Vedenhoitoon
Vedenhoitoon is a Finnish term used in the context of water management and public health to describe the system of practices and infrastructures that ensure a reliable supply of safe drinking water and the protection of aquatic environments. It encompasses both drinking-water treatment and broader water-resource management, including catchment protection, water quality monitoring, and the handling of residuals and wastewater as parts of the overall water cycle.
A typical vedentoitoon process chain includes water intake and pretreatment, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection,
Regulation and oversight focus on health-based drinking-water standards, regular monitoring of key water-quality parameters (such as
Common challenges include aging water networks, rising costs for energy and chemicals, and the impacts of climate