To succeed with this ambitious reduction, the project also deals with the history and present biological status of Gamlebyviken as well as other water bodies in the area. The sources of sewage will be inventoried, as well as the farming in the area. The increased studies of nutrient sources shall also include a simulation of nutrient leakage from farming. Local authorities, the University of Kalmar, schools and other organisations are engaged in the project.
The Local Environmental Protection Department (LEPD), which is deeply in the Agenda 21 process, took a new approach to the problem of Gamlebyviken. Instead of measuring the leakage and producing a report which only a few people would read, it decided to involve the inhabitants of the area in solving the problem.
To do this the, LEPD has informed the inhabitants in local newspapers about the project. All inhabitants living outside a sewage system are going to be visited and all farmers in the area (about 100) will be informed of how different farming techniques secure the environment. Later, discussion groups dealing with various kind of problems, such as leakage from household sewage, farming, foresty, boating, etc. will be formed. This last part will be a process in the spirit of Agenda 21.
For further information, please contact Ms Mariann Teurnell Söderlund, Chief of Local Environmental Protection Department (LEPD) in Västervik, fax. +46 490 35990
