Project Heawater
Achieving healthier water quality in urban small rivers of the Baltic Sea catchment by restoration of water bodies and preventing of nutrients and hazardous substances inflow from watersheds
Pilot investments in three municipalities are expected to reduce 10% of pollution load of nutrients, hazardous substances and microplastics from urban small rivers into the Baltic Sea. Each investment is targeted to a different solution: bank erosion prevention in Tallinn, site-selection and planning of measures in Söderhamn and different mobile filter/retention systems in Turku.
Leading partner
Tallinn Environment Department
Partners
Tallinn University of Technology Project webpage
Municipality of Söderhamn Project webpage
Finnish Environment Institute Project webpage
Turku University of Applied Science Project webpage
City of Turku (associated partner)
John Nurminen Säätiö (associated partner)
- Reducing external loading into the Baltic Sea by improving water quality in small urban rivers
- Implementing different river restoration techniques in Finland, Sweden and Estonia
- Assessing citizens´ willingness to pay for better river water quality
- Rising awareness about the benefits of improved water quality in small urban rivers and its effect on citizens wellbeing
- Water quality monitoring on selected rivers and data analyse
- Review of implemented river restoration techniques on the Baltic Sea basin
- Selection and implementation of feasible water quality measures
- Residents questioning on the river catchment areas
- Integration of the project results
- Communication to target groups and project results have made public
The European Regional Development Fund, Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020
The total budget of the project is 1 898 060 €
Duration
From March 1, 2018 until February 28, 2021
