1. RiverLife and Implementation of the WFD Satu Maaria Karjalainen North Ostrobothnia Regional Environment Centre PRB Workshop 4.-5.10.2004, Ghent

2. Rivers in Finland  Rivers 25 000 km  Classification for using water as drinking water  rivers especially affected by diffuse loading

3. RiverLife  LIFE Environment project in 1998-2001  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

4. RiverLife website Website in English  Available at new website in 2005 - 2006  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 http://www.environment.fi/riverlife (in Finnish www.ymparisto.fi/riverlife)

5. (VMOD)

6. 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

7. (VMOD)

8. 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

9. RiverLife and Oulujoki PRB  REFCOND  modelling reference conditions with hydrological VMOD-model  PRESSURE  diffuse loading calculations with RiverLifeGIS tool

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. Thank you