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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 MoreScientific publication: Towards non-contact pollution monitoring in sewers with hyperspectral imaging
Co-UDlabs project partner, EAWAG, with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Headwall Photonics have published a paper in the Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology journal. This paper is available in open access. Abstract Monitoring water quality in sewers is challenging, particularly because state-of-the-art technologies require contact with the raw wastewater. The presence of fat, oil, grease and…
Read MoreScientific publication: Combining a daily temperature pattern analysis and a heat-pulse system to estimate sediment depths in sewer systems
Co-UDlabs project partners, Universidade da Coruña, INSA Lyon and EAWAG have published a paper with the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TU Delft and Urban Water Engineering, Luleå University of Technology in the Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology journal. This paper is available in open access. Abstract Sediments in urban drainage systems (UDS) significantly impact…
Read MoreCo-UDlabs partners met for the 3rd General Assembly of the project
From 22 to 24 January 2024, members and researchers from Co-UDlabs’ nine partner institutions met in person at EAWAG in Dübendorf (Zürich, Switzerland) for the 3rd General Assembly of the project. During the General Assembly partners discussed the current status of project implementation and agreed on strategic and consortium-wide decisions for the next months. The…
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