PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2024 The election of the President of the Republic is held on Sunday 28 January 2024. If none of the candidates have received a majority of the given votes, the second election is held on Sunday 11 February…

An international jury has announced the cities awarded the BSR Cultural Pearls title for the year 2024. The municipalities of Jakobstad (Finland), Svendborg (Denmark), Kiel (Germany) and Rūjiena (Latvia) were chosen from among 12 candidates from the countries around the…

  In August the Interreg Europe project Baltic Sea Region Cultural Pearls for more resilient cities and regions opened the application for the title BSR Cultural Pearl and participation in the programme for 2024. Four municipalities in Ostrobothnia want to…

The disturbances are now over. Jakobstad’s Water has been testing the iron content in the water at different points in the distribution system and the latest tests show that the iron content is within the ideal at all measuring points.…

Jakobstad’s Water has been testing the iron content in the distribution system today 30 October. One water sample was not within the recommendation for iron content, which is below 0,2 mg/l. Since the water samples show that the water in…

Jakobstad’s Water has been collecting water samples from different places in the distribution system today and the iron content in the water varies between 0,07 and 0,32 mg/l. The recommendation for iron in drinking water is 0,2 mg/l. This indicates…

The iron content in the water going out from the waterworks is now clearly within the ideal. The test results from the production control shows 0,07 mg/l, when the ideal level is below 0,2 mg/l. The work now continues with…

The iron content in the water going out from the waterworks is clearly declining, but the iron level is still a bit above the ideal. The water distribution system is being flushed around the town to decrease the iron content…