Climate warning
Image of Stockholms Stad Miljöförvaltningen

Stockholms Stad Miljöförvaltningen

Climate warning

Sad to see that they dump snow in Lake Mälaren in Stockholm

Do you agree?

135 more agrees trigger social media ads

    • Jan Beer

      161 w

      Already some years ago NCC has invented and build a snow melting vessel. To my knowledge it is placed in Oslo and working well. Snow is melded and the water filtered before it runs into the sea.

      1
      • Multatuli Förlag

        161 w

        Other cities in Sweden have better solutions, Stockholm is rich enough, you just take the easiest way!

        1
        • Stockholms Stad Miljöförvaltningen

          162 w

          The Environment and Health Administration understand that it looks bad that the city is dumping snow into Mälaren and Saltsjön. Stockholm's lakes, rivers and coasts are heavily exploited by human activity. By 2027 the lakes, rivers and coasts of Stockholm shall reach a good ecological and chemical status according to the EU Water Framework Directive. There is extensive work being done to improve the water quality in the city's waters. Local action programs are created with measures to reduce the historical and current exploitation of the waters. There is also ongoing work to reduce the flow of plastics into the water areas of Stockholm. Nevertheless the city (The Traffic Office) has an exemption from the County Administrative Board to dump snow from the inner city into Mälaren, Saltsjön and Lilla Värtan (the recipients) which, based on the above, seems strange. The reason is that the Traffic Office hasn't found any cleaning technology or alternative methods for avoiding the need to dump during snow-heavy winters. The snow clearing in the city needs to work without fail. Snow from the outer city is placed in different sites on land. Appropriate landing sites are hard to find and the ones that are used are not enough to take all the snow. The inner city's snow gets dumped as there are no sites in the inner city. The Traffic Office tries as much as possible to leave the snow where it is next to the areas that have been cleared, but in the central city it can be difficult to find places where the snow can remain without obstructing mobility and traffic safety. The Traffic Office controls what snow gets dumped and how much of it. Additionally, tests are taken from the snow and the recipient during the winter period. The dumping of the snow doesn't alone cause the environmental quality standards for the recipients to be surpassed. But combined with overflow and continuous deposits of unpurified daywater the snow dumping is one of several reasons for why the environmental quality standards are not reached. It's worth noting, however, that dumping is done during a limited period, and not every winter. The city's goal and wish is still to find functional alternatives to dumping or some form of purification of cleared snow before dumping.

          4
          • Ingmar Rentzhog

            161 w

            Thanks for your comprehensive answer. Please try harder to solve it!

            1
          • We Don't Have Time

            162 w

            Dear Magnus Norberg Thank you for getting your climate warning to level 2! We have reached out to Stockholms Stad Miljöförvaltningen and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time

            1
            • Magnus Norberg

              162 w

              Det sker nog på fler platser också i Stockholms stad om det sker där. De kanske undviker att dumpa snön utanför Riksdagshuset. Förvånande dock att politikerna som sitter i Stadshuset bara blundar när detta sker. Detta syns ganska väl från Stadshuset.

              • Anette Nordvall

                162 w

                Lägger in en Motion via Centerpartiet om förändring!!

                1
                • Anette Nordvall

                  162 w

                  ALLTID undrar Varför väljer man Riddarfjärden..?

                  Welcome, let's solve the climate crisis together
                  Post youtube preview with preloading
                  youtube overlay

                  Write or agree to climate reviews to make businesses and world leaders act. It’s easy and it works.

                  Write a climate review

                  Voice your opinion on how businesses and organizations impact the climate.
                  0 trees planted

                  One tree is planted for every climate review written to an organization that is Open for Climate Dialogue™.

                  Download the app

                  We plant a tree for every new user.

                  AppleAndroid