WANDER Nordic Water and Materials Institute

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden initiated the MAID project (Material and product innovation through knowledge based standardization in drinking water sector) in 2014 with the objective to foster innovation and harmonisation in the drinking water sector.

The first report (Report 1) "Nordic drinking water quality"

The second report (Report 2) "Regulations and approval systems in the Nordic countries"

The Final report “Material and product innovation through knowledge based standardization in drinking water sector”

WANDER Nordic Water and Materials Institute has series in Publications and Reports which both are mainly in Finnish. These publications and reports describe in detail the water quality and interactions between materials and drinking water, especially in Finland. There is a English summary of some of these publications. The rest of these publications and reports are available in our Finnish websites.

Publication 5: Drinking Water Quality and Network Materials in Finland, Summary Report (1,4 Mt)

Other publications of WANDER Nordic Water and Materials include:

• Scientific Articles
• Seminar Publications
• Oral Presentations
• Articles in National Journals

Rosenberg M, Ilić K, Juganson K, Ivask A, Ahonen M, Vinković Vrček I, Kahru A. (2019). Potential ecotoxicological effects of antimicrobial surface coatings: a literature survey backed up by analysis of market reports. PeerJ 7:e6315. Read here.

Rantanen, P.-L., Mellin, I., Keinänen-Toivola, M.M., Ahonen M. & Vahala R. (2018). The seasonality of nitrite concentrations in a chloraminated drinking water distribution system. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15:1756 (17 pages). doi:10.3390/ijerph15081756. Read here.

Dunne, S.S., Ahonen, M., Modic, M., Crijns, F.R.L., Keinänen-Toivola, M.M., Meinke, R., Keevil, C.W., Gray, J., O’Connell, N.H. & Dunne C.P. (2018) Specialised cleaning associated with antimicrobial coatings for reduction of hospital acquired infection. Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI (CA15114). Journal of Hospital Infections 99(3):250-255.  Read here.

Inkinen, J., Jayaprakash, B., Ahonen, M., Pitkänen, T., Mäkinen, R., Pursiainen, A., Santo Domingo, JW., Salonen, H., Elk, M. & Keinänen‐Toivola MM (2018). Bacterial community changes in copper and PEX drinking water pipeline biofilms under extra disinfection and magnetic water treatment. Journal of Applied Microbiology. Vol. 124 (2), pp 611-624. Read here.

Ahonen, M., Kahru, A., Ivask, A., Kasemets, K., Kõljalg, S., Mantecca, P., Vinković Vrček, I., Keinänen-Toivola, MM. & Crijns, F. (2017). Proactive approach for safe use of antimicrobial coatings in healthcare settings: opinion of the COST Action network AMiCI. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 14(4). Read here.

Dunne, CP., Keinänen-Toivola, MM., Kahru, A., Teunissen, B., Olmez, H., Gouveia, I., Melo, L., Murzyn, K., Modic, M., Ahonen, M., Askew, P., Papadopoulos, T., Adlhart, C. & Crijns, FRL. (2017). Anti-Microbial Coating Innovations to Prevent Infectious Diseases (AMiCI): COST Action CA15114. Read here.

Rantanen, PL., Keinänen-Toivola, MM., Ahonen, M., Mellin, I., Zhang, D., Laakso, T. & Vahala R (2017). The Spatial Distribution of Nitrite Concentrations in a Large Drinking Water Distribution System in Finland. Journal of Water Resource and Protection Vol. 09 No. 08, DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2017.98068. Read here.

Inkinen, J., Mäkinen, R., Keinänen-Toivola, M.M., Nordström, K. & Ahonen M. (2017). Copper as an antibacterial material in different facilities. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 64(1): 19-26. Read here.

Latva, M., Kaunisto, T. & Pelto-Huikko, A. (2017). Durability of the non-dezincification resistant CuZn40Pb2 brass in Scandinavian waters, Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 74, Pages 133-141, ISSN 1350-6307. Read here.

Latva M., Inkinen J., Rämö J., Kaunisto T., Mäkinen R., Ahonen M., Matilainen J., Pehkonen S. (2016). Studies on the magnetic water treatment in new pilot scale drinking water system and in old existing real-life water system. Journal of Water Process Engineering 9: 215–224. Read here.

Inkinen J., Jayaprakash B., Santo Domingo J.W., Keinänen-Toivola M.M., Ryu H., Pitkänen T. (2016). Diversity of ribosomal 16S DNA- and RNA-based bacterial community in an office building drinking water system. Journal of Appliled Microbiology. 120: 1723–1738. Read here.

Inkinen J., Kaunisto T., Pursiainen A., Miettinen I.T., Kusnetsov J., Riihinen K., Keinänen-Toivola M.M. (2014). Drinking water quality and formation of biofilms in an office building during its first year of operation, a full scale study. Water Research 49: 83-91. Read here

Mäkinen R., Miettinen I.T., Pitkänen T., Kusnetsov J., Pursiainen A., Kovanen S., Riihinen K., Keinänen-Toivola M.M. (2013). Manual faucets induce more biofilms than electronic faucets. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 59(6), 407-412. Read here.

De Graaff M.S., Vieno N., Kujawa-Roeleveld K., Zeeman G., Temmink H., Buisman C.J.N.,  (2011). Fate of hormones and pharmaceuticals during combined anaerobic treatment and nitrogen removal by nitritation-anammox in vacuum collected black water. Water Research, 373-383. Read here.

Hernandez L., Vieno N., Temmink H., Zeeman G. ja Buisman C.J.N. (2010). Occurrence of Xenobiotics in Gray Water and Removal in Three Biological Treatment Systems. Environmental Science and Technology, 44(17), 6835-6842. Read here.

Tavi N.M., Keinänen-Toivola M.M., Koponen H.T., Huttunen J.T., Kekki T.K., Biasi C., Martikainen P.J. (2010). Impact of Phalaris arundinacea cultivation on microbial community of a cutover peatland. Boreal Environmental Research 15, 437-445. Read here.

Revetta R.P., Santo Domingo J.W., Kelty C., Humrighouse B., Oerther D., Lamendella R., Keinänen-Toivola M., Williams M. (2007). Molecular diversity of drinking water microbial communities: a phylogenetic approach. Proceedings of Disinfection 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 4-7.2.2007, 629-645. Read here.

Keinänen-Toivola M.M., Revetta R.P. Santo Domingo, J.W. (2006). Identification of active bacterial communities in a model drinking water biofilm system using 16S rRNA-based clone libraries.  FEMS Microbiology Letters 257(2), 182-188. Read here.