NOAH
Floods bring pollutants to the Baltic Sea
Climate change comes with brings along intense rainfalls and storms in the Baltic Sea region. Urban drainage systems are not capable to handle this, and therefore floods are becoming more common in the densely populated areas. Floods raise the risk of flushing untreated wastewater from urban drainage systems into nature. This is harmful to people and environment due to the excessive amount of nutrients, hazardous substances and pathogenic microbes in wastewater.
Holistic planning and smart drainage systems
Urban areas can be prepared for floods by improved planning and self-adaptive drainage operations. The NOAH project has brought together nine towns and water utilities, seven academic and research institutions and two umbrella organisations from six countries around the Baltic Sea to join their forces. NOAH’s approach is to create a concept for holistic planning and implement smart drainage systems in real urban environments. Holistic planning combines stormwater management with spatial planning. This is followed by development of smart drainage systems to make the existing facilities resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Healthier and cleaner Baltic Sea
The NOAH concept is easily scalable to any urban area around the Baltic Sea. Implementation of the concept could reduce the inflow of pollutants into the Baltic Sea by half. The activities are anchored into daily practices of towns and water utilities, leading to a healthier and cleaner Baltic Sea!
Budgets
in numbers
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3.00MillionTotal
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2.43MillionErdf
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0.00MillionEni + Russia
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0.00MillionNorway
Highlights by mid-term
The pilot investments that will monitor urban water flows in real time were completed in most of the pilot sites. The municipalities of Słupsk (Poland), Ogre (Latvia) and Liepaja (Latvia) installed devices such as rain gauges and water level sensors in their rivers and canals. They started monitoring their urban drainage systems with these devices.
Water quality studies carried out before the investments and after the installations are in place should measurably show the project’s impact. A tool for estimating real-time control (RTC) potential in the pilot areas was developed to analyse the impact of different solutions in the pilot areas.
Outputs
Project Stories
Partners
Tallinn University of Technology
- TownTallinn
- RegionPõhja-Eesti
- CountryEstonia
- RepresentativeIvar Annus
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Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
- TownPori
- RegionSatakunta
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeMinna Keinänen-Toivola
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Gdansk University of Technology
- TownGdańsk
- RegionTrójmiejski
- CountryPoland
- RepresentativeKatarzyna Kołecka
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City of Haapsalu
- TownHaapsalu
- RegionLääne-Eesti
- CountryEstonia
- RepresentativePeeter Vikman
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- E-Mail
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City of Rakvere
- TownRakvere
- RegionKesk-Eesti
- CountryEstonia
- RepresentativeNeeme-Jaak Paap
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Liepaja municipal authority "Komunālā pārvalde"
- TownLiepaja
- RegionKurzeme
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeEgils Muižulis
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Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
- TownHelsinki
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeKati Räsänen
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Estonian Waterworks Association
- TownTallinn
- RegionPõhja-Eesti
- CountryEstonia
- RepresentativeIrina Vahtra
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- E-Mail
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City of Pori
- TownPori
- RegionSatakunta
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativePekka Vuola
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Halmstad University
- TownHalmstad
- RegionHallands län
- CountrySweden
- RepresentativeAgnieszka Hunka
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- E-Mail
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Economic Chamber Polish Waterworks
- TownBydgoszcz
- RegionBydgosko-Toruński
- CountryPoland
- RepresentativeKlara Ramm
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Riga Technical University
- TownRiga
- RegionRīga
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeJanis Rubulis
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Ogre municipality
- TownOgre
- RegionPierīga
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeEdgars Pārpucis
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Slupsk Water Supply
- TownSlupsk
- RegionSłupski
- CountryPoland
- RepresentativeREMIGIUSZ ŁYSZYK
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Technical University of Denmark
- TownKgs Lyngby
- RegionKøbenhavns omegn
- CountryDenmark
- RepresentativeMorten Borup
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Jurmalas udens Ltd
- TownJurmala
- RegionPierīga
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeAivars Kamaruts
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The municipality of Söderhamn
- TownSöderhamn
- RegionGävleborgs län
- CountrySweden
- RepresentativeIngemar Olofsson
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Rakvere Water Company
- TownRakvere
- RegionKirde-Eesti
- CountryEstonia
- RepresentativeUrmas Krikk
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- E-Mail
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Project managerIvar AnnusTallinn University of Technology
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Legal representativeMaia-Liisa AntonTallinn University of Technology
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Financial managerLiina KotkasTallinn University of Technology
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Communication managerHanna RissanenSatakunta University of Applied Sciences