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    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 1998
    - 2000
    
PROJECTS OF THE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

     * 7.1 Dam safety
     * 7.2 Regulation of watercourses
     * 7.3 Planning and construction
     * 7.4 Water supply
       
    7.1 DAM SAFETY
    
   Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams 1996-2000
   Erkki Loukola, FEI/YK (RECs, Kemijoki Ltd, ICOLD, HUT etc.)
   The project is working out estimation methods for risk caused by
   internal erosion of embankment dams and alternatives to eliminate the
   risk. The danger situations observed in Finland will be analysed, and
   similar analyse projects in other countries will be studied.
   Laboratory tests will be made to examine how the internal erosion
   process starts in the Finnish dam materials. A recommendation of
   studies needed to avoid dangerous situations will be compiled.
   
   Risk Analysis of Embankment Dams 1996-2000
   Erkki Loukola, FEI/YK (RECs, Ministry of the Interior, Kemijoki Ltd,
   ICOLD)
   The aim is to accomplish risk classification and risk management
   system for embankment dams. Damages caused by dam accidents will be
   diminished by developing alarming and rescue plans in cooperation with
   the Ministry of the Interior.
   
   Dam Safety Information System 1997-1999
   Erkki Loukola, FEI/YK (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; RECs,
   Kemijoki Ltd)
   Based on EDP, the dam safety register will be accomplished as part of
   the developing of data system in environment administration.
   
   Flood Wave Simulation 1997-1999
   Erkki Loukola, FEI/YK (Kemijoki Ltd, Consulting Company PR Water
   Consulting Ltd, ICOLD)
   Methods will be developed. Two-dimensional calculation will be applied
   for the most problematic objects, primarily for areas situated under a
   dam. The project is part of risk analysis project concerning state
   owned dams, and has been carried on in cooperation with the Regional
   Environment Centres.
   
   Waste Dams 1999-2000
   Erkki Loukola, FEI/YK (RECs)
   Planning, classification and safety control as well as alarming and
   rescue plans will be developed to the same safety level as achieved
   for dams built in river systems.
   
    7.2 REGULATION OF WATERCOURSES
    
   Development of Regulation Practices 1998-1999
   Mika Marttunen FEI/VV (ESA, KAS, KSU, HAM, PSA, VTT, RKTL etc.)
   The aim is to improve regulation of watercourses in conformity with
   the recent needs in water management and protection. Studies will be
   done in the next years i.a. for the lakes Päijänne, Kallavesi-Unnukka
   and Vanajavesi-Pyhäjärvi. The studies will give information about the
   influence of regulation and also of other human activity on the
   condition of a watercourse. In addition, the studies include
   significant methodological development, e.g. for calculation of
   efficiency of pike stocking as well as water and shore flora, and for
   multipurpose decision making.
   
   Appraisal of the Impacts Resulting from the Implementation of the
   Proposals Presented by the Regulation Development Projects 1998-1999
   Mika Marttunen FEI/VV (LAP, KAI, PPO, FORTUM, VTT)
   The aim of this research project is to develop and apply methods that
   are able to give estimations of those impacts on the condition and
   usage of water environment which are due to the measures taken in
   accordance with the recommendations for separate water management
   projects. Essential variables to be observed are the extent in which
   the aims set for water level and water flow have become true, the
   changes in shore and water flora, and the satisfaction of users of the
   watercourse. The research is defined to concern the regulated lakes
   belonging to the Oulujoki and Iijoki river systems and Lake Inari.
   
   Guidelines and Decision Support System for the Development of
   Regulation Practices, 1998 - 2000
   Mika Marttunen FEI/VV (RECs, VTT)
   The aim of this project is to compose a guide booklet and an EDP-based
   support system for decision making in which models to be used in
   different studies are gathered. There are and will be tens of
   regulation development projects going on now and in the coming years.
   In the past few years, much new information about developing methods
   and impacts of regulation has been provided. Collecting information
   and systemising its utilisation promotes appropriate preparing and
   implementing of development studies.
   
   Developing the Use of the Operational System for Management of
   Regulated Watercourses, 1998-2000
   Ismo Tiainen FEI/VV (RECs, MMM, Ministry of Trade and Industry, HUT,
   Hydropower companies etc.)
   The aim of the project is to create an operational management system.
   The project includes research, developing and applying of climate data
   and real time use of hydrological observations, usage of GIS,
   hydrological forecasts and models, and methods of multipurpose
   decision making in analysing alternatives and in choosing the strategy
   to be used. The proof application will be done for the Kymijoki river
   system. The project will be prepared and clarified by a preliminary
   study, after which the fund application according to the 5th frame
   program will be sent to the EU. Also foreign partners for cooperation
   are searched for.
   
   Information System for Hydrology and Water Resources Utilisation
   1997-2000
   Markku Puupponen, FEI/VV
   The aim of the project is to create a data system as part of the
   developing of the environment administration data systems, this
   specific one serving hydrological monitoring and evaluation as well as
   regulation and discharge of river systems. The existing registers will
   be moved into the new program environment of the administration and
   the watercourse model and forecast system will be adjoined to the data
   system. The result will be an integrated hydrological data bank
   offering real time and reliable facts about our water conditions.
   
   Watershed Models and Hydrological Forecasting 1981-
   Bertel Vehviläinen, FEI/VV (RECs)
   The Watershed Simulation and Forecasting System (WSFS) used for
   discharge and water level forecasting and real time simulation will be
   maintained and developed to serve as well FEI and the Regional
   Environment Centres as other customers. The system covers 80% of
   Finland. The Internet pages
   (http://www.vyh.fi/tila/vesi/ennuste/index.html) offer app. 100
   discharge and water level and discharge forecasts and real time water
   balance maps in Finland. Through a map-based user interface of the
   WSFS the values over 20 hydrological parameters in three different
   levels of sub-basin division can be followed and storage for further
   use.
   
   Methods for Prevention of Floods Caused by River Iceblocks 1996-2000
   Mikko Huokuna, FEI/VV (PPO, LSU)
   The aim is to develop regulation in rivers suffering of the risk of
   ice block floods, prevention of floods, flood-time regulation and
   constructions used for flood defence. Also improvement of the
   usability of the River Ice Model in iceblock flood defence is in the
   schedule. The experiences gained from using ice and dam models for the
   rivers Kalajoki and Perhonjoki will be utilised.
   
    7.3 PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
    
   Environmentally Acceptable Hydraulic Engineering and River Restoration
   1996-2000
   Heikki Pajula, FEI/VV (RECs, HUT)
   The aim is to develop methods and models suitable for the Finnish
   circumstances and capable to apply the principles of so called
   environmental hydraulic engineering. The project includes primarily
   river systems and has several experiment areas managed by the Regional
   Environment Centres. The principles of environmentally acceptable
   engineering can be taken into practice in restoration of parts of
   watercourses and where the main concern is flood protection,
   recreational use of waters or some other special interest.
   
   Quality System for Planning Projects 1996-1998
   Antti Lehtinen, FEI/VV (RECs, HUT)
   The project has to develop a quality system model to be used in
   project planning in environment administration. The project is
   connected to the already utilised quality system for construction, and
   the processes in the planning procedure are examined both generally
   and according to the type of each project. The project has been
   completed 1998. As the developing of quality work continues,
   connecting environment system to be part of the quality system of
   planning and construction will be considered.
   
   Guidelines for the Permit Applying Procedure of Water Management
   Projects 1998-1999
   Marianne Lindström, FEI/OKE (RECs)
   To give practical advise to people applying for a permit and to
   environment authorities, a guide booklet will be written concerning
   the permit procedure in water management projects as well as the
   structure and content of the application and the plan. Water
   management projects have here the meaning defined in Water Act,
   Chapter 2, as water power, waterborne traffic, floating, drainage, and
   regulation projects.
   
   Computer Programs for Planning and Calculation in Water Management
   Projects 1996-2000
   Antti Lehtinen, FEI/VV (RECs)
   Programs used for planning and calculation in water management
   projects will be developed and are going to be based on PC-Window
   systems. FEI and the Regional Environment Centres have already tested
   calculation programs for return calculations of lakes and for uneven
   flow. The regulation program will be studied, and some smaller
   programs will be worked further on, if needed.
   
   Work Plan System for Environmental Construction Projects 1998-1999
   Ari Strandman, FEI/VV (RECs)
   Based on the existing work plan systems, special ones will be
   developed to fit the needs of construction in the Regional Environment
   Centres.
   
   Life Cycle Analysis for Environmental Construction Projects 1998-1999
   Kari Lampela, FEI/VV (RECs)
   The aim is to adapt life cycle analysis to calculation of cost and
   environment load of construction projects managed by the environment
   administration.
   
   Mechanical Methods for Lake and River Restoration and Flood Protection
   1998
   Erkki Mykkänen, FEI/VV (PPO)
   The project, already finished, aimed at developing mechanical
   equipment for controlled removing of sludge sediments in watercourses
   and for their aeration, and at improving the efficiency of the
   equipment already in use for flood protection.
   
    7.4 WATER SUPPLY
    
   Arsenic Removal from Groundwater 1997-1999
   Matti Valve, FEI/YK (Geological Survey of Finland, Tampere University
   of Technology, Viatek Ltd)
   The scope of the project is to find relevant methods for arsenic
   removal, give information to the manufacturers for development of
   equipment and give the consumers information on the situation on the
   market. Three kinds of adsorption materials are tested in the
   laboratory and field-tests are carried out for point-of-use reverse
   osmosis equipment.
   
   Treatment of Groundwater Containing Humus 1998-2000
   Esko Lakso, Oulu University ( LSU, PPO, FEI)
   The scope of the three years project is to study treatment of
   groundwater having high humus, iron and manganese concentrations by
   combining biological and chemical treatment. The research includes
   clearing of the chemical structure of humus and iron and manganese
   bound by humic material, building a chemo-biological pilot unit, and
   test drives on some objects.
   
   Problems at Small Water Works 1999
   Katriina Kujala-Räty, FEI/YK (RECs, Finnish Water and Waste Water
   Works Association)
   The objective is, on the basis of a national survey of drinking water
   quality in Finland, to gather and analyse information on problems with
   water quality and water treatment technology especially at small water
   works. A R&D program to solve these problems will be prepared.
   
   Water Consumption in Finland with Special Emphasis on Household Water
   End Use 1997-1999
   Erkki Santala, FEI /YK (Work Efficiency Institute)
   The aim of the project was to find out the proportions of different
   users of water distributed by public water works. Furthermore, the
   distribution of water used by households has been found out more
   detailed and the realistic need of water responding the present level
   of equipments has been estimated. Data of different types of
   consumption was collected and observation and measurements were made
   in some chosen houses representing various types of living and
   building.
   The project has been completed and the results are published May 1999.
   
   Guidelines for the Permit Applying Procedure of Water Supply Projects
   1998-1999
   Sakari Koskinen, FEI/OKE
   A guide book about need, preconditions, and regulations of a Water
   Court permission for projects ruled by Water Act, Chapter 9, will be
   written. Emphasis will be paid on not only the Water Act but also
   other national environmental legislation as well as on requirements
   set by international agreements and EU environmental legislation.
   
   Artificial Groundwater Recharge and Induced Recharge 1996-1999
   (subproject in the EU-project "Artificial Recharge of Groundwater"
   ENV4-CT95-0071)
   Tuomo Hatva, FEI/YK ( PIR, Public Health Institute, University of
   Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä Public Health Agency of Southwestern
   Häme; several waterworks)
   The aim of the project is to study the removal of organic matter
   during artificial groundwater recharge, especially bank filtration; to
   identify the organic matter fractions and to obtain information on the
   mechanisms for the removal; to study the removal of cyanobacteria and
   their hepatotoxins and odour compounds during artificial recharge. The
   results will be reported and published by summer 1999. Report on the
   whole EU-project results will be public in April 1999. The summary
   report will be published also in Finnish.
   
   Modelling Artificial Groundwater and Induced Recharge 1996-1999
   Taina Nysten FEI/YK (HUT, HU, TAVASE)
   The flow of artificial groundwater and induced recharge is modelled,
   and the aim of this study is to find bank infiltration areas and model
   transport of blue-green algae in bank infiltration recharge areas. The
   project belongs to the Graduate school-programme funded by the Academy
   of Finland.
   
   Effects of Infiltration on the Oxygen Balance and the Quality of
   Groundwater and Artificial Groundwater 1997-2000
   Tuomo Hatva, FEI/YK (several water works)
   The objective is to study at several groundwater, bank infiltration
   and artificial groundwater works the effects of oxygen situation and
   retention time on water quality, i.a. iron and manganese contents and
   decomposition of organic substances under different hydrogeological
   circumstances. During 18 months evaluation of retention time and
   measurements of water quality is made in cooperation with several
   water works. The results contribute to planning, dimensioning, and
   operation of works concerned.
   
   Construction of Artificial Groundwater: Infiltration Technics, Soil
   Processes ans Water Quality,1998-2001
   Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari, FRI (FEI, KSU, Public Health Institute)
   Under the sub-program of FEI, it is examined which are the cause and
   effect relations having in soil and groundwater impacts on
   purification of the surface water to be used as raw water. Based on
   modelling of the purification of raw water and of the flow and quality
   of groundwater, general guidelines for dimensioning and adjustment of
   artificial groundwater works will be written.
   
   Reducing Fluoride Content of Groundwater by Means of Artificial and/or
   Induced Recharge 1997-1999
   Esa Rönkä FEI/YK (GTK, GAS)
   This study concerns the different infiltration technics of artificial
   groundwater recharge in order to reduce the fluoride content of
   groundwater on the area of Rapakivimassif in SE-Finland where the
   natural fluoride content level is too high.
   
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