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Water recycling strategy for Västervik
Brief intro to the WaterMan strategy
- Territory: Västervik Municipality, Sweden
- Responsible institution: Västervik Municipality
- Scope: Targeted municipal strategy & action plan concentrating on the wider roll-out of multi-dams as low-threshold measure of water recycling.
- Adoption: December 2025
Read the full story behind the strategy
“Moving Ahead with a Clear Focus”
Because of recurring droughts and its already limited groundwater reserves, the question in Västervik, Sweden, is no longer whether water recycling is needed, but how best to do it. And even that question has now largely been answered. The municipality has made a clear strategic choice in favour of one resource: rainwater from retention ponds equipped with extraction points. This approach has been steadily developed and refined over time. The result is a model strategy that shows how far a clear focus can take water recycling. Read more…
In-depth information on the strategy
Strategy overview (final status) These slides present the final shape of the strategy, including its context, adoption, and key lessons learned.
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Account of the elaboration process These slides present the elaboration journey of the strategy step-by-step from first discussions to the adopted version.
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Collection of further materials
- Strategy: Water recycling in Västervik Municipality - summary (in English)Download file
- Strategy: Water recycling in Västervik Municipality (in Swedish)Download file
