Niina Vieno – Improving wastewater treatment and helping people to reduce their chemical footprint

Niina Vieno is improving wastewater treatment of industry and municipalities, cutting down environmental burden caused by hazardous substances, and informing and educating people how to reduce their chemical footprint.

“I have worked within the water sector for more than 15 years, mostly related to water treatment, hazardous substances and research.”

Before founding Envieno she worked on improving drinking water quality and finished my doctoral thesis on environmental aspects of pharmaceutical consumption.

She has working experience also in the Netherlands. At present, she is the owner of Envieno and a partner in a company Law and Water.

“At Envieno, I work on environmental risk assessment and management issues related to hazardous substances. We find cost-effective solutions for industry and municipalities to improve their wastewater treatment. At Law and Water, we work on legal issues in the water technology sector.

In her free time, she practices research by writing review articles and by participating research projects as an adviser.

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