2026-03-042025/26:CU20 · p.10CUCivil law & housing
Water infrastructure and its financing
Financing and renewal of water and sewage infrastructure
What's at stake: Many municipalities have under-invested in their water and sewage facilities for a long time and charged low fees, while climate change increases the demands on treatment plants and pipe networks. The decision affects how soon municipalities get better financial conditions to renew drinking-water and sewage systems, which concerns every household connected to the municipal water supply.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether Parliament should already now instruct the government to review municipalities' ability to invest in and charge fees for water and sewage infrastructure, or whether the outcome of the ongoing inquiry into water-service preparedness should be awaited.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions and notes that the Water-Service Preparedness Inquiry's proposals for tighter requirements on water-utility finances, greater scope for fee increases, and an investment programme are already being processed within the Government Offices, and holds that the outcome of that ongoing work should not be pre-empted.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 16 (S)
The reservation (S) wants a review of the conditions for investment and reinvestment in the water-service network and the removal of significant obstacles to this, since many municipalities today lack the financial means to carry out necessary renovations of treatment plants and other water-service facilities.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 16 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Yes 19/0/0/3
Sown reservation
–
No 0/93/0/13
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/15/3
C
–
Abstain 0/0/21/3
L
–
Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 61/0/0/10
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:600 by Marie Olsson (S),
2025/26:635 by Hanna Westerén and others (S),
2025/26:1473 by Eric Westroth (SD),
2025/26:1527 by Emma Ahlström Köster (M) claim 4,
2025/26:1726 by Hans Eklind (KD),
2025/26:2291 by Linnéa Wickman and others (S),
2025/26:2825 by Stina Larsson and others (C) claim 2,
2025/26:3114 by Sten Bergheden (M),
2025/26:3140 by Cecilia Rönn (L),
2025/26:3185 by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist and others (C) claim 35,
2025/26:3368 by Amanda Palmstierna and others (MP) claims 6, 7 and 10,
2025/26:3582 by Rickard Nordin and others (C) claim 33 and
2025/26:3732 by Åsa Westlund and others (S) claim 13.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:600 av Marie Olsson (S),
2025/26:635 av Hanna Westerén m.fl. (S),
2025/26:1473 av Eric Westroth (SD),
2025/26:1527 av Emma Ahlström Köster (M) yrkande 4,
2025/26:1726 av Hans Eklind (KD),
2025/26:2291 av Linnéa Wickman m.fl. (S),
2025/26:2825 av Stina Larsson m.fl. (C) yrkande 2,
2025/26:3114 av Sten Bergheden (M),
2025/26:3140 av Cecilia Rönn (L),
2025/26:3185 av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C) yrkande 35,
2025/26:3368 av Amanda Palmstierna m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 6, 7 och 10,
2025/26:3582 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkande 33 och
2025/26:3732 av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S) yrkande 13.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected 115 proposals in motions from the general motion period of 2025. The proposals concern, among other things, matters of national interest (areas designated because they contain nationally or regionally important values and qualities), protection of agricultural land and water areas, permits for water activities, and agency cooperation and national water coordination. The Riksdag refers, among other things, to work that is already underway in the areas that the proposals address.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government to review and reduce the number of national interest designations. (S) — Reservation 16
Motion 2025/26:1374 — Hamnar som riksintresse av Sanne Lennström och Linnéa Wickman (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:1386 — Risk för översvämning i Mälaren och Hjälmaren i ett förändrat klimat av Karin Sundin m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1389 — Ta vara på den småskaliga vattenkraften i Sverige av Sten Bergheden (M)
Motion 2025/26:1437 — En robust, kostnadseffektiv och rättvis energiförsörjning av Markus Selin m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1473 — Ändring av vattentjänstlagen för att säkerställa hållbart underhåll och nyinvesteringar i vatten- och avloppssystem av Eric Westroth (SD)
Motion 2025/26:1484 — Småskalig vattenkraft gynnar hela landsbygden av Magnus Jacobsson m.fl. (KD)
Motion 2025/26:1527 — Stärkt säkerhet för Sveriges dricksvattenförsörjning av Emma Ahlström Köster (M)
Motion 2025/26:1661 — Nationell strategi mot stranderosion av Emma Ahlström Köster m.fl. (M)