Åre municipality is investing in two new treatment plants to replace older facilities. The existing treatment plants are approaching their maximum capacity, according to municipal officials. To enable more vacation homes and residences to be built, the water and sewage facilities need to be renewed, the municipality said.
Technical manager Mattias Gyllenswärd stated that the new plants are important to strengthen the treatment capacity and meet future legal requirements within environment and health, while the municipality continues to develop. The total cost of the investment in the two new treatment plants has not been disclosed, and the timeline for construction and completion remains unclear. It is also unknown how many additional vacation homes and residences are expected to be built as a result of this renewal.
The specific future legal requirements within environment and health that the new plants are designed to meet have not been detailed, and what will happen to the older treatment facilities being replaced has not been announced.