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      StopUP

      StopUP

      Protecting the aquatic environment from urban runoff pollution.

      Major progress has been achieved in protecting European freshwaters through advances in and consequent implementation of wastewater treatment. However, urban pollution still poses a threat to the quality of the receiving water bodies. Stormwater overflows from combined systems and surface water runoff cause considerable pollution of the aquatic environment. The pressure on the receiving waters environment from these emissions is expected to get worse through the impacts of climate change.

      In StopUP, 11 partners from seven European countries and Tunisia develop approaches and options to halt pollution from urban run-off. This includes modelling of pollution flows through catchments as well as technical interventions such as overflow treatment or sustainable urban drainage systems.

      In StopUP, 11 partners from seven European countries and Tunisia develop approaches and options to halt pollution from urban run-off. This includes modelling of pollution flows through catchments as well as technical interventions such as overflow treatment or sustainable urban drainage systems.

      The Swiss case study implemented by FHNW School of Life Sciences aims at quantifying for the first time the pollution load related to combined sewer overflow spills. Modelling shall help identifying the benefits of an integrated management of the sewer-wastewater treatment system (and its optimisation). Eventually, we aspire for recommendations of how to maximise the use of the treatment capacity of already existing wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure - even during storm events – for minimising the pollution discharge.

      The work is performed in close collaboration with the AIB, responsible for the wastewater services in the canton Basel-Landschaft.

      Key Figures

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      Project duration:
      2022 - 2025
      Funding agency:

      EU / Horizon Europe, Project 101060428, SBFI Nr. 22.00128

      Website:
      www.stopup.eu
      Dissemination:
      Horizon, The EU Research & Innovation Magazine, 9 October 2023

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      Michael Thomann

      Prof. Dr. Michael Thomann

      Team leader and lecturer, environmental and water technologies

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 53 34

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      michael.thomann@fhnw.ch

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      Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW Institut für Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Rita Hochstrat

      Rita Hochstrat

      Research Associate

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      +41 61 228 56 87

      E-mail

      rita.hochstrat@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Bartosz Kawecki

      Bartosz Kawecki

      Research Associate

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 51 71

      E-mail

      bartosz.kawecki@fhnw.ch

      Address

      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Jan Svojitka

      Jan Svojitka

      Research Associate

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 57 61

      E-mail

      jan.svojitka@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW Institut für Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

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      Institute for Ecopreneurship

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
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      Hofackerstrasse 30

      CH - 4132 Muttenz

      Phone+41 61 228 60 75

      E-Mailmarco.rupprich@fhnw.ch

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