Connection to municipal water and sewerage

The plan requires that incomes and costs be distributed solidaristically across the country and that basic services function everywhere, and it sees fees for infrastructure as something that shall be kept down for households. A cost cap for connection fees to municipal water and sewerage hits just the injustice that arises when pipe costs vary greatly geographically. The plan does not address the connection requirement, so the position is derived from the distribution principle.

• solidaristic cost distributiondecisive»Inkomster och kostnader behöver fördelas solidariskt över landet.« (party programme ↗)“Incomes and costs must be distributed solidaristically across the country.”
• lower fees for households»Det offentliga ska ta över ansvaret för elnätet, vilket kommer leda till minskade avgifter för hushållen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public shall take over responsibility for the power grid, which will lead to reduced fees for households.”
• housing in the countryside»Ett ökat bostadsbyggande måste också ske på landsbygden, med hyresrätter med rimliga hyror och småhus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased housing construction must also happen in the countryside, with rental apartments with reasonable rents and small houses.”
• service throughout the country»Skola, vård, omsorg och annan service behöver fungera överallt.« (party programme ↗)“School, healthcare, care and other services need to function everywhere.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not take a position on municipal connection obligations, but it opposes unfair pricing and points out that ordinary households have suffered increased costs when markets have not functioned. A cost ceiling for connection fees is in line with that. At the same time, the plan's demand for clean water throughout the country speaks for collective water and sewerage solutions, which makes the assessment uncertain.

• protection against unfair feesdecisive»Förhindrande av priskarteller och oskälig prissättning.« (party programme ↗)“Prevention of price cartels and unfair pricing.”
• households' costs protected»drabbats av ökade kostnader för allt från livsmedel till banktjänster.« (party programme ↗)“have suffered increased costs for everything from foodstuffs to banking services.”
• clean water throughout the country»Giftfri miljö med ren luft och rent vatten i hela Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“Pollution-free environment with clean air and clean water throughout Sweden.”
• municipal self-government»Kommunalt och regionalt självstyre med beskattningsrätt.« (party programme ↗)“Municipal and regional self-government with the right to tax.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's core commitment in this area is strict regulations of what negatively affects water and protection of water sources against pollution, and strengthened environmental adaptation of water and sewerage systems. Loosening municipal connection obligations and limiting fee collection pull in the opposite direction and risk weakening the environmental performance of water and sewerage systems. The plan says nothing about connection obligations as such, which is why the conclusion is uncertain.

• strict regulations for waterdecisive»Det behövs skarpa regleringar av sådant som påverkar våra vatten negativt.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for strict regulations of things that negatively affect our water.”
• environmentally adapted water and sewerage systems»Vi i Miljöpartiet vill även stärka miljöanpassning av vatten- och avloppssystem för att öka resiliensen mot översvämningar och torka.« (party programme ↗)“We in the Greens also want to strengthen environmental adaptation of water and sewerage systems to increase resilience against floods and droughts.”
• water source protection»vattentäkter skyddas mot exploatering och föroreningar.« (party programme ↗)“water sources are protected against exploitation and pollution.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to compensate those who live in rural areas and themselves pay for services that the public sector provides in urban areas, and give rural residents more self-determination over their own land. Reviewing connection requirements and limiting connection fees with a cost cap is an application of the same principle, reinforced by the commitment to clear away expensive and complicated regulations in rural areas. The plan does not mention water and sanitation legislation, so the conclusion is derived.

• compensation for own installationsdecisive»Den som bor på landsbygden men betalar för sådant som det offentliga står för i tätort ska bli kompenserad. Därför vill vi införa ett avdrag för avgifterna till väg-, brygg- och bredbandssamfälligheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Those who live in rural areas but pay for services that the public sector provides in urban areas should be compensated. That is why we want to introduce a deduction for fees to road, dock, and broadband cooperatives.”
• regulatory simplification in rural areas»Dyra, krångliga och innovationshämmande regelverk ligger som en våt filt över delar av landsbygden. Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expensive, complicated, and innovation-inhibiting regulations lie like a wet blanket over parts of rural Sweden. We will clear away redundant rules and bureaucracy.”
• self-determination over own land»Det är dags att ge landsbygdsborna mer självbestämmande över sin egen mark, och genom regelförenklingar göra det enklare att bygga och bo på landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is time to give rural residents more self-determination over their own land, and through regulatory simplifications make it easier to build and live in rural areas.”
• strong property rights»Äganderätten är central för ett samhälle där människor kan förverkliga sig själva och sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“Property rights are central to a society where people can realize themselves and their dreams.”

The plan does not address municipal connection obligations or water-and-sewerage fees. The closest underlying principle is that individuals' opportunities to assert their rights against the authorities should increase, and that liberalism has a healthy skepticism towards increased claims of public power, which argues for greater flexibility and a cost ceiling for individual households. At the same time, the plan requires secured drinking-water supply, which sets a limit to how far flexibility can go.

• strengthened rights against authoritiesdecisive»Den enskildes möjligheter att hävda sina rättigheter gentemot myndigheterna måste öka.« (party programme ↗)“Individuals' opportunities to assert their rights against the authorities must increase.”
• skepticism towards public power»I det liberala samhället är vaksamhet på hur den offentliga makten utövas, och en sund skepsis mot ökade offentliga maktanspråk, därför en självklarhet.« (party programme ↗)“In the liberal society, vigilance over how public power is exercised, and a healthy skepticism towards increased claims of public power, are therefore self-evident.”
• secured clean water»Alla har rätt till rent vatten. Dricksvattenförsörjningen måste säkras och fler yt- och grundvattentäkter ges skydd.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to clean water. Drinking-water supply must be secured and more surface and groundwater sources must be given protection.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that complications and unnecessary rules must not stand in the way of individuals' opportunities to develop their housing, and that property rights are a human right that must not be undermined by burdens. A mandatory connection obligation with high fees hits precisely this. Reviewing the rules and limiting the highest fees therefore aligns with the plan's requirements for self-determination in housing and subsidiarity.

• individuals' right to develop housingdecisive»ansvar eller för enskildas möjligheter att utveckla sitt boende.« (party programme ↗)“responsibility or for individuals' opportunities to develop their housing.”
• property rights as right»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet och därför ska en regel finnas i grundlagen som« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right and therefore a rule shall exist in the constitution that”
• self-determination in housing»Människans rätt att bestämma över sitt liv måste också prägla bostadspolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“The human right to determine one's own life must also characterize housing policy.”
• subsidiarity principle»Det en gemenskap på ett ändamålsenligt sätt kan sköta ska den också få sköta.« (party programme ↗)“What a community can manage efficiently shall also be allowed to manage.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The counter-proposal wants to make the mandatory connection to municipal water and sewerage more flexible and limit the highest connection fees with a cost ceiling. The party programme states that state and municipality must never act carelessly against individuals' ownership and that the owner should also have the right to use their ownership according to their own head. The plan also uses high-cost protection as a tool when individual households face unreasonable costs, which is close to the counter-proposal's demand.

• restraint towards individuals' ownershipdecisive»Stat och kommun får aldrig agera« (party programme ↗)“State and municipality must never act”
• owner's right to use»principen att den som äger också ska ha« (party programme ↗)“the principle that the owner should also have”
• high-cost protection for households»Skydda hushållen mot vinterns elräkningar genom ett högkostnadsskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect households against winter electricity bills through a high-cost protection”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's rural line is more freedom for the individual to use their land and fewer rigid rules that lie like a wet blanket over housing and business. Reviewing the connection requirement and limiting the highest connection charges with a cost cap follows that line and responds to the plan's desire to brake skyrocketing housing costs. The emphasized property rights also speak for greater flexibility for households with approved individual wastewater systems.

• freedom to use one's landdecisive»Genom att ge mer frihet till människor, frihet att bruka sin mark, frihet att utveckla sina affärsverksamheter – frihet för människor att nå sin fulla potential kan vi släppa lös den potential som finns i vårt land.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By giving more freedom to people, freedom to use their land, freedom to develop their business operations – freedom for people to reach their full potential can we unlock the potential that exists in our country.”
• rigid rural rules»Utmaningarna är idag många där stelbenta regler för byggande och företagsutveckling ligger som en blöt filt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The challenges today are many where rigid rules for construction and business development lie like a wet blanket.”
• lower housing costs»Åtgärder behöver också vidtas för att bromsa de skenande boendekostnaderna så att fler har råd till ett hem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures also need to be taken to brake the skyrocketing housing costs so that more people can afford a home.”
• strengthened property rights»Stärka äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen property rights”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.