RiverLife and Implementation of the WFD Satu Maaria Karjalainen North Ostrobothnia Regional Environment Centre PRB Workshop , Ghent Rivers in Finland Rivers km Classification for using water as drinking water rivers especially affected by diffuse loading RiverLife LIFE Environment project in Integrated and environmentally sustainable land use planning in river basins RiverLife website Management of river basin at target rivers Finnish specialists on river ecology and water pollution control 4 universities, 4 regional environment centres, 3 research institutes 2 private companies RiverLife website Website in English Available at new website in River ecosystem Benthic algae and invertebrate, fishes Hydromorphology Physico-chemical properties of water Harmful substances e.g. metals, suspended solids Environmental effects of land use forestry, agriculture, peat harvesting Water pollution control methods for diffuse loading(in Finnish (VMOD) River Basin Analysis Integrated approach in river basin management river basin is constructed from different kinds of parts checklist in RiverLife website TARGET RIVER BASIN SIURUANJOKI (VMOD) Ecological Risk Analysis Ecological risk assessment (ERA) in river pollution control method presented in RiverLife website Planning cost- effective monitoring for river basins Use of ERA tested in the River Lestijoki RiverLife and Oulujoki PRB REFCOND modelling reference conditions with hydrological VMOD-model PRESSURE diffuse loading calculations with RiverLifeGIS tool RiverLife and PRB work MONITORING information on RiverLife website effects of land use in river biological factors, biological monitoring methods automatic monitoring (e.g. pH, turbidity, T o C, chlorophyll a, conductivity) ecological risk analysis RiverLife and PRB work RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN River Basin Analysis VMOD model and RiverLifeGIS tool e.g. assessment of water quality in different annual loading conditions Water pollution control methods suitable sites for wetlands decreasing diffuse loading in river basin RiverLifeGIS tool Use of RiverLifeDSS in other projects Integrated and environmentally sustainable land use planning in river basins Bothnian Bay LIFE loading from land use into Bothnian bay KarjaanjokiLIFE integrated river catchment management RiverLifeGIS tool used in calculating catchment areas for lakes VMOD model developed further for dissolved nutrient leaching Use of RiverLifeDSS in other projects Integrated and environmentally sustainable land use planning in river basins PRIMROSE (FP5 Research) constructed and riverine wetlands for optimal control of wastewater at catchment scale sites for wetlands in river basin for water pollution control with RiverLifeGIS tool WaterSketch (Interreg IIIB) strategies for a sustainable river basin management peat harvesting in regional planning of land use estimation of the amount of loading and its effects on river water quality with RiverLifeGIS tool information package on environmental legislation Use of RiverLifeDSS in other projects Ecological river status assessment and monitoring Kola River (INCO Copernicus) developing water pollution control at Kola river basin introducing monitoring with diatoms and water mosses Development of ecological methods for status assessment monitoring e.g. diatoms and silting Management of local river basins (target rivers) Siuruanjoki, Simojoki (SimojokiLIFE) Thank you