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Water courses in South Savo

Water courses in South Savo. The need for water management in South Savo. 169 sites ( over 200 ) Total area 534 km 2 The necessity of the management slight: 29 sites rather high 73 sites high 59 sites. Tiedot: SYKE 1999. What is causing the need for management. Loading 143 sites

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Water courses in South Savo

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  1. Water courses in South Savo

  2. The need for water management in South Savo • 169 sites ( over 200 ) • Total area 534 km2 • The necessity of the management • slight: 29 sites • rather high 73 sites • high 59 sites Tiedot: SYKE 1999

  3. What is causing the need for management • Loading 143 sites • Acidification 7 sites • Shallowness 47 sites • Overgrowth 125 sites • Overfertilization 125 sites Information source: SYKE 1999

  4. Lake management cases in South Savo since 2000 green = in action or in starting phase, blue = in planning phase, yellow = planning is starting, red = coming to the list

  5. Funding for water management actions during recent years in the South Savo Regional Environment Centre 60 sites priorised in 2003. - sites priorised (1. or 2.) by municipalities - need for management high - sites with many types of problems Year 2001 50 000 € Year 2002 30 000 € Year 2003 28 000 € Year 2004 14 000 € For year 2005 applied 56 000 €

  6. Voluntary actions have increased because the financial support has been low - innovative experiments have increased - information from other actors have been used

  7. Voluntary projects in South Savo Project Actors Municipality Funding Osakaskunta= Owners of the watwr area ESA= South Savo Reg.Env.Centre (SSREC) Maaseutukeskus= Pro Agria consulting organisation Kunta = Municipality Suojeluyhdistys/toimikunta = Local active group Metsäkeskus = Forest Centre YTY-työ = Employment funds Oma rahoitus = Own funding Talkootyö = Voluntary Work

  8. Interactive planning projects in South Savo red = planning is ready, blue = planning is starting, green = coming to the planning phase

  9. The guide “Vesivälskäri” has been the basis for the planning in the voluntary management projects Management Project Hiukkanen, Jäppilä Contents The planning process General map Description of the planning area Objectives Project phases Water protection actions on the drainage basin Monitoring Site maps Costs Forms for agreements and commitments

  10. Dredged shore of the Lake Heiniöjärvi • Dredging was done with a small excavator (tractor) in low water • Aquatic vegetation was removed (mowed) • Ded plant biomass from the bottom was removed with a seine • Effective fishing

  11. Actions done in Heiniönjärvi Summer 1998 Man work Machine work Working days for mowing Mowed area Seined area

  12. Management of the Lake HeiniöjärviCosts 1998 -2002 Euros COSTS Planning 9 000 euros Realization 27 000 euros Water protection 10 700 euros Realization Planning Water protection

  13. Measures done in Heiniöjärvi improved the water course and the environment - oxygen situation improved - fish population changed - possibilities for recreation were improved - aquatic vegetation changed - transparency was improved - amount of silt in the bottom decreased 1.People learned to know each others better. Co-operation. 2.Only one permission needed for fishing. 3.The value of the real estates by the shore raised.

  14. Mowing of the aquatic vegetation is a good example of the voluntary lake management

  15. Amount of mowed sites South Savo Reg. Env.Centre Other actors Total area of mowed sites Etelä-Savon ympäristökeskus 2003

  16. Loal means for air-conditioning

  17. Recycling of an old bed

  18. Air-conditioning of Lake Säytjärvi 20 meters Ice cover Pump 6 meters Water with low oxygen content Lake bottom

  19. Voluntary work for decreasing algal problems Plantation of predator foshes Removing small fish

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