YIT to build a new wastewater treatment plant in Sweden

YIT is building a new wastewater treatment plant in Funäsdalen, Northern Sweden. It is a part of a bigger wastewater system reconstructing project in the Municipality of Härjedalen that includes four new wastewater treatment plants, plus transmission lines to to Funäsdalen from Ramundberget, Bruksvallarna and Tänndalen. The cost of the whole entity is approximately 40 MEUR.  The value of YIT’s projects is over 12 million and it will be entered in order book for the first quarter of the year. 

The project is due to start in May 2021 and according to the schedule, it will be completed in 2023. 

“We are delighted that all the years of planning are now starting to pay off. A new treatment plant in Funäsdalen has been something that has waited us in the future, but now we aim to start the construction soon”, says Sofia Nisses, Water manager at Vatten & Miljöresurs.

For further information, please contact:

Lars Stendius, Senior Vice President, Infrastructure, Sweden, tel. + 46 703 951 040, lars.stendius@yit.se 
Pirita Tiusanen, Communications Manager, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 (0)44 240 9822, pirita.tiusanen@yit.fi

YIT is the largest Finnish and a significant North European urban developer and construction company. Our goal is to create more sustainable, functional and attractive cities and living environments. We develop and build apartments, business premises and entire areas. We also specialise in demanding infrastructure construction. We own properties together with our partners, which supports the implementation of our significant development projects. We also provide our customers with services that increase the value of properties. We employ approximately 7,400 professionals in ten countries: Finland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Our revenue in 2020 was approximately EUR 3.1 billion. YIT Corporation's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy.