On the local news show “Tvärsnytt” (Swedish television, SVT), Örebro municipality announced that they join the growing number of municipalities that limits the ability to connect water sprinkler systems to the municipal water supply network. In order to secure the water quality and to keep costs down, the municipality has begun to minimize the services that they are not legally obliged to provide. Among these services, supply of water to high consumption sprinklers.
Other municipalities that have already introduced restrictions and prohibitions are: Mölndal, Luleå, Sundsvall, Timrå and Nordanstig.