Four test sites for WateRun have been chosen in the city of Aarhus in Denmark. Aarhus Vand has more than 10 years of experience in establishing and operating blue/green infrastructure and look forward to becoming wiser on the cleansing effect of open storm water solutions.
For the past 10 years Aarhus Vand has operated and maintained blue/green infrastructure for storm water runoff at the city of Aarhus in Denmark. Rainwater basins and rain wadis have been established as a means of managing storm water. The green infrastructure has been instrumental in creating recreative areas in the city. In some instances, it has even been used to slow down traffic.
A motivation to join WateRun is on the one hand to become wiser on the cleansing effect of green infrastructure. Thus, Aarhus Vand is very keen on results from other project partners that will be measuring substances at the inlet and outlet of the test sites.
On the other hand, participation is also driven by the possibility to offer knowledge on open storm water solutions.
One of the main tasks of Aarhus Vand is to point out four test sites ie. two rainwater basins and two rain wadis. The four sites have been chosen and are almost ready for testing. One area is visible on the picture attached to this article. The area is called Risvangen where measurements will be performed of the rain wadi at the in- and outlet. For this purpose, measurement boxes are being established right now.
In addition to finding and describing test sites, Aarhus Vand also contributes on a broader scale to WateRun with communication, stakeholder involvement as well as assisting in qualifying and discussing results in the project.
Author: Anne Laustsen, Aarhus Vand, Anne.Laustsen@aarhusvand.dk
Photo: Ole Hartmann Schmidt
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