RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft

Name

RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft

Legal name

RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://rww.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water & Wastewater Compliance (NPDES/Stormwater, Pretreatment, Drinking Water/SDWA) (EUAHABAB), Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Drinking water supply
• Water utility services
• Water infrastructure management
• Water quality analysis
• Industrial water services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mülheim An Der Ruhr

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Water Supply Services: Core revenue from supplying drinking and service water to private households, businesses, and industrial customers in the service area. Revenue derived from water tariffs based on consumption volume and capacity charges.
2. Commercial Services: Additional services including drone inspections (Drone.on), water dispensers, valve control, tank cleaning, leak detection, environmental services, and system pricing models for business customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft is a regulated water utility that supplies drinking and service water to more than one million people across the western Ruhr area, Münsterland, and parts of North Rhine-Westphalia through its own pipe network. Beyond core water delivery, the company offers commercial services such as water dispensers, drone-based inspections, valve control, tank cleaning, leak detection, environmental accounting, and water loss analysis. It also operates educational facilities (Aquarius Water Museum and Haus Ruhrnatur) and water awareness programs.

Product overview

RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft is a water utility company that provides drinking and service water supply to over one million people in the western Ruhr area, surrounding Münsterland, and several municipalities. The company operates a unified portfolio of core services including customer portal (Kundenportal) and online services for account management, drinking water analysis, tariff systems, and pipe network management. Business services include water dispensers (Wasserspender), drone inspection (Drone.on), valve control, container cleaning, leak detection, environmental accounting, system pricing, and water loss analysis. Educational offerings include the Aquarius Water Museum and Haus Ruhrnatur nature center, plus Was(s)erlernen water education programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aquarius: Water museum providing education about water resources and conservation.
• Haus Ruhrnatur

Products and services

• Wasserspender (Water Dispensers) Water dispenser products and installation services for business customers, providing drinking water access points within commercial premises.
• Drone.on Drone-based inspection and monitoring services for business customers, used to survey and assess water and infrastructure assets.
• Armaturenkontrolle (Valve Control) Valve control and inspection services for industrial and commercial customers to ensure proper operation of water infrastructure components.
• Behälterreinigung (Container Cleaning) Container cleaning services for water storage facilities used by industrial and commercial customers.
• Leckortung (Leak Detection) Leak detection services that identify water losses in infrastructure, helping business customers reduce non-revenue water.
• Ökokonto (Environmental Accounting) Environmental accounting and ecological compensation services for business customers managing water-related environmental impact.
• Systempreismodell (System Pricing Model) Customized system pricing model services that tailor water supply pricing structures for business customers.
• Umweltschutz (Environmental Protection) Environmental protection services and consulting for business customers related to water resources and sustainability.
• Wasserverlustanalyse (Water Loss Analysis) Water loss analysis services that identify and reduce non-revenue water for industrial and commercial customers.
• Trinkwasseranalysen (Drinking Water Analysis) Regular drinking water quality testing and analysis services with publicly available lab results for customers and stakeholders.
• Aquarius Wassermuseum Water museum operated by RWW as an educational visitor center providing public education about water resources and conservation.
• Haus Ruhrnatur Nature education center operated by RWW focused on environmental topics related to the Ruhr region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million people served with drinking water

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• a tip: tap (ein Tipp: Leitungswasser)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019Non-profit tap water-friendly association. RWW supports a tip: tap in developing Mülheim as a 'Wasser-Quartier' (water quarter), promoting tap water consumption, installing Refill stations, and conducting educational outreach. Partnership supports climate protection and plastic avoidance through promoting tap water.
• WestenergiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestenergie is the parent company of RWW. RWW belongs as part of Westenergie to the E.ON group. This is the corporate ownership structure determining RWW's strategic direction.
• E.ON GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRWW's ultimate parent company through Westenergie. E.ON operates the whistleblower hotline and external website for anonymous reporting of potential legal violations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GELSENWASSER AG: GELSENWASSER is one of Germany's largest private water utilities, supplying drinking water across North Rhine-Westphalia and beyond. It is the closest direct comparable to RWW in terms of regional footprint, regulated supply model, customer scale, and water-treatment focus.
• EWE Wasser GmbH: EWE Wasser is a regional water utility serving parts of Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Brandenburg in northern Germany. It is comparable to RWW as a mid-sized regulated German water supplier operating its own pipe network with industrial and household customers.

Broad incumbents

• Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB): BWB is Berlin's municipal water utility, one of Germany's largest. It overlaps with RWW in regulated drinking-water supply, network management, and water-quality operations, but serves a much larger population under municipal ownership.
• Hamburg Wasser: Hamburg Wasser is the integrated water utility for Hamburg, providing drinking water, wastewater, and related services to a major metropolitan area. It shares RWW's regulated utility model and full water-value-chain involvement, but at significantly larger scale.
• Veolia Deutschland GmbH: Veolia is a global water and environmental services group with a significant German operating presence in municipal and industrial water supply. It is comparable to RWW in core water-supply and treatment activities but operates across a much broader service portfolio and geographic scope.

Regional players

• DEW21 (Dortmunder Energie- und Wasserversorgung GmbH): DEW21 is the municipal utility for Dortmund and surrounding regions, supplying drinking water alongside electricity, gas, and district heating. It is a regional peer to RWW with comparable drinking-water operations in the same Ruhr/NRW geography.
• Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG: Stadtwerke Düsseldorf is the municipal multi-utility for Düsseldorf with regulated water supply to households and businesses. It is comparable to RWW as an NRW-based regulated water supplier, though operating as part of a broader municipal multi-utility portfolio.
• ENNI Energie & Umwelt Niederrhein GmbH: ENNI is a municipal utility serving the lower Rhine region (Moers, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Rheinberg) with water, energy, and waste services. It is a regional peer to RWW in North Rhine-Westphalia, offering regulated drinking water supply through its own distribution network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rwwler
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC9UDepo7Z6Bj0XhckSElgfw
• Facebookfacebook.com/rww
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rww-rheinisch-westf%C3%A4lische-wasserwerksgesellschaft-mbh

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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