KATOA project

The KATOA project focuses on the street dust problems on the road and street network: monitoring and management of dust as well as assessment of the efficiency of emission reduction measures.

The aim of the project is to detect factors influencing emissions and concentrations as well as the influence rates of various emission sources in different types of street and environments. In addition, the aims of the project include identifying the most effective emission reduction possibilities and promoting their implementation. The project produces information to further the attainment of the objectives of the National Air Pollution Control Programme 2030 regarding street dust and continues the research work carried out in earlier street dust projects (KAPU, NASTA, REDUST, KALPA). The first phase of the project was carried out in 2021-2022 and the second one will be implemented in 2023-2024. 

In order to reach the objectives of the project, monitoring and modelling of street dust is carried out with various methods suitable to the purposes. Also existing data is exploited and time series are continued in the locations which for the most part have already been subject to monitoring and intensified dust control measures since 2006. 

The project is carried out as joint research between various organisations. SYKE and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences are primarily responsible for carrying out the work. The research is being funded by HSY and the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa and Kuopio, as well as by the North Savo ELY Centre and MESTAR in the Kuopio area. 

More information on the website of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)