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Co-UDlabs at G-Night 2024
Last Friday, 27th of September, Europe celebrated the Researchers Night. The Co-UDlabs Project took part in this open science initiative to bring scientific findings to the general public. Researchers from the project participated with the event “G-Night. Noite Europea das persoas investigadoras de Galicia”, which was coordinated by the University of Vigo and in which…
Read MoreScientific publication: Measuring heat transfer processes in gully pots for real-time estimation of accumulated sediment depths
Co-UDlabs project partners, Universidade da Coruña and Deltares and have published a paper in the Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology journal. This paper is available in open access. Abstract The accumulation of sediments in stormwater systems negatively affects their functioning. For example, the re-suspension of these sediments can lead to serious pollution of surface water bodies…
Read MoreEUROSAM 2024: 9th EUROpean – Sewer Asset Management network workshop
Co-UDlabs supported the 9th EURO-SAM workshop, held at the University of Sheffield on 17th and 18th September 2024. This workshop is organised by the UDAM working group of the IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage and is open to any researcher from any background to present and discuss research around sewer asset management. Core topics…
Read MoreApplied Course on Urban Drainage Metrology
The Applied Course on Urban Drainage Metrology was held at Universidade da Coruña and CITEEC – Research & Innovation Centre on Civil Engineering and Building from 16th to 19th July 2024 in the framework of the EU’s Green Week 2024. With 21 attendees registered for the four-day course, Co-UDlabs provided a mixed approach to urban drainage…
Read More5th Co-UDlabs Newsletter – June 2024!
The fifth issue of our newsletter has been released on June 18, 2024. Among the main highlights: results of the 2nd and 3rd Transnational Access calls, a save the date for the participation in the EU Green Week 2024 and for the upcoming training events, the launch of the new UDRAIN Working Group and much…
Read MoreUnveiling the Flow: A Co-UDLabs survey on monitoring combined sewer overflows (CSOs)
A survey on the current state of CSO monitoring and performance assessment in Europe UPDATE – November 2024: The survey is now CLOSED. Thank you for your participation! Co-UDLabs partners are now processing, analyzing and interpreting the results. The goal of this survey was to understand what CSO* performance data (e.g. spill frequencies and duration) are…
Read MoreLaunch of the UDRAIN Working Group on Large Research Infrastructures in UD
For the past few months, a group of researchers and practitioners of urban drainage and sustainability has worked on the establishment of new JCUD Working Group on Large Research Infrastructure in Urban Drainage (UDRAIN), following in particular the successful collaborative work of our nine partners and 17 research facilities. We are glad to announce that…
Read More4th Co-UDlabs Newsletter – December 2023
Our 4th newsletter has been released today, December 18, 2023! Among the main highlights: launch of the 3rd Transnational Access call and announcement of the results of the 2nd call, next Co-UDlabs training events and much more! Consult the entire newsletter here. Register now to our mailing list to receive the next issues!
Read MoreLaunch of the 3rd Co-UDlabs transnational access call
🌍 We are pleased to announce that today we are launching a new Transnational Access call! This 3rd Call is an invitation to submit a proposal for research projects to be carried out at two of our unique facilities: 1️⃣ The Django Reinhardt Basin (OTHU-DRB) facility at INSA Lyon (France) 2️⃣ The FREJLEV facility at…
Read More2nd Co-UDlabs Transnational Access Call: list of funded projects
The 2nd Co-UDlabs Transnational Access (TA) Call has been officially awarded! Our project’s facilities and installations are already set up to make arrangement with selected user groups. The call has been successful in raising awareness about how relevant and pathbreaking innovation and research can be in the field of sustainable urban drainage, and the response…
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