 It has a cross section area of 9 m², a diameter of more than 3 m. About 2 m³/s is transported through the tunnel, although the capacity is 6 m³/s.The tunnel was built during the period 1975 to 1987.The tunnel was built because of the foreseen lack of tap water because of the growth of the population in the province of Scania in the 1960s and the high calcium level of the local water.