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Project Q4298994 in Russia, Estonia
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Project Q4298994 in Russia, Estonia |
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509,265.0 Euro
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565,850.0 Euro
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90.0 percent
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15 March 2019
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14 March 2022
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Tallinn University of Technology
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59°55'31.30"N, 30°14'17.52"E
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59°56'47.36"N, 30°17'3.12"E
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59°23'39.23"N, 24°40'12.94"E
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To achieve the Baltic Sea unaffected by eutrophication accelerated due to input of phosphorous and nitrogen from anthropogenic sources, HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) developed and updated in 2013 country allocated reduction targets for each of Baltic Sea country. Estonia and Russia use their own, significantly different measured data and calculation methods for estimation the total nutrient load to the Gulf of Finland transported by the Narva river flow. Due to particular boundary position along the river middle course, measurements for whole cross-section of the river Narva currently are impossible. Discharge values in the Narva river mouth from Russian side are calculated by the volume of electricity generated at Narva hydroelectric power station (HPP), while Estonian data are based on water level/discharge relation only on the Estonian side of the river. Nutrients concentration data can also vary due to different sampling time and methods that hampers accurate assessment of water quality for the whole river cross-section. Thus, the evaluation and assessment criteria are not harmonized. These are the main bottlenecks for the environmental cooperation. Thus, improving the quality of shared water resources by creating harmonized tools for reliable assessment of the quantity, quality and nutrient loads of water from the Narva River Basin to the Gulf of Finland is critical. Developed harmonized methods and criteria for reliable water quality assessment will allow common sustainable use and management of the joint water assets, which in turn positively influence on the quality of aquatic fresh and marine ecosystems. The cooperation of the leading national organizations in the field of environmental protection with a great work experience in the Program Region, will ensure the high level of competence and implementation of mutually agreed methods and estimation criteria. The project offers benefit to end-users and actors involved in long-term actions for the improving of water quality in the river Narva, as they will have actual water quantity and quality assessment. In addition, beneficiaries are activities outside of the water sector such as socio-economic assessment, investment strategies, construction of buildings, reduced energy usage, support fish and agriculture, providing public recreation opportunities for over 60 000 people etc. Main outputs: Developed harmonized methods for measuring water discharges, estimation of the river Narva runoff and the total nutrient load entering to the Gulf of Finland. Complex index obtained for harmonized water quality assessment criteria. Increasing of environmental awareness. Main activities: Common database creation. In-situ measurements (water discharges, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations). Analysis of the contribution of various type pollution (anthropogenic point and diffuse, natural diffuse) to the formation of nutrient load and development of the harmonized methods for calculating the annual nutrient load with Narva river. Developing common criteria, based on the common understanding, together with the reliable assessment of pollution loads flowing into the sea. Increasing environment awareness for end users and the wider community through a link to the project';s website, organized communication campaigns, eco-events and workshops. On the basis of the common complex index, harmonized methods for estimating the quantity and the quality of water bodies in the Narva River Basin will be developed. This will allow for the first time to obtain a reliable estimation of annual nutrient loads from the river basin to the Gulf of Finland. (English)
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