Complementary guidance on disproportionate cost limit

Summary

In this report, The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management provides guidance on how a limit for disproportionate costs can be determined, based on the agency's right to issue regulations under the Water Management Ordinance (2004:660). The guidance is a support in the application of Chapter 4 of the Water Management Ordinance on environmental objectives and relevant provisions in the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management's regulations. The guidance has been developed in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Sweden to also include groundwater. The main principles in assessing disproportionate costs do not differ between surface water and groundwater.

The guidance is primarily intended to serve as a guide for the experts within the county administrative boards, including the regional water authorities, who assess disproportionate costs under Chapter 4 of the Water Management Ordinance. The processes and assessments dealt with in the guidance are complex and thus require that those who practically apply the guidance have prior knowledge in the field.