Sydvatten to build drinking water pipeline in southern Sweden

Drinking water producer Sydvatten will construct a 20km drinking water pipeline in southern Sweden with a loan of Skr67m ($11m) from the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).

The pipeline will connect around 50,000 people in the municipalities of Ängelholm and Båstad to Sydvatten’s drinking water supply network.

The water resources in these municipalities are anticipated to be insufficient to meet a potential increase in demand in the next few decades.

The investment programme also includes equipping one of Sydvatten’s water purification plants, Ringsjöverket, with ultraviolet lamps for water treatment.

The lamps are expected to improve the output quality of drinking water from lake Bolmen, which is a major source of raw water in southern Sweden.

One of the largest drinking water providers in Sweden, Sydvatten is owned by 16 municipalities in southern Sweden, including the cities of Malmö, Helsingborg and Lund. It produces drinking water for a population of 900,000 people.

International financial institution NIB is owned by eight member countries, including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden. It finances private and public projects in and outside of the member countries.

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Image: Sydvatten will build a 20km drinking water pipeline in southern Sweden. Photo: courtesy of Lars Owesson.