Miitta Rantakari

Research interests include carbon and nutrient cycling and green house gas balances in natural waters and their catchments. Professional experience includes natural storm water management solutions for urban areas.

Case studies

Happy news for the urban sea trouts in Helsinki

In 2016, the sea trout population in a city stream of Helsinki was in trouble. A large deliberate leakage of oil from a garage in the nearby industrial area contaminated the side stream and threatened the whole population. Storm water running to the stream was deteriorated by repeated smaller accidental oil leakages and by the loading of hazardous substances from the nearby busy streets. Thus, a delicate stream ecosystem in the middle of the city, a densely built catchment area, and very little space for any management structures to clean the storm waters. What to do?

Dr. Miitta Rantakari

miitta.rantakari [at] hel.fi

City of Helsinki
Finland

Area of experties

Drinking water

Storm water

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