Background & Purpose
To ensure safe and clean drinking water for everyone, the European Union updated its drinking water directive, requiring member states to strengthen their national rules and risk assessments.
Proposals & Debate
The government proposed changes to several laws to mandate risk assessments in water catchments, properties, and pipe networks, alongside stricter quality reporting for water producers and market controls for products touching drinking water.
The Decision
The Swedish parliament voted in favor of the government's proposal, meaning that new reporting duties and product rules for drinking water become legally binding.
Does this affect you?
- Property owners: Must provide necessary information about risks in pipes and water installations in buildings.
- Water producers: Must report detailed information regarding the quality of the drinking water they produce and distribute.
- Municipalities: Must gather and submit data required for assessing risks in local drinking water catchment areas.
In Practice
- Municipalities must now provide data needed to assess risks in water catchment areas.
- Property owners and tenants must supply information regarding risks in pipes and indoor installations.
- Water producers are required to regularly report on the quality of the drinking water they supply.
- New market controls are introduced for construction products that come into contact with drinking water.