LOVA – local water management grants
Municipalities and nonprofit associations can fund local water-restoration projects, including ponds and wetlands that help buffer flooding and coastal erosion.
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LOVA supports planning, information, practical work and evaluation to improve lakes, rivers and coastal waters. Eligible work includes reducing excess nutrients in water, reducing pollutants from recreational boats, retrieving lost fishing gear and other measures that improve water ecosystems. Nutrient-reduction projects receive priority.
Ponds and wetlands funded through water-management work can also help communities adapt to climate change by buffering flooding and coastal erosion. Projects must still meet LOVA’s water-environment purposes.
Most eligible measures can receive up to 80% of eligible costs. Up to 90% applies specifically to measures that reduce the release of accumulated phosphorus from lake or coastal bottom sediments. Awards depend on available funds.
Eligibility
- Municipalities and nonprofit associations can apply alone or in partnership with each other. Apply to the county administrative board where the project will mainly take place.
- The project must contribute to Sweden’s environmental quality objectives. Your application must explain the expected results and how you will follow up and evaluate them.
- Do not start the supported measures before the county board awards the grant. Work required by law and costs already covered by support under another regulation are excluded.
How to apply
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Find the LOVA page for the county where your project will take place and use its application e-service. The national programme page links to the county boards. Follow your county’s application period and instructions.
Describe the applicants and partners, planned measures and methods, expected short- and long-term results, timetable, eligible costs, requested funding share and other public support. For nutrient-reduction projects, explain how effectively the work reduces nitrogen and phosphorus relative to the local need.
The county board may initially pay up to 75% of the grant; payments for multi-year projects are spread over the years. Submit annual progress reports and a final report covering results, costs and compliance. The county board fixes the final grant amount and makes the final payment after final reporting.