Ice saws revealed a meter of brown lumps in the Tornionjoki – research results are still waiting
Light brown material appeared on the grooves born of ice sawings for a tens of meters on the Tornio River. The substance is suspected to be some form of fat.
Those who were living on the lower reaches and fishing in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Tornionjoki River noticed a nasty surprise surprise in the border of Finland and Sweden last Friday.
In the ramps around Tornio’s Hellalä and Puutulmi, brown lumps and sludge -like substances were tens of meters away. The same sight was still on Tuesday.
Most of the substance was observed in the Swedish water area of \u200b\u200bthe Rajajoki.
The city of Haparanda is told that the substance has been taken on Monday to take samples and have been sent for examination for Umeå. There is no information yet on the date of completion of the research results.
Cottage and fishermen have time to suspect the substance on its color and appearance as a stool, as there is a joint wastewater treatment plant in Tornio and Haparanda near the area, which drains the purified water into the Tornionjoki River.
– The wastewater treatment plant has not had overflows and the waste water does not look like that. The state of the substance refers to fats that are clumped in the cold, says Kannala.
“People should have learned earlier”
– There are cottages and settlements here and there are water for the beach saunas. There are also ice creamers here. Although not defined what it is, people should have learned before, says Grönholm.
There are cottages on the Rajakijoki side of both Finland and Sweden. According to the locals, there are strong currents in the Tornionjoki River that can carry a lulliva in the water to any cottage beach.
Tornionjoki currently has steel ice about half a meter and weaker ice about 20 centimeters.
The Lapland ELY Center started ice sawing down the Tornionjoki downstream at Hellalä last week. The sawing has been continued this week.
Sawmills aim to prevent the creation of ice dams in the river.