SOILIA - soil research center

SOILIA is a pilot-scale soil research center which offers real-world conditions for conducting basic scientific study of soil etc., carrying out applied research required by companies as part of their product development efforts, as well as developing new remediation methods of contaminated soil. SOILIA rents out research equipment as well as two research fields to universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and companies for the purpose of research of soil, sediments, groundwater and surface water, as well as for testing remediation methods. SOILIA is ideal for a wide range of research and testing projects, including: Testing and risk assessment of soil remediation methods; Measuring water movements and substances carried in water in different types of soil; Measuring the quality of water infiltrated through soil structure.

SOILIA is owned by Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd. SOLIA is a result of a tight regional co-operation between research institutions, funding authorities and businesses. Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd. (LTYP, now LADEC Ltd.) University of Helsinki, Lahti University of Applied Sciences and companies came up with the idea of SOILIA. The role of LTYP was to convince the funding authorities of the importance of SOILIA for research and business life. The aim of SOILIA was to tighten collaboration between universities and business and to develop field courses, lectures and other activities of universities.