EMPROACSA

What EMPROACSA does

EMPROACSA (Empresa Provincial de Aguas de Córdoba S.A.) is a publicly owned provincial water utility, wholly owned by the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1985 and operating with 101–250 employees, the company delivers integrated water-cycle services — drinking water supply, urban sanitation, and wastewater treatment — to 77 municipalities and 4 local autonomous entities (ELAs) across approximately 82% of the province of Córdoba's territory outside the capital, serving more than 100 population centers. Physical infrastructure includes 4 reservoirs, 2 springs, 4 drinking-water treatment plants (ETAPs), and 47 wastewater treatment plants (EDARs), supported by SCADA monitoring, GIS-based hydraulic modeling, and a centralized Data Lake platform.

Revenue is generated through regulated tariffs and municipal service agreements with public-sector clients, supplemented by capital and grant funding from public sources such as the Junta de Andalucía and Spain's NextGenerationEU PERTE water-cycle digitization program. The company is pursuing an active digital transformation funded primarily by a €3.5M PERTE grant executing 86 modernization projects across 35 municipalities, plus a €1.12M Data Lake contract and the deployment of more than 25,000 NB-IoT remote meters. AI applications are layered onto this data substrate for leak detection, fraud prevention, demand forecasting and operational optimization. A formal research collaboration with the Universidad de Córdoba supports advanced analytics, and the company participates in sector bodies ASA and AEOPAS.

The go-to-market is exclusively public-sector and intra-provincial, with no commercial or enterprise customer base; recent strategic activity centers on PERTE-funded modernization, AI-enabled operational analytics, and progressive smart-meter coverage expansion across zones such as Zone Oriental.

Name

EMPROACSA

Legal name

EMPRESA PROVINCIAL DE AGUAS DE CÓRDOBA S.A. (EMPROACSA)

Website

https://aguasdecordoba.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EMPROACSA is a publicly owned provincial water utility in Andalusia, Spain, providing drinking water, sanitation and wastewater treatment to 77 municipalities and 4 ELAs across Córdoba province, and is currently scaling a PERTE-funded digital transformation with smart meters, a data lake and AI analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Wastewater Utility IoT (SCADA, Leak/Quality Monitoring) (EUADAPAK)

Keywords

• Municipal water supply
• Wastewater treatment services
• Urban sanitation utilities
• Smart water management
• Integrated water cycle

Headquarters

HQ city

Córdoba

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Water Supply and Sanitation Services: As a public provincial water utility, EMPROACSA provides drinking water supply, urban sanitation, and wastewater treatment services to municipalities. Revenue is generated through service fees charged to municipalities and residential end-users based on water consumption and applicable tariffs regulated by provincial ordinances.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EMPROACSA provides integrated water cycle management services — drinking water supply, urban sanitation, and wastewater treatment — to 77 municipalities and 4 local autonomous entities across 82% of the province of Córdoba, Spain. Operations span water catchment (4 reservoirs, 2 springs), potabilization (4 ETAPs), distribution, urban sanitation collection, and wastewater treatment (47 EDARs) under a regulated public utility model. A PERTE-funded digital transformation layer (Data Lake, 25,000+ NB-IoT telelectura meters, GIS digital twins, SCADA, AI leak detection) overlays the physical infrastructure to deliver efficiency, loss reduction, and transparency.

Product overview

EMPROACSA (Empresa Provincial de Aguas de Córdoba) operates as a public water utility providing integrated water cycle management services across 77 municipalities and 4 autonomous local entities in Córdoba province, covering 82% of provincial territory outside the capital. The company's core offerings include water supply (abastecimiento) from reservoirs and springs through treatment plants (ETAP), urban sanitation (saneamiento), and wastewater treatment (depuración) across 47 EDAR facilities. The digital transformation layer, developed under the PERTE (Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation) framework, includes a Data Lake platform, Remote Meter Reading systems (telelectura) with AI-powered leak detection, GIS modeling and digital twins for network simulation, SCADA monitoring systems, and sensor networks across 8 treatment plants. Social programs include Vital Minimum Supply and tariff discounts for vulnerable populations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DCIARURAL_CÓRDOBA: A pilot digitization project for the Eastern Zone of the province of Córdoba, funded under the PERTE de digitalización del ciclo del agua, covering water supply, sanitation, and depuration services for 10 municipalities and 1 ELA with a combined population of 43,896 inhabitants.

Products and services

• Drinking Water Supply (Abastecimiento de Agua)

Quantifiable outcome

• 19% reduction in water network losses
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MandatumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026EMPROACSA has adhered to Mandatum to promote occupational Safety and Health (Seguridad y Salud laboral). This collaboration demonstrates the company's commitment to workplace safety standards for its employees working on water infrastructure operations.
• Universidad de Córdoba (UCO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration on research project 'Digitalización, sensorización y análisis de datos de las infraestructuras hidráulicas de la empresa provincial Aguas de Córdoba' carried out by the Hydraulic and Risks research group. The project aims to improve efficiency of the urban water cycle through description of system parameters influencing structural leaks, water volume supplied, real and apparent losses, and average length of service connections.
• Diputación Provincial de CórdobacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization. EMPROACSA is the public provincial water company (empresa pública instrumental) of the Provincial Council of Córdoba, created to manage the integrated water cycle in the province in an efficient and supramunicipal manner.
• ASA (Asociación Española de Abastecimientos de Agua y Saneamiento)minorOthersIndustry association membership displayed in footer of corporate communications.
• AEOPAS (Asociación Española de Operadores de Agua Potable y Saneamiento)minorOthersIndustry association membership displayed in footer of corporate communications.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EMASESA (Empresa Metropolitana de Aguas de Sevilla): Seville's municipal water utility providing integrated water cycle services (supply, sanitation, treatment) across the Seville metropolitan area. Highly comparable supramunicipal public utility model with similar regulatory tariff structure and digitalization trajectory.
• Aguas de Valencia: Regional water utility serving the greater Valencia area with integrated water cycle management. Comparable regional scope, municipal customer base, and focus on digital transformation of legacy water networks.
• FACSA: Spanish water services company (part of the Gimeno Group) operating municipal water concessions across multiple Spanish provinces. Comparable business model of serving small/medium municipalities under concession or management agreements with public owners.
• Global Omnium: Valencia-based water utility group operating municipal water services across Spain, with strong digitalization (Golive platform) and AI capabilities. Comparable as a multi-municipal operator investing in smart-water technologies similar to EMPROACSA's PERTE program.
• Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia: Basque supramunicipal water consortium providing integrated water services to municipalities in the Bilbao/Bizkaia region. Comparable supramunicipal model of pooling small municipalities under a single public operator for water cycle management.
• Hidralia: Spanish water utility operator managing integrated water services for multiple municipalities, often under concession or management contracts with provincial administrations. Directly comparable in serving small-to-mid Spanish municipalities with end-to-end water cycle responsibility.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia España: Spanish arm of global water utility Veolia, operating municipal water concessions and industrial water services. Comparable in municipal water service delivery under regulated tariff structures, though at international scale.
• AGBAR (Aguas de Barcelona) / Sorea: Spain's largest private water operator (Veolia/Suez-backed) operating municipal water services across Catalonia and other regions. Comparable in integrated municipal water service delivery but at much greater scale and with private ownership.
• Canal de Isabel II: Madrid region's water utility, the largest in Spain, with extensive smart-water deployment (telelectura, IoT). Comparable in operating model but significantly larger scale and serves a major metropolitan area.
• ACCIONA Agua: Water services division of ACCIONA, operating water treatment and desalination plants globally. Comparable in water infrastructure operation but more focused on EPC/O&M of treatment plants rather than supramunicipal distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aguasdecordoba
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@AguasDeCordoba
• Facebookfacebook.com/AguasdCordoba
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aguas-de-cordoba
• Instagraminstagram.com/aguas_de_cordoba

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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