Background Documents for the Luga Pilot of BALTHAZAR Project

LAND Meeting 8 May 2012, Warsaw, Poland:

- Presentation by Russia: Information about HELCOM Recommendation concerning the activity of IG “Phosphorit”

- Presentation by SYKE: Progress report on additional sampling within BALTHAZAR Project

- All meeting documents available at the HELCOM Meeting Portal, e.g. Progress report of the BALTHAZAR Project and Minutes of the Meeting (Luga case addressed in Agenda Items 4.1.-4.11, p. 4-5)

Total phosphorus concentrations measured at three sites in the lower reaches of the Luga (results from the SYKE laboratory only, but the results from Hydromet are comparable)

Total and phosphate phosphorus concentrations (mg/l) measured in the Verhovsky brook since autumn 2011 (analyzed by SYKE).

Sampling site in River Luga, 15 May 2012. Photo: Pekka Vähänäkki/Ely-keskus

Minutes from the HELCOM Annual Meeting (HELCOM 33/2012) 6-7 March 2012. BALTHAZAR addressed in items 4.70 - 4.89

Progress report of BALTHAZAR Project (31.1.2012; submitted to the Annual Meeting 6 March 2012)

Meeting with EuroChem representatives on 7 February 2012 at 'Phosphorit' fertilizer plant, Kingisepp, Russia

"The Meeting recognized that in general it would be very cost-effective to reduce pollution in such a big point source compared to other, more diffuse sources and supported the plans of the project to continue this investigation immediately together with responsible authorities and other project stakeholders to get a more complete picture of the nutrient inputs." 

The presentation given at the Project Steering Group meeting on 18 January 2012.

Brief summary on the timeline of samplings and reporting

Sampling near Luga river in October 2011. Photo: Seppo Knuuttila.