nitrous oxide measurements, but the German company Variolytics has also had two probes in operation at the Ellinge WWTP since the end of January.
Machine learning and mechanistic modelling of nitrous oxide emissions – presentation of two MSc thesis projects
Two MSc thesis projects focusing on machine learning and mechanistic modelling of nitrous oxide emissions from municipal wastewater treatment plants will be presented online on 2 and 3 June.