The total investment cost is estimated to be 1.4 billion SEK, according to the industry organization Swedish Water, not six billion, as previous calculations showed.
The vast majority of Swedish water utilities already meet the stricter requirements, which cover four PFAS substances and set a maximum of four nanograms per liter for these in drinking water.
"The fewer contaminants there are in the water to be purified, the lower the cost. Therefore, we must get a ban on using PFAS immediately," says Swedish Water's CEO Pär Dalheim in a press release.
