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Get familiar with Finnish research centres and the Aalto University, which have placed themselves at the very forefront of water research and cover a wide range of topics that support sustainable water solutions.
| TOPIC | Syke
Finnish Environment Institute | THL
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare | Luke
Natural Resources Institute Finland |
Digital technologies
for smart water management | | - Development and testing of online water quality monitoring systems aiming to detect drinking water contamination
- Development and testing of data mining systems that explore water quality information aiming to detect abnormal changes in water quality
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Water utilities and climate-resilient
water services | - Capacity building in planning of raw water intake
- Assessment of groundwater resources
- Consultancy in institutional development of sustainable and resilient water services
- Assessment and planning of sustainable wastewater management
- Stormwater management
| - Research projects focusing on identification and assessment of harmful effects related to climate change on water safety
- Projects exploring the readiness/awareness level of water works concerning climate change
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Water in industrial
use and mining | - Management of the water balances of a mine
- Assessment of the influence on a mine recipient
- Assessment of the methods for restoration of the mine recipient
- Water balance modeling
- Data management
| - Development of web-based risk assessment protocol to assess risks related to effluent water originating from mine sites
- Development and testing of biological monitoring techniques to determine efficiency of biological treatment of sulfate or nitrogen-rich industrial wastewater
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| Water know-how and capacity building | - Hydrological forecasting
- Flood modeling, mapping and risk assessment
- Impact evaluation of climate change on hydrological variables, floods and lake regulation
- Evaluation for river basin management
- Courses on hydrologyWe can support you in designing:
- Hydrological monitoring network
- Data management and data quality control
Read more about Syke | - Development of new analytical tools to identify microbial waterborne hazards. Acquisition of Maldi-Tof device as part of the Kuopio Water Cluster program for advanced identification of aquatic microbes
Read more about THL | - Tailored research services and innovative solutions in the water management chain of dryland agriculture and forestry
- Climate-smart water management
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and sustainability of water consumption and technologies
- Water retention and soil manipulation for wet and dryland farming
Read more about LUKE |
| TOPIC | VTT
Technical Research Centre of Finland | Aalto University |
| Digital technologies for smart water management | - Energy optimization and modeling
- 5G network in water sector applications
- Water data management ecosystem for water data spaces
- Online leak monitoring
- Cyber-secure water management
- Metrology for real-world domestic water metering
| - Virtual sensors and model predictive algorithms in nutrient removal process applications
- Digital twins in wastewater treatment plants and water networks
- Modeling, simulation and sensor technologies in monitoring and managing water resources
Read more |
Resource recovery
and energy efficiency
/ circular water economy | - Nutrient and metal recovery
- Hydrogen production at wastewater treatment plants
- Solutions for floating plastic debris
- Membrane-based solutions for resource recovery and water reuse
- Microplastics recovery
| - Recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen – phosphorus recovery as vivianite
- Membrane absorption of ammonia – NPHarvest project
- Organic micropollutants and antibiotic resistance – biological degradation of pharmaceuticals in conventional activated sludge (CAS), membrane bioreactor (MBR) and aerobic granular sludge (AGS), advanced oxidation processes
- Energy efficiency and carbon footprint – aeration control optimization and mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in activated sludge processes
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Water utilities and climate-resilient
water services | - Solutions for decentralized stormwater managment
- Nature-based solutions
- Municipal sludge utilisation concepts
- Green-grey infrastructure
| - Natural water retention measures for sustainable stormwater management – international collaboration
- Asset management
- Characterization and removal of natural organic matter from drinking water
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Water in industrial
use and mining | - Metal recovery from mining water
- Valorization of wastewater from food industry
| - Nutrient recovery from liquid streams
- Nutrient removal using industrial side products
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| Water know-how and capacity building | - Water footprint assessment
Read more about VTT | - Water resources management – computational hydrology, environmental hydraulics, fluvial processes
- Global water issues – water risk assessments, food production, water-energy-food security nexus, climate change implications
- Water diplomacy – transboundary water cooperation, hydropower impact assessments, water diplomacy processes
Read more about Aalto University |
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