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Course Plan

Basic Course Information

  • Course credits: 3 hp
  • Education level: Third cycle
  • Grade: Fail/Pass; U/G
  • Subject: Stormwater Management and Planning
  • Swedish name: Dagvattenhantering och planering
  • Entry requirements: This course is open to PhD students and interested participants from the water industry with sufficient knowledge
  • Course examiner: Godecke Blecken, Prof, VA-teknik, LTU, godble [at] ltu [dot] se (godble[at]ltu[dot]se)

Course Aims

At the end of the course you should be able to:

  • Describe urban hydrology and its effect on stormwater runoff.
  • Describe and characterize the quality of  stormwater and pollution sources as well as receiving water impacts.
  • Know different types of sewer systems and describe their functions.
  • Understand and compare the function of different types of multifunctional stormwater control measures (BGI, NBS) concerning treatment, retention and multifunctionality.
  • Describe and explain the importance of urban stormwater for different stakeholder groups.
  • Describe stormwater management and governance, among others in the planning process.
  • Understand challenges and opportunities of stormwater models and use SWMM stormwater model on a basic level

Course Content

The course covers urban hydrology (precipitation, rainfall-runoff calculation) and stormwater quality (pollution sources and transport) as well as the stormwater impact on receiving water bodies. Design and function of multifunctional stormwater facilities as well as their long term function and asset management is covered. Further, the course will give insight into stormwater management on catchment scale and strategies for sustainable planning and governance in the climate change context.

Course Activities

Theory is combined with practical exercises to provide both scientific understanding and hands-on skills. An online meeting introduces the course content. Students get access to pre-recorded lectures which they have to watch prior to the physical meeting. During the 3-day physical meeting in Luleå, the content of these lectures will be discussed in relation to case studies and latest research findings. Stormwater management will be put in a wider context. A field trip will show examples of stormwater management for different purposes and discuss what we can learn from these examples. 

Examination

Active participation in the physical meeting is required. An assignment has to be submitted and briefly be presented to/discussed orally with one of the teachers. You have to pass an online quiz.

Course Teachers

  • Godecke Blecken, godble [at] ltu [dot] se (godble[at]ltu[dot]se)
  • Thomas Randrup, thomas [dot] randrup [at] slu [dot] se
  • Ico Broekhuizen, icobro [at] ltu [dot] se (icobro[at]ltu[dot]se)
  • Heléne Österlund, helost [at] ltu [dot] se (helost[at]ltu[dot]se)
Last updated: 9 Oct 2025 | babs [dot] kunle [at] tvrl [dot] lth [dot] se