Partnership with Municipalities

In the Czech Republic, like everywhere else in the world, Veolia Voda applies its proven operating model, which most municipalities in the Czech Republic have adopted.

The model is that the municipality retains ownership of the water management infrastructure and thus control over water and sewerage prices, entrusting only the production of drinking water and drainage and treatment of wastewater to a professional company that, in addition to its industrial know-how, can efficiently manage a business.

Advantages of the operating model :

• The municipality retains control over water and sewerage prices.
• Lease of infrastructure to a professional company allows the municipality to pass to the operating company the responsibility for co-financing large capital projects, e.g. using prepaid rent, investments to be carried out under agreements or guarantees for bank loans. The operator can also greatly assist in obtaining financing from EU funds for further development of water management infrastructure.
• Use of synergic effects (centralised procurement, co-ordinated technical activities, common call centres etc.) shows in a better quality of work and lower operating costs, which leads to the long-term stability of water prices.