Table 2. Possible measures for decreasing the phosphorus input to the Baltic Sea.
Measure | Area | Tonnes/year |
Sewage treatment | Poland | 5,332 |
Sewage treatment | Russia | 3,844 |
Sewage treatment | Belarus | 1,984 |
Sewage treatment | Baltic States | 992 |
Sewage treatment | Czech Rep. | 372 |
Phosphate-free detergents* | All | 3,100 |
Agriculture | All | 5,600 |
Rural sewage treatment | Sweden | 175 |
Mussel cultivation | Sweden | 35 |
Dams | Sweden | 10 |
Protective zones | Sweden | 7.5 |
Wetlands | Sweden | 4.3 |
Soil drainage | Sweden | 2.6 |