Saturday, November 5, 2016 front page Company Domestic water Sewage Projects Current affairs Contact information Links You are here: Home Sewage Our Kalajoki Our Kalajoki project Last updated on 01.11.2013 | | Our Kalajoki - Water management as practical work in the Kalajoki catchment area is a project prepared by the City of Ylivieska's Environmental Action Center, the Northern Ostrobothnia ELY Center and implemented by Vesikolmio Oy. Its winter was to promote water management work by establishing a water management group in Kalejoki and compiling information on the Kalajoki watershed. In the implementation of the project, co-operation was also established with experts from the Finnish Environment Institute. The project received funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from the ELY Center. As the project progressed, the municipalities of the Kalajoki watershed as well as other actors in various fields, such as companies and organizations, were invited to the water management group formed. The Water Management Group met three times in a project that began in November 2012 and lasted until the end of September 2013. After the end of the project, the water management group will meet again under the leadership of Vesikolmio. After that, the meetings will continue in the future under the leadership of the municipalities. The purpose of the water management group is to guide the joint monitoring of the river basin, to negotiate together on issues concerning the Kalajoki river basin and to plan activities. The aim is to promote interaction between different parties and to help create conditions for, for example, renovation projects. Within the framework of the project, a multi-objective assessment was also carried out, the aim of which was to identify and coordinate the views, objectives and measures related to the use of water by different parties. The Finnish Environment Institute was responsible for the multi-objective assessment. In addition, Kalajoki information was promoted by collecting information on the water body, its monitoring and water management on the website www.meidankalajoki.fi and by visiting schools in the area. Our Kalajoki project is based on the goal of good ecological status of waters set out in the EU Water Framework Directive, but it is at least as important to increase the use and appreciation of fishing and recreation in the Kalajoki watershed for the benefit of both nature and residents. The quality of bathing water in the Kalajoki watershed has generally been good, but in 20118 the regional environmental administration assessed the ecological status of Kalajoki as in many respects only sufficient or satisfactory. The space is most significantly weakened by the eutrophic nutrient load and the solid load. Acidity peaks are also an intermittent risk. In addition, the upper reaches of the river are classified as heavily modified water bodies due to regulations. Only the condition of Lake Pitkäjärvi in Reisjärvi was found to be good in 2008. Additional information Project designer Laura Liuska, tel. +358 44 0890 215, laura.liuska (at) vesikolmio.fi Vesikolmio Oy | Vesitie 7, 85500 Nivala | Tel. (08) 440 266 Fax (08) 440 252 Emergency telephone 2 4 h / day 0 4 4 0 8 9 0 2 1 9