RBD monitoring sites, Groundwater

According to Section 9 of the Act on the Organisation of River Basin Management (1299/2004), in the river basin management area groundwater monitoring shall be arranged in such a way that a uniform and diverse overall picture of their status is obtained. In line with the Water Management Regulation (1040/2006), the monitoring programme must include sufficient: monitoring sites in order to reliably assess the status of groundwater and the natural or anthropogenic variability of groundwater in the short and long term. This data includes the national groundwater monitoring sites reported to the EU in 2016. Monitoring sites include both national groundwater stations and VHS groundwater monitoring sites associated with water management. Monitoring sites are part of either baseline monitoring or operational monitoring, or both. Ground water stations provide basic monitoring data on e.g. groundwater level and groundwater quality. Data from groundwater stations have been systematically compiled since 1975. VHS monitoring sites in groundwater areas are subject to operational obligation monitoring in relation to water management monitoring, but they are also used for baseline monitoring. Groundwater areas provide observation data on groundwater quality and quantity, as well as data related to studies, risk areas and land use in the area. More detailed information on the water quality of the monitoring sites can be found in the Environmental Administration’s Groundwater Information System (povet). The material covers 13 ELY Centres. Data from monitoring stations on the quality and quantity of groundwater have been collected since the 1970s. The age of VHS monitoring sites varies. The material is part of SYKE’s open data (CC BY 4.0). The data product INSPIRE has been published. Purpose: The data includes national groundwater stations and VHS groundwater monitoring sites associated with water management For more information: http://www.ymparisto.fi/fi-FI/Vesi/Pohjavesien_tila/Pohjavesien_tilan_seuranta https://geoportal.ymparisto.fi/meta/julkinen/dokumentit/VHS_seurantapisteet.pdf According to section 9 of the Act on the Organisation of Water Management (1299/2004), the monitoring of groundwaters in a River Basin District (RBD) must be organised in such a way that a uniform and diverse overall picture of their status is obtained. According to the Decree on Water Resources Management (1040/2006), the monitoring programme must include a sufficient number of monitoring sites in order to reliably assess the status of groundwaters and natural or anthropogenic short- and long-term variations in the status. The data includes national groundwater monitoring sites reported to the EU in 2016. The monitoring sites include national groundwater monitoring stations and monitoring sites associated with the water management of groundwater areas (VHS monitoring sites). The monitoring sites include either surveillance monitoring or operational monitoring, or both. The groundwater monitoring stations provide information e.g. on groundwater levels and groundwater quality. Data has been collected systematically from the groundwater monitoring stations since 1975. Operational statutory monitoring is carried out at the VHS monitoring sites in groundwater areas, but the VHS monitoring sites are also used for surveillance monitoring. Information on the qualitative and quantitative state of groundwater areas is collected in the database, as well as research results on risk factors and land use. More detailed information on the water quality of the monitoring sites can be found in the Environmental Administration’s Groundwater Information System (povet). The data covers 13 Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres). Groundwater quality and quantity data have been gathered since the 1970s from the monitoring stations. The VHS monitoring sites have varied ages. The national monitoring stations are established and managed by the Finnish Environment Institute. VHS monitoring sites may be raw water taps for abstraction plants, water abstraction wells, groundwater observation tubes installed for operators’ obligation monitoring, or existing observation tubes. VHS monitoring sites are places set up and managed by operators or regional Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centre) with varying age and original use.