Water posts in the Helsinki metropolitan area

10.3.2025 - Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut (HSY)

The dataset provides the locations of public water posts in the Helsinki metropolitan area. City residents can freely fetch water from the water posts (e.g. fill their water bottles). The attribute data includes the address, coordinates and identifier of the water post. Data updated in October 2024.

The data can also be viewed in HSY’s open data map service.

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Maintainer	Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut HSY
Maintainer Website	http://www.hsy.fi/avoindata
Published	13.05.2015
Updated	10.03.2025
Links to additional information concerning the dataset	https://www.hsy.fi/vesi-ja-viemarit/vesipostit/
Groups	Maps
Collections	Open APIs Water and sewage system
Tags	hydrants water supply waterpost
Geographical Coverage	Helsinki Espoo Vantaa Pääkaupunkiseutu
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
How to reference	Source: Water posts in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The maintainer of the dataset is Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut HSY. The dataset has been downloaded from Helsinki Region Infoshare service on 15.04.2025 using the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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