Best Available Technologies of Sewage Collecting for Boat Tourism

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

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

Visiting small boat ports of the Baltic Sea fascinates both national and international visitors, many of who explore the area using small leisure boats. As members of HELCOM, the countries around the Baltic Sea aim to reduce the release of latrine sewage from boats into the sea. Moreover, the possibility of emptying latrine sewage from leisure boats can be considered a fundamental service for boaters, which, when neglected, has a crucial impact on boaters’ comfort. However, this basic service suffers from problems, including: 1) lack of easily accessible and functional sewage pump-out stations; 2) non-harmonized sewage collecting equipment; and 3) lack of easily accessible information regarding location and functionality of pump-out stations. To improve the experience for tourists, BATSECO-BOAT aims to improve capacity and service level of latrine sewage collection in small boat ports in Estonia, Finland and Sweden to facilitate mobility of small boaters. A strategy will be developed containing cross-regional guidelines to inform decision-making with regards to investment into sewage collection infrastructure. This strategy will be based on information on i) institutional landscape and legislation, ii) traffic flow of leisure boats, iii) costs, iv) best available technology for waste handling, v) analysis of latrine sewage, and vi) estimation of sewage flows. Digital tools and guidelines will be developed, informing local investment and the four investment packages, leading to improved services in 18 ports in the Central Baltic. An important output from the project will be the compilation document, providing guidelines and lessons learnt, which can be used to replicate investments in other regions beyond the project completion. The project will also conduct a scoping study for creating a digital map, showing the network of functional sewage collection services to enable cross-border mobility across the Central Baltic region.

Achievements (EN):

BATSECO-BOAT improved sewage collecting services in 20 locations: The BATSECO-BOAT project achievements are based on making investments in altogether 11 new sewage pump-out stations, which of five are located in Finland, four in Estonia and two in Sweden. In Finland the project supported also the renovation of altogether nine old floating pump-out stations, so that those could be used for another 10 years. At the end of project duration, the BATSECO-BOAT project has improved sewage collecting services in altogether 20 locations. The project has produced information to support the decision making when investing in sewage collecting technologies. Reports produced by partners cover topics from recent technological assortment to chemical analyses of the sewage collected from leisure boats. In addition, the starting level of sewage collecting network before investments and analysing the legislative framework and mapping the boat traffic in Norrtälje archipelago has been covered, the latter piloting completely new way of collecting and elaborating data from AIS Class-B transmissions from leisure boats. The service costs of sewage collecting networks in Finland, Sweden and Estonia were also handled in a report. Project website: www.batseco-boat.eu

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): R3.2. Share of Central Baltic small ports with good services

Expected Outputs (EN):

• The BATSECO-BOAT projects main result is an actual upgrade of the sewage collecting services in a number of small boat ports (altogether 18 ports) in Estonia, in Finland and in Sweden. Upgrading is facilitated by investments into best available technology of sewage collecting, both new and renovated pump-out stations. This upgrading ensures good level of unified sewage collecting services in participating small boat ports across the Central Baltic region for next 15-20 years, way beyond the duration of BATSECO-BOAT project. • Better services through improved sewage collecting solutions and a higher level of attractiveness for the visitors. Better service level and visitor experience through easier handling and/or better information of technical equipment’s of sewage pump-out stations. • Increased mobility through better information for route-planning (up-to-date data on location of functional pump-out stations) • Knowledge of what type of sewage collecting system works best for each type of small boat ports, due to number of visitors and location/remoteness of the port - which will help improve the service levels also in the long run. • Reduce visitor detours (having to make extra trips to other stations when the nearest station is full) by improving pump-out station capacity • Increased service level due to better visitor information provided by a digital map-based solution to inform the location and functionality of the sewage pump-out stations.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues New products and services Tourism

Specific Objective: Improved services of existing small ports to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Turun yliopisto

Department: Brahea keskus / Brahea centre

Address: Yliopistonmäki 1, 20014 TURUN YLIOPISTO, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.utu.fi

Total budget: EUR 217 317.90

ERDF budget: EUR 162 988.42

Viimsi Vallavalitsus

Name: Viimsi Vallavalitsus

Address: Nelgi Tee 1, 74100 Viimsi vald, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.viimsivv.ee

Total budget: EUR 69 392.16

ERDF budget: EUR 58 983.34

Norrtälje Kommun

Name: Norrtälje Kommun

Department: Waste management administration

Address: Estunavägen 14, 76128 Norrtälje, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.norrtalje.se

Total budget: EUR 171 316.67

ERDF budget: EUR 128 487.50

Hoia Eesti Merd MTÜ

Name: Hoia Eesti Merd MTÜ

Address: Pirita tee 17, 11911 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hem.ee

Total budget: EUR 239 307.27

ERDF budget: EUR 203 411.18

Campus Roslagen

Name: Campus Roslagen

Department: Utvecklingscentrum för vatten (Development Center for Water)

Address: Evert Taubes gata 1, 76146 Norrtälje, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.campusroslagen.se

Total budget: EUR 79 833.33

ERDF budget: EUR 59 875.00

Pidä Saaristo Siistinä ry

Name: Pidä Saaristo Siistinä ry

Address: Linnankatu 16, 20100 Turku, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.pidasaaristosiistina.fi

Total budget: EUR 488 114.01

ERDF budget: EUR 366 085.51

Ecoloop AB

Name: Ecoloop AB

Address: Ringväg 100, 118 60 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ecoloop.se

Total budget: EUR 213 803.81

ERDF budget: EUR 160 352.86

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Project name (EN): Best Available Technologies of Sewage Collecting for Boat Tourism

Project acronym: BATSECO-BOAT

Project start date: 2017-12-01

Project end date: 2021-05-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 479 085.15

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 140 183.81

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 140 183.81.

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

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