The UWO dataset – long-term observations from a full-scale field laboratory to better understand urban hydrology at small spatio-temporal scales

Blumensaat, Frank; Bloem, Simon; Ebi, Christian; Disch, Andy; Förster, Christian; Maurer, Max; Rodriguez, Mayra; Rieckermann, Jörg

doi:10.5194/essd-18-5187-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-5187-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-5187-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

Data description article

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22 Jul 2026

Data description article |

| 22 Jul 2026

The UWO dataset – long-term observations from a full-scale field laboratory to better understand urban hydrology at small spatio-temporal scales

Frank Blumensaat, Simon Bloem, Christian Ebi, Andy Disch, Christian Förster, Max Maurer, Mayra Rodriguez, and Jörg Rieckermann

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-5187-2026-supplement

Data sets

UWO - Field observations (2019 to 2021) Frank Blumensaat et al. https://doi.org/10.25678/00091Y

UWO - Accompanying data (2019 to 2021) Frank Blumensaat et al. https://doi.org/10.25678/000991

UWO - Data viewer (2019 to 2021) Frank Blumensaat et al. https://doi.org/10.25678/00092Z

The Eawag Urban Water Observatory 710 - UWO Frank Blumensaat et al. https://doi.org/10.25678/000C5K

UWO - Data access (2019 to 2021) Frank Blumensaat et al. https://doi.org/10.25678/000980

Video supplement

Tutorial and SQL query to build a table from the UWO data in sqlite format Jörg Rieckermann and Alfredo Chavarría Vargas https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19071302

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Detailed monitoring of urban drainage systems is challenging due to the hazardous environment, the required expertise and resources. The Fehraltorf Urban Water Observatory provides a unique dataset with 124 sensors observing rainfall-runoff, wastewater and in-sewer temperatures as well as wireless sensor network performance for three years. To enhance usability, systematic meta-data, sewer infrastructure, and a hydrodynamic model are included.