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Quality control of household water
Turku City Environmental Health Care regularly monitors both the chemical and microbiological quality of household water. Household water is also tested based on complaints.
Also the laboratory of Turku Water Utility inspects raw water repositories, the various stages of the purification process, purified water and tap water.
Pests cause many kinds of damage to foodstuffs, goods and buildings. Additionally, they may cause health hazards to humans and domestic animals. Pests soil raw materials and goods with excrement, uric acid, webs, cocoons, larvae skins, dead specimens, and rodent hairs. Wood-destroying pests damage wooden structures and furniture. Rats and mice cause damage by eating and nibbling. Textile pests cause considerable material damage especially to natural fibers.
Health inspectors conduct a housing hygiene inspection if there is a justified reason to assume that the dwelling causes a health hazard to its inhabitants or neighbours. Requests for action should be submitted in written form by mail or email. In addition to the health inspector, the owner of the dwelling or his/her representative as well as the property manager will be present in the inspection.
Radon is an odorless, tasteless and invisible radioactive noble gas that a human cannot sense in any way. Radon can be detected only with special measuring equipment. High radon levels may cause lung cancer.
In addition to the purity of indoor air, other factors affecting housing health are:
- temperature
- humidity
- noise
- ventilation
- microbes
- light
- radiation
The responsibility for solving residential health problems belongs primarily to the owner of the dwelling or property. In terraced houses and blocks of flats the property manager is responsible for practical matters. The health inspector may inspect the dwelling on demand. Preliminary measurements related to dwelling inspections are free of charge.
Illoinen community garden is located in Illoinen, Hirvensalo, at Illoistentie 2-3. It is about 9 km from the city centre. The rent of Illoinen community garden allotments is at the moment 20 cents per square meter. Also fees for electricity, water and area management are charged, as well as a one-time community garden payment of 2 523 euros.
The rental agreement of Kupittaa community garden expires on 31 December 2020.
Illoinen community garden on the map:
The area is rented for Peltolan siirtolapuutarhayhdistys which rents the allotments on to its members. The current rental agreement is valid until 31 December 2020.
How can I buy myself a hut from the community garden?
There are notices about available huts on the notice board of the community garden. You may also leave a notice about your wish to purchase a hut. More information is available on the website of the community garden association.
Peltola communication garden on the map:
Kupittaa community garden was founded in 1934. The entire area is fully built.
The rental agreement of Kupittaa community garden expires in 2020.
Kupittaa community garden on the map:
Allotments are meant for individual gardening such as growing vegetables. It is possible to grow all legal annual plants in the allotments. Allotments are rented out by Turun 4H-yhdistys.
One allotment is one hundred square meters and the price per growing season is 20/15 €. Allotment fields are cultivated in spring after which they are divided into 100 m2 allotments and marked with sticks. Each allotment is numbered. After the marker sticks have been placed you can easily find your own allotment and start planting.
Using a carpet washing place is free of charge and there is no need to make a reservation. All washing places are equipped with washbasins, drying bars and carpet wringers. The carpet washing places are open when the weather conditions allow from the beginning of May to the end of October.
The City of Turku has its own rental apartments that are rented out to the residents of the municipality. TVT Asunnot Oy offers also guidance and help with problems related to housing.
- TVT-Asunnot: Rental housing (in Finnish)
Rental apartments of public entities can be found on the sites listed below:
What is a right-of-occupancy dwelling?
Right-of-occupancy dwelling is a form of apartment management between owner-occupied dwelling and rental housing. The occupant pays a right-of-occupancy payment, which is 15% of the purchase price of the dwelling, and a monthly maintenance charge during occupancy. A right-of-occupancy dwelling is as safe a housing option as an owner-occupied dwelling though one cannot buy it for one’s own. When resigning one’s right of occupancy, the customer regains the right-of-occupancy payment adjusted with the building cost index.
When does an event require permission?
All outdoor events and sales require permission from the landowner. If you wish to organize an event in a public area owned by the city, such as a park, street or market square, you must get permission from the city of Turku. Fill in the event announcement form below. The form is in Finnish/Swedish.
Market squares and selling spaces
The City of Turku rents selling spaces
The City of Turku and Siemens have undertaken a ground-breaking three-year strategic cooperation. This is the first time one of the world's largest conglomerates has entered into such a long-term collaboration with a local government organisation.
The city rents land suitable for cultivation mainly for Turku residents. The tenant is expected to take care of the field and its surroundings so that harmful weeds are kept down and trenches stay open. Fields owned by the city may be rented according to the rental terms accepted by the Public Utility Property Management Board.
The Aura River divides Turku into two sides: “täl puol jokke” (“on this side of the river”) and “tois puol jokke” (“on the other side of the river”). Föri carries people across the river free of charge between Tervahovinkatu (on the east side) and Wechterinkuja (on the west side).
Föli
Föli means the Turku region public transport jointly organized by six municipalities, launched on 1 July 2014. The municipalities taking part in Föli are Turku, Kaarina, Raisio, Naantali, Lieto and Rusko. Turku Region Public Transport Committee makes decisions about matters related to public transport.