2008-1

Series of daily precipitation including 89 years from Malmö, Halmstad and Göteborg have been analyzed as well as daily precipitation from 230 stations in Skåne in the period 1961–1990. The distribution in space and time has been investigated, and also the relation between daily rainfall and different parameters. The most extremeindependent events have occurred rather […]

High population growth and an augmented tourist industry in the Atitlán basin have lead to increases in the amount of wastewater discharged into the lake. The polluted wastewater has a negative effect on the lake’s and streams’ ecosystem in the basin. Drinking water that is taken from the lake or the streams is highly polluted […]

To what extent can infiltration be carried out and which volume can be infiltrated? At the landfill Spillepeng of SYSAV, Malmö, infiltration of leachate has been practiced as a treatment method since 2001. A number of chemical parameters for infiltrating leachate and infiltrated leachate at the landfill Spillepeng have been investigated. Further on, a chemical-hydraulical […]

Local politics can be complicated. However, the construction of a wastewater treatment plant is very seldom a topic for disputes. But in the case of Skurup municipality, Sweden, it grew to become an issue that took 12 years to settle. The local council discussed whether the sewerage water should be treated in a new plant […]