Project Heawater
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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 watershed
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The Project aims at
- 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
The Project activities
- 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 Project will result in
- Application of different river restoration techniques to selected rivers in Finland, Sweden and Estonia
- 10 % reduction of phosphorus, nitrogen, micro and macro litter and suspended solids in river water
- Assessment of cost-benefit ratios of restoration works in Finland, Sweden and Estonia
- A tool for identifying potential techniques for use in urban river restoration projects in the Baltic Sea basin
Financing
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