NIB opens water infrastructure credit line with the Municipality of Kristianstad, Sweden
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Municipality of Kristianstad have signed a new loan programme for financing wastewater and water investments.The credit facility totals SEK 500 million (EUR 52 million) and will be used to expand the central wastewater treatment plant and network, as well as constructing and upgrading freshwater plants during 2017–2021. The credit facility has a 21-year maturity. The expansion of the central wastewater treatment plant will increase the capacity by 27%, to 260,000 person equivalents. This will enable Kristianstad to handle an intensified waste