BalticPFASResolve partners discuss PFAS sampling programmes at the workshop in Stockholm

On 27-28 April, partners of the BalticPFASResolve project from Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Estonia held a face-to-face meeting in Stockholm within Work Package 2, focusing on PFAS analysis, mitigation and remediation at water utilities.

At this stage, partners are working on developing PFAS sampling programmes tailored to each WP2 partner organisation. The programmes will include identifying key sampling points to determine PFAS loads from different water streams to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) or water reservoirs. These may include household wastewater, industrial process water, stormwater runoff, combined sewage, infiltrating groundwater, as well as influents and effluents to and from WWTPs.

During the two-day workshop, partners shared updates on their preliminary sampling strategies and discussed key aspects of sampling design and data needs for modelling. The discussions covered defining baseline and extended sampling designs, sampling frequency, representative values based on monitoring data and literature, as well as agreeing on reporting formats and next steps. This joint work is essential to ensure that sampling programmes across participating countries follow a common structure and approach while capturing country-specific features.

Participants of the meeting: Katja Närhi and Anders Ljung (Stockholm Vatten och Avfall / Stockholm water and waste company, Sweden), Bo Hjälmefjord, Håkan Häggström, Johan Persson (Länsstyrelsen i Stockholms län / Stockholm County Administrative Board, Sweden), Teemu Montonen (Mikkelin kehitysyhtiö Miksei / Mikkeli Development Miksei, Finland), Kamila Gruskevica (Riga Technical University, Latvia), Kristīna Kokina and Gints Dakša (SIA Jūrmalas ūdens / Jurmala Water, Latvia) and Tiia Pedusaar (Eesti Maaülikool / Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia).

BalticPFASResolve is an Interreg Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027 project co-funded by the European Union. The content of this material does not necessarily represent the official position of the European Union.