Environmental assessments regarding the discharge from the new municipal water treatment plant at Notanes in Øystese

Summary

The municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway, plans to build a new treatment plant for most of their municipal water. The plant will be located at Notanes, on the bank of the Vikeelva river. Also the larger river Øyseseelva ends up in the adjacent bay Øystesebukta, which will receive the cleaned water discharge from the plant, according to the permit issued by the County Sheriff, Fylkesmannen. Kvam municipality asked NIVA, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, to make an assessment on the safe location of the point of discharge, with special emphasis on avoiding interference with the two rivers. The present report summarizes the results of the assessments.