Bathing|It is advised to avoid swimming on the banks of Pikkukoski, Pakila and Tapaninvainio along the Vantaanjoki during heavy rains.
Swimming waters are now exceptionally warm in Helsinki compared to the time of day. Team leader of the local sports club of the city of Helsinki Jukka Lundgren warned earlier this weekthat blue-green algae may arrive in warm waters earlier than usual.
Even without blue-green algae, there are three beaches in Helsinki whose bathing water quality has been classified as so bad that it is advised to avoid swimming during the rains to prevent health problems. These beaches are Pikkukoski, Pakila and Tapaninvainio along the Vantaanjoki.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute is not predicting rain for the next few days, but in next Monday’s weather report, rain is already possible.
Helsinki according to the city’s environmental services, the water quality of the beaches along the Vantaanjoki deteriorates during heavy rains. The reason for this is surface runoff and stormwater. Stormwater is rainwater, meltwater and drying water that is led away from yards and streets.
The rains in the entire catchment area of the Vantaanjoki affect the water quality of the swimming beaches along the river, it is said the city of Helsinki on the website.
The problem is not new: already at least 20 years ago The banks of the Vantaanjoki were said to be polluted and unfit for swimming during heavy rains.
Pikkokoski is a so-called EU beach, which means it is estimated to have at least one hundred swimmers per day, which is why the city’s health protection authority classifies its bathing water quality when the swimming season ends at the end of August. Pikkukoski’s classification is currently bad.
The quality of Marjaniemi’s beach was also assessed as poor in the past. Last year, the water quality was estimated to have improved and there are no valid swimming restrictions on the beach.
#Swimming #water #Helsinkis #beaches #exceptionally #warm #shouldnt #swim #beaches #raining
