Drinking water quality and network materials in Finland : Summary report

Abstract

The study shows that Finnish drinking water is of high quality and therefore safe and hygienic to use when compared to the quality requirements and recommendations. Quality monitoring of drinking water in Finland is primarily monitored by the Finnish decree on drinking water that concentrates on health based parameters. However, the quality of drinking water is affected also by many technical parameters that are not required to be measured but these can have a significant impact on the long term durability of the networks.