Water Quality Measured

This week, a new phase of water quality monitoring in and around Þingvallavatn began. Eydís Salóme Eiríksdóttir from Marine and Fresh Water Institute came and took water samples in Silfra and other ravines and chasms where groundwater flows into Þingvallavatn.

The water quality measurement is part of examining chemical processes in the water to give us a better insight of possible external influences.

Samples of various basic materials are already being taken in Þingvallavatn by the Environmental Agency's monitoring program.

A monitoring agreement has also been intact in recent years. It is a collaboration of Þingvellir national park along with Landsvirkjun, Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Bláskógabyggð and Grímsnes- and Grafningshreppur. The implementers of the monitoring have been the Marine and Fresh Water Institute and Natural History Museum in Kópavogur.

Þingvallavatn is one of the most researched lakes in Iceland. Regular researches has taken place since the 70´s in the 20th century. Then  dr. Pétur M. Jónasson began an extensive survey of the lake in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen and other parties.