Swimming water

The Keurusselkä Environment and Health Protection Office monitors the quality of swimming water at public beaches and small public beaches. Swimming water must meet the quality requirements set out in Decree 177/2008 of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

Public beaches: Lists of beaches can be found on each municipality’s website. The quality of the swimming water at the beaches listed is monitored during the swimming season (15 June–31 August) through regular sampling, approximately once a month. The samples are tested for the presence of bacteria that indicate faecal contamination of the swimming water. In addition, observations are made at the beaches regarding the presence of cyanobacteria. In addition to sampling, the beaches are monitored through regular inspection visits, during which attention is paid to, for example, the cleanliness of the beaches, waste management and toilets.

The results of the swimming water samples must be displayed on the notice board at each beach.

Contact information

Mänttä-Vilppula, Kuhmoinen and Keuruu: Antti Koskenlahti, tel. 040 540 0638
Ruovesi, Virrat and Keuruu: Tuija Kytönen, tel. 044 797 1362
Jämsä: Sami Peltonen, tel. 040 097 0099

Please contact us by email at firstname.surname(at)keuruu.fi or via the Health Protection Office’s shared email address at terveydensuojelu(at)keuruu.fi

Reporting suspected contamination of swimming water

If you suspect that the water at a beach or in a swimming pool has caused you to experience symptoms (e.g. diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach ache, nausea, fever), please report this to the local health protection authority. You can submit a report to the Keurusselkä Environment and Health Protection Office using the online form.

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