Sweden - Aqualex ProfilesFramework Law
The main law applicable to water resources management, which covers all of the following areas: administration; management, conservation and use of freshwater resources; water rights; waterworks; water supply
Constitutional provisions
Agriculture
Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Water Supply and Sanitation
Provision of water services by public utilities or commercial organizations; water supply for domestic, industrial or other purposes; right to safe and clean drinking water and basic sanitation; quality of piped water; sewerage
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2020)
Date of original text: 12 July 2020 (2020)
Governance
The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Date of original text: 12 July 2020 (1998)
Date of original text: 12 July 2020 (2020)
Infrastructure
Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2018)
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2020)
Water Resources Management and Water Rights
Ownership and control of water resources; abstraction and diversion of water; allocation and quotas; riparian rights; priority of rights; free water use
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2020)
Date of original text: 01 January 1984 (1999)
Water and Environment
Water in environmentally-sensitive areas; ‘water demand’ by ecosystems; protection forests; water conservation zones; environmental impact assessment
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2018)
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2020)
Water Quality and Pollution Control
Control of pollution and quality of freshwater bodies and groundwater; agricultural point and non-point sources of pollution; water quality standards
Date of text: 01 July 2010
Groundwater
Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Date of original text: 12 July 1975 (1985)
Date of original text: 12 July 2020 (2020)
Disaster Resilience
Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Date of original text: 11 June 1998 (2020)
Transboundary Waters
Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
Date of text: 01 July 2010
Date of original text: 12 July 2020 (1998)
Date of original text: 12 July 2020 (2020)
Policies
Date of text: 01 April 2019
Date of text: 12 July 2020