Ira stockholm vatten

CompletedUpdated: 28/06/

Historically, the Swedish perception has been that access to drinking water is unlimited. However, recent years with several dry summers have shown that access to drinking water can become a challenge.

The availability of raw water for use in drinking water production varies across Sweden, with some areas more vulnerable than others. In Stockholm, this is primarily due to the capacity of water treatment plants being unable to provide drinking water for irrigation during dry periods. This has raised awareness that we must manage water responsibly.

For the Loudden sub-area in Stockholm Royal Seaport, a source-separated wastewater system is planned, with separate collection and treatment of greywater from households and businesses. When Loudden is completed, approximately 1, m³ of greywater will be generated daily. Water that, after treatment, could be used to replace drinking water for purposes such as irrigating green spaces, instead of being discharged directly into the recipient.

In Stockholm Royal Seaport, there are significant water needs that do not necessarily require drinkin

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Stockholm Vatten (Stockholm Water Company) produces and delivers drinking water of high quality to more than one million people in Stockholm.

Stockholm Vatten also treat and purify wastewater to ensure that the aquatic environment is protected. The company owns and maintains 5, km of water and sewer systems.

Organisation

Stockholm Vatten AB is municipally owned and is organised in a parent company and two subsidiaries. One of the subsidiaries runs the operations of vatten and wastewater treatment while the other runs the business operations within the water and wastewater area; biogas fryst vatten one of these. The company’s operations are wholly financed bygd water and sewerage rates and charges.

Holistic policy and eco-cycle concept

Stockholm Vatten’s responsibilities cover the water on its way from the water source to the customers and then eventually as purified wastewater discharged into the Baltic Sea. Their eco-cycle concept involves resource recycling where waste products are recycled into usable new resources in a sustainable society.

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Stockholm Vatten AB (the Stockholm Water Company) is an environmental and engineering company that produces and supplies drinking water to more than one million people in Stockholm and Huddinge, and to a further nine neighbouring local councils. The company is characterised by its holistic approach and the desire to create the necessary conditions for adequate delivery of water and an improved waste environment, not only in the Baltic region, but also through its cooperation with other local councils in the Stockholm region and through international joint projects.

“We have some of the world’s best drinking water, which is always carefully controlled and purified in several stages. This gives us drinking water of the highest quality, according to the Swedish National Food Administration,” says the company.

As a municipally-owned organisation, Stockh