Water and water quality

Finnish Environment Institute monitors surface water and groundwater volumes and quality. Information on water is needed by all sectors of society, including farming, industry and transport. The information is also needed by private individuals, for example, when they are using water from wells.

In the winter, the Environment Institute also produces information on the situation regarding frost, the thickness of ice and the snow load on the roofs of houses. In spring, it reports on the situation regarding flooding. In summer, information is available on the temperatures of waters that people swim in. There are more than 300 observation sites around the country to monitor algae growth in inland waters and sea areas.