Approval for a household water supplier and wholesaler
- Permit or other obligation
- 5 municipalities
- Public service
A facility that supplies household water must request approval for its operations from the municipal health protection authority, if the facility produces or processes water.
A wholesaler must also request approval for its operations from the municipal health protection authority. A wholesaler is considered an operator that sells water to a facility that supplies household water. Wholesale companies do not have end-users of water.
A facility must also request an approval if they plan on expanding or modifying their water abstraction or treatment significantly. The facility must also request an approval if the quality or distribution of water changes significantly.
The operations may not be started or changed until the application has been approved.
Do the following
The municipal health protection authority issues the approvals.
It is a good idea to contact environmental health care before submitting the application. Submit a written application to the Rovakaari environmental health care, for planned activities in the area of Rovaniemi, Ranua, Pello, Ylitornio or Kolari, using the application form (see website). The forms show the information needed for the notification, the mandatory attachments.
Please note! The form contains an expired postal address, primarily use the email address. If the application or attachments are in paper form, submit them to environmental health care in two (2) copies.
To whom and on what terms
A facility is not allowed to supply household water unless their operations have been approved. Likewise, a wholesaler is not allowed to start its operations before an approval.
A facility must also request an approval if they plan on expanding or modifying their water abstraction or treatment significantly. They must also request an approval if the quality or distribution of water changes significantly.
The facility must submit an application regarding a change in their operations no later than 30 days before the change. The facility must not change its operations until the application has been approved.
If the operator has established itself in another country in the European Economic Area and temporarily offers services in Finland, the same approvals are required as from operators established in Finland.
Deadline
An approval must be requested three months before the planned start of operations.An application for a change must be submitted no later than 30 days before changes are made to the operations.
Processing time
The approval application is processed within 3 months, and the change application is processed within 30 days of receipt of the application, or after the documents and reports required for processing the application have been received. An incomplete application and a request for additional information delay the processing of the application.