21st – 23rd of May 2019 Vaasa, FinlandThe 9th Nordic WFD Conference was held in Vaasa, Finland on 21st – 23rd of May 2019. The Nordic WFD Conference is part of the harmonisation of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Nordic countries. The objective of the conference was to share experiences and discuss key challenges of 3rd River Basin Management cycle.
Picture: Visit Vaasa
Conference materialsConference program:
The 9th Nordic WFD Conference (pdf) Conference presentations:Progress in generalEuropean perspective: Commission Implementation report and update on fitness check National overview of WFD implementation: progress in Nordic countries:
Sweden: Martin Larsson, Ministry of Environment
Denmark: Mette Lise Jensen, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Iceland: Aðalbjörg Birna Guttormsdóttir, Environment Agency of Iceland
Norway: Anders Iversen, Norwegian Environment Agency
Finland: Petri Liljaniemi, Ministry of the Environment Water governance and sector integration
Swedish Water Act: new legislation: Jakob Granit, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive in environmental permitting in the Nordic countries: Sara Kymenvaara, University of Eastern Finland
Water Governance – initiative and principles: Håkan Tropp, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Local water management and commitment of measure implementation:
Norway: Kristian Moseby, Øyeren River Basin
Sweden: Juha Salonsaari, City of Stockholm
Iceland: Benóný Jónsson, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland
Outputs from research projects
Results of the MARS project: future of the WFD and tools for managing multiple stressors: Anne Lyche Solheim, NIVA/EEA
AquaCROSS: Knowledge, Assessment and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies: Manuel Lago, Ecologic Institute
Groundwater valuation studies in Finland: Janne Juvonen, Finnish Environment Institute
New technologies
Citizen science – results of the ENVIBASE project: Timo Pyhälahti, Finnish Environment Institute
Barrier tracker - Amber App: Rosa Olivo del Amo, World Fish Migration Foundation
Monitoring the water quality by using Sentinel and Landsat satellite series - results of the VESISEN project: Jenni Attila, Finnish Environment Institute
Modelling tools: Niclas Hjerdt, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Expert working group presentations
Themes of the working groups: water pollution issues, hydromorphology, data management and demands for new monitoring methods, programme of Measures for 2022-2027 and groundwater
Water pollution issues
Effect Based Methods: Niklas Hanson, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Passive sampling methods and use in WFD implementation: Heidi Ahkola, Finnish Environment Institute
Watch List and analysis of pharmaceuticals in Iceland: Aðalbjörg Birna Guttormsdóttir, Environment Agency of Iceland
Environmental risk assessment of pharmas in Finland – Watch List monitoring: Matti Leppänen, Finnish Environment Institute
Summary of WG1: Water pollution issues. Nordic WFD Conference 2019. (pdf)
Hydromorphology
Iceland: Gerður Stefánsdóttir, Icelandic Met Office et all.
Denmark: Oliver Ries, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Norway: Hege Sangolt, The Norwegian Environment Agency
Finland: Teemu Ulvi, Finnish Environment Institute
Summary of WG2: Hydromorphology. Nordic WFD Conference 2019. (pdf)
Data management
Finland: Sanna Lankinen, Finnish Environment Institute
Demands for new monitoring methods
Iceland: Tryggvi Þórðarson, Environment Agency of Iceland
Sweden: Kristina Samuelsson, Swedish Agency for Marine and water management
Norway: Steinar Sandøy, Norwegian Environment Agency
Finland: Petri Liljaniemi, Ministry of the environment
Programme of Measures for 2022-2027: preparation of next program of measures
Norway: Sunniva Hartman, Norwegian Environment Agency
Sweden: Niklas Holmgren, South Baltic Water District Authority
Finland: Milla Mäenpää, Ministry of the Environment
Denmark: Stig Eggert Pedersen, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Iceland: Ólafur A. Jónsson, Environment Agency of Iceland
Summary of WG5: Programme of Measures for 2022-2027. Nordic WFD Conference 2019. (pdf)
Programme of Measures for 2022-2027: objectives and exemptions
Norway: Sunniva Hartman, Norwegian Environment Agency
Denmark: Stig Eggert Pedersen, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Finland: Antton Keto, Ministry of the Environment
Sweden: Katrin Herrlin Sjöberg, South Baltic Water District Authority
Summary of WG5: Objectives and exemptions according to article 4 WFD. Nordic WFD Conference 2019. (pdf)
Groundwater
Finland: Janne Juvonen, Finnish Environment Institute
Denmark: Oliver Ries, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Iceland: Gerður Stefánsdóttir and Davíð Egilson, Icelandic Met Office
Sweden: Jenny McCarthy and Carola Lindeberg, Geological Survey of Sweden
Screening of hazardous substances in urban groundwater (2016-2017): Johan Carlström and Jenny McCarthy, Geological Survey of Sweden
Monitoring groundwater and springs in agricultural areas in Norway: Roger Roseth and Jens Kværner, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Mapping and monitoring groundwater and implementing the groundwater directive in Norway: Pål Gundersen, Anna Seither, Atle Dagestad and Øystein Jæger, Geological survey of Norway
Summary of WG6: Groundwater. Nordic WFD Conference 2019. (pdf)
The conference was collaborated with the following agencies:
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