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.

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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Description (EN):

Local authorities located on the BS coastal areas face same challenges regarding small urban water bodies and their watersheds. These watersheds are the source of nutrients, hazardous substances, toxins and micro-litter. All municipalities in the project need to reduce loading in small urban water bodies to minimize negative impacts on the BS and urban ecosystems. Yet, they do not have the resources to identify and test the most effective solutions for all environmental problems. The objective of HEAWATER is to verify and implement the most effective technological solutions that help to reduce pollution loads from/to small urban rivers in Tallinn (EE), Turku (FI) and Söderhamn (SE). The project will identify the best solutions for different problems, and through cross-border cooperation, enable decision-makers to foster the implementation of effective solutions. Implemented solutions will also help to raise awareness of the local population about the impact of human activities. The joint review and implementation of solutions by different countries with varying public awareness of urban environmental problems, ability and willingness of citizens to pay for urban ecosystem services, and different environmental problems, ensures that the set of pilot investments represents a range of solutions that are applicable in the entire BSR. Implemented methods will help to restore water quality (WQ) and biota of the rivers, reduce pollution from at least 1-2 sources per partner municipality by ca. 10%. The benefits of restoration will be underlined by costs-benefit analyses. The result is the improved ecology and WQ in urban streams. Project results will be combined in a decision support tool (DST) to support decision making of coastal BSR municipalities. New watersheds-based solutions implemented in HEAWATER can be applicable in other regions of the BS and will be utilized through different networks and other projects. HEAWATER will support achieving goals set by HELCOM BSAP.

Expected Results (EN): R2.4. The amounts of nutrients, hazardous substances and toxins inflows into the Baltic Sea

Expected Outputs (EN):

The main results of the HEAWATER project are: 1. New technical and technological solutions, specially designed for small rivers, will be developed and implemented through pilot investments, which will reduce the pollution leakage into the sea. Expected result of implementation of all pilot investments is decreasing the level of pollution approximately 10%. Implementation will target at least 2-3 pollution sources in each pilot investment (totally at least 7 sources). Monitoring of nutrients, hazardous substances, toxins and litter will give indication about pollutants and their sources at the beginning and at the end of the project. 2. Stakeholder awareness survey will be carried out to assess the awareness level related to WQ issues and their willingness to pay for better WQ. The results of the survey will be used for the light social CBA which will show the monetary value (willingness to pay) of increased WQ. 3. Project results will be combined in the DST to support decision making of coastal BSR municipalities regarding future restoration of urban water bodies.

Themes

Waterways, lakes and rivers Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: Reduced nutrients, hazardous substances and toxins inflows into the Baltic Sea

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06f) promoting innovative technologies to improve environmental protection and resource efficiency in the waste sector, water sector and with regard to soil, or to reduce air pollution

Partners

Lead Partner (EN): Tallinn City Government

Lead Partner: Tallinna Linnavalitsus

Department: Tallinn Urban Environment and Public Works Department

Address: Mündi 2, 15197 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tallinn.ee

Total budget: EUR 535 275.35

ERDF budget: EUR 451 772.40

Turku University of Applied Sciences

Name: Turun ammattikorkeakoulu

Department: Faculty of Technology, Environment and Business

Address: Joukahaisenkatu 3A, 20520 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tuas.fi

Total budget: EUR 302 744.50

ERDF budget: EUR 224 636.42

Söderhamn municipality

Name: Söderhamns kommun

Department: The Municipal Administration

Address: Västra Storgatan 16-18, 826 80 Söderhamn, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.soderhamn.se

Total budget: EUR 509 456.99

ERDF budget: EUR 378 017.09

Tallinn University of Technology

Name: Tallinna Tehnikaülikool

Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Water and Environmental Engineering

Address: Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ttu.ee

Total budget: EUR 251 136.45

ERDF budget: EUR 211 959.16

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

Name: Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

Department: Marine Centre

Address: Mechelininkatu 34a, FI-00251 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.syke.fi

Total budget: EUR 299 735.35

ERDF budget: EUR 222 403.63

Summary

Project name (EN): 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.

Project acronym: HEAWATER

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2018-03-01

Project end date: 2021-02-28

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 898 348.64

European Union funding: EUR 1 488 788.69

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Turku University of Applied Sciences

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.

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Söderhamn municipality

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.

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Tallinn University of Technology

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.

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Suomen ympäristökeskus

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.

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Tallinna Linnavalitsus

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.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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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 watersheds.

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