Model Nutrients Reduction Solutions In Near-Coast Touristic Areas (NURSECOAST-II)

NURSECOAST-II

Wastewater (WW) discharged from the near-coast Baltic tourist regions, often from very small treatment plants (TP) (<2000 Person Equivalent, PE), is characterized by a large variability of flow due to seasonality. Such conditions make it difficult to continuously obtain the required effluent quality parameters and may endanger the overall quality of the touristic place and satisfaction of the clients. Finding a different WW technological solution especially adapted to tourist areas would reduce the nutrients inputs to the sea across the BSR. The projects covers broader approach than only technological solutions as the umbrella goal is to reduce nutrients outflow from touristic areas. It may happen that a tourist site manages its discharge of nutrients ineffectively. The clear challenge is the ADAPTATION TO HIGH SEASONALITY.

The project demonstrates the potential for a high macro-regional impact with regional focus, as the challenge implies different solutions eg. for sandy coasts of PL, DE, LT as compared to rocky archipelagos of SE, FI, EE. Below the novel approach divided into different places in water value chain, that will be examined in the main project and origins from the identified gaps: WW treatment technologies, treated WW reuse, using the nature to treat the excess of WW in the summer, greywater and sludge management, replication and reintroduction. The main target groups benefitting would be local public authorities and touristic objects owners and operators.

Partners

1 The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences (IFFM PAS), PL

2 Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), LT

3 Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), FI

4 SYKLI Environmental School of Finland (SYKLI), FI

5 Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association (KATA), FI

6 Aalborg Univesity (AAU), DK

7 The Bogdan Janski Bure Misie Community Foundation (BMCF), PL

8 Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre (SEI Tallinn), EE

9 NGO Cidonya, LV

10 Municipality of Söderhamn, SE

11 Municipality of Ingå, FI