Markus Raudkivi

Project coordinator at HELCOM Secretariat.

International projects:

Topics:

PFAS in the aquatic environment
Efficient sludge management in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
Nutrient reduction and recycling from wastewater and sludge
Hazardous substances in the WWTP outputs (heavy metals, pharmaceutical residues, other organic substrates)
Deammonification process application
Biodegradable streams, bioenergy production and utilisation

Case studies

Environmental assessment and how it works with PFAS

Have you ever wondered, how statements such as “Baltic Sea is in a bad ecological status” and “The environmental pollution of THIS or THAT substance is high and widespread” come to be? Where does this information come from? Well, wonder no more!

For any strong statement about environmental effects, an assessment of the situation needs to be carried out. In a regional level, such as for the Baltic Sea, this would mean the following things are needed:

The Baltic Sea region as a forerunner in innovative water solutions

The long-term regional cooperation of the Baltic Sea countries is one of the best examples of coordinated environmental work in the world. As we all share this very delicate brackish inland sea, actions to prevent and remediate negative impacts are on the forefront of our cooperation. HELCOM – a treaty and a governing organisation dedicated to this cause – has now been working for almost 50 years!

Mr. Markus Raudkivi

markus.raudkivi [at] helcom.fi

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – HELCOM Secretariat
Katajanokanlaituri 6B
00160 Helsinki
Finland

Area of experties

Surface water

Waste water

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