Protecting Baltic Sea from untreated wastewater spillages during flood events in urban areas
Interreg Baltic Sea Region NOAH
- Duration: January 2019 - June 2021
- Budget: total 3 000 000 / ERDF 2 430 000
- Financier: Interreg Baltic Sea Region
- Lead partner: Tallinn University of Technology
- Project partners: 9 towns and water utilities, 7 academic & research institutions, 2 umbrella institutions
Better urban planning, better control of the urban drainage system,
shared knowledge in the Baltic Sea region.
Project Partners
Associated Organisations
Current news & events
Project outputs
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OUTPUT 2.1
Report on pilot areas and acquired data – 10/2019
ACTIVITY 2.2
Report on climate scenarios selection – 10/2019
OUTPUT 3.1
Taking control of the Urban Drainage System– 10/2019
ACTIVITY 5.1
Communication Strategy – 6/2019
Press release 02/2019 in English:
Flood control in Baltic Sea cities provides tools for cleaner Baltic Sea
Video by Slupsk Water Supply depicting the effects of climate change and giving an insight into the aims and actions of NOAH:
NOAH on social media
NOAH partners were not able to meet in Gdańsk this month as planned, but the work sure continues as planned. Happy faces after a successful NOAH progress meeting online!
#bsrnoah #interregbsr #floodprotection #partnership #progressmeeting #onlinemeeting
The work with investments in the pilot area of Ogre municipality in Latvia has started. The first activities include excavation work in locations indicated with red arrows (see picture). In the second phase, early April, electricity will be drawn into three locations. In the last stage, the installation of online sensors, i.e. automated hydrological stations, will be performed. All locations will be equipped with video cameras to have the possibility to verify AHS measurements.
These NOAH investments will serve the aim to decrease the risk of untreated wastewater spillages from the domestic wastewater flows (septic tanks in underground chambers) during flood events in the area.
#bsrnoah #interregbsr #investments #wasterwater #floodcontrol
In the beginning of March, Riga Technical University and Liepaja municipal authority "Komunālā pārvalde" organised a meeting for the city council members in charge of the construction department and representatives of Liepaja's Water Ltd.
In the meeting, data collection results from pilot territories and hydraulic modeling possibilities were presented. Participants were also familiarizes with LID solutions by Grupa 93's Jurijs Kondratenko who is an expert in urban planning, with focus on economics, sustainable mobility and green infrastructure. In addition, the upcoming NOAH solutions and using them in flood control of urban areas in the future was discussed.
#bsrnoah #interregbsr #balticsea #floodcontrol #rtu #liepaja
Stormwater flow measurements and quality sampling in Haapsalu, Estonia. The work was done by subcontractor Teramet OÜ.
#bsrnoah #interregbsr #balticsea #stormwater
In Latvia, NOAH team of the Riga Technical University measured dry-weather groundwater flow in the city of Ogre. The measurements were performed in Loka Street catchment area located in the eastern part of the city, which is used as pilot territory for stormwater pipe hydraulic calculations. The measurements will be used for hydraulic model validation purposes. #bsrnoah #interregbsr #balticsea #floodcontrol #hydraulics #RTU
New NOAH article in Polish in the @kierunekwodkan periodical. Fragments of the issue 1/2020 can be found at https://issuu.com/marfi1976/docs/1_2020_wodkan_issuu, Klara Ramm's (@IGWP_pl) article on p. 8-13. #bsrnoah #balticsea #waterprofessionals #floodprotection #kierunekwodkan
More about NOAH
Floods causing inflows of pollutants into the Baltic Sea
Effective control of the stormwaters in urban areas is one of the biggest environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea region as climate change brings along intense rainfalls and storms. Urban drainage systems are not capable to handle the floods, which rises the risk of flushing untreated wastewater from urban drainage systems into the 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. NOAH project brings 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 solutions combine 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 will be easily scalable to any urban area around the Baltic Sea. Implementation of the concept could cut up to half of the inflow of pollutants into the Baltic Sea. The activities will be anchored into daily practices of towns and water utilities, leading to healthier and cleaner Baltic Sea!
Contacts
Ivar Annus
ivar.annus(at)taltech.ee
+372 620 2557
Minna Keinänen-Toivola
minna.keinanen-toivola(at)samk.fi
+358 44 710 3063