Sewer Systems and Processes Working Group
A working group of the JCUD of IWA and IAHR
Announcements
- During week 41 (7-11 october) 2024, Aalborg University organized a PhD course on sewer processes. 11 PhD students from europe participated in the course. The course was sponsored by the CoUDLabs project (www.co-udlabs.eu).
- The 10th International Conference on Sewer Processes & Networks was held in august 2022 in Graz, Austria. See details at the conference webpage www.spn10.com. The next SPN conference will be held in Trondheim in 2026. See you in Norway!!!
Sewer Systems & Processes Working Group
This Working Group was formed in 1997 under the umbrella of The International Water Association (IWA) and The International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (link), as a group with activities regarding physical, chemical and biological aspects of sewers.
Objectives and Scope
To disseminate information about sewer systems, in particular to coordinate research and development activities relating to physical aspects (structure and layout), physical processes (hydraulics and transport of solids), chemical and microbial processes (pollutant occurrence, transformations and interactions), and interactions where appropriate with sources and destinations such as environment (via overflows) and treatment plants. Activities will relate to system design, operation, rehabilitation/renovation, maintenance and control, and will overlap to some extent with IWA specialist groups. However, the group will act as a focus for (in-sewer) process activities. See also the SS&PWG statutes.
Contact information
Chairman:
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Muschalla.
Graz University of Technology, Institute of Urban Water Management, Stremayrgasse 10/I, 8010 Graz, Austria. Phone: +43-(0)316-873-8370, Email: d.muschalla@tugraz.at
Vice-chair/ Chair of next SPN conference:
To be nominated during spring 2023.
Secretary:
Dr Asbjørn Haaning Nielsen,
Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23, DK-9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark, Phone: +45 2787 9817, E-mail: ahn@build.aau.dk