KD Vodovod I Kanalizacija Doo Rijeka

What KD Vodovod I Kanalizacija Doo Rijeka does

KD VODOVOD I KANALIZACIJA d.o.o. Rijeka (KD ViK) is a Croatian municipal water and wastewater utility founded in 1885 and wholly owned by local self-government units. It operates as the exclusive regulated water service provider for "service area 25" in Primorsko-goranska County, covering the cities of Rijeka, Bakar, Kastav, and Kraljevica together with the municipalities of Čavle, Jelenje, Klana, Kostrena, and Viškovo, plus branch offices (Podružnice) serving Vrbovsko, Čabar, Delnice, and Liburnijske vode (Opatija). The company provides the full water cycle — drinking water sourced from karst springs (Rječina river and Zvir spring) and disinfected with chlorine dioxide; wastewater collection through the public sewerage network; and treatment at facilities operating at lower and higher levels. KD ViK ranks third in Croatia by water volume supplied (after Zagreb and Split) and is one of the most complex water supply systems in the country by number of facilities, with 16.4 million m3 of planned supply volume and approximately 123,130+ customers projected for 2026.

The technology base combines physical infrastructure with a digitized operational layer: an authorized internal laboratory performs daily water quality monitoring across all phases of the supply chain; M-BUS remote meter reading serves buildings with 20+ units; GIS-based tracking manages EU infrastructure projects; and the Moj ViK customer portal plus mobile app handle billing, consumption tracking, and service requests. KD ViK is implementing the Rijeka Agglomeration project, one of the largest water-communal infrastructure investments in Croatia at 233.8M EUR with 71.33% EU Cohesion Fund co-financing, supplemented by 91.9M HRK of NPOO funding (December 2022) and Swiss-Croatian Cooperation Program funding for seven Gorski kotar municipalities (October 2025). An EU-parallel portfolio includes the Kraljevica, Kostrena, and Klana agglomerations. Coverage stands at 90.4% of Rijeka residents connected to the drainage system and 72% of the wider service-area population connected to public sewage.

KD ViK generates revenue through a regulated tariff structure combining a fixed monthly fee (~6.55 EUR for households and businesses) with variable per-cubic-meter charges that differ by tariff category and municipality, alongside a discounted socially vulnerable rate. Total planned revenues are 40.7M EUR in 2026 rising to 46.9M EUR in 2028 (~7.5% CAGR), with business revenue from core water services of approximately 30.0M EUR projected for 2026. The remaining revenue is derived from bulk wholesale supply to neighboring utilities (Liburnijske vode Opatija, VIO Žrnovnica, Ponikve voda Krk, JP Komunala Ilirska Bistrica), septic and collection pit emptying, connection services, and ancillary charges. The company holds Bureau Veritas SA8000 social accountability certification, operates a customer service center 7:30-15:00 with 24-hour emergency dispatch, and is led by a board-appointed Director (currently in transition as of October 2025) governing a planned workforce of 466-482 employees through 2028.

Name

KD Vodovod I Kanalizacija Doo Rijeka

Legal name

Komunalno društvo Vodovod i kanalizacija d.o.o. za vodoopskrbu i odvodnju Rijeka

Website

https://kdvik-rijeka.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1885

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

KD VODOVOD I KANALIZACIJA d.o.o. Rijeka is a Croatian municipal water and wastewater utility serving 123,000+ customers in service area 25 (Rijeka and eight surrounding municipalities), ranked third in Croatia by water volume supplied and currently executing a 233.8M EUR EU co-financed infrastructure modernization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Supply and Sewage Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Design & Engineering for Renewal/Expansion (Pipelines, Pump Stations, Treatment Plants) (EUANALAD), Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Water supply services
• Wastewater treatment
• Sewage collection
• Public water utility
• Water infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Rijeka

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water Supply Services: Revenue from water supply services to households, businesses, and other customers. Charged based on water consumption (variable) plus fixed monthly fee. Prices updated legally from July 1, 2026 for service area 25.
2. Sewage and Drainage Services: Revenue from collecting and treating wastewater. Includes sanitary sewer services, septic tank emptying, and wastewater treatment at treatment plants.
3. EU Project Revenue: Major EU-co-financed infrastructure project 'Poboljšanje vodno-komunalne infrastrukture na području aglomeracije Rijeka' valued at 233,799,649.88 EUR, 71.33% co-financed by EU Cohesion Fund.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

KD VODOVOD I KANALIZACIJA d.o.o. is a municipal water utility that provides public drinking water supply and wastewater collection, drainage, and treatment services to residential households, businesses, and public institutions across the greater Rijeka metropolitan area in Croatia. The company also performs water quality monitoring, water meter installation and billing, new property connections, septic tank emptying, and is implementing major EU-co-financed infrastructure modernization projects.

Product overview

KD VODOVOD I KANALIZACIJA d.o.o. (KD ViK) operates as a municipal utility company providing integrated water and sewerage services across the greater Rijeka area and surrounding municipalities. Its core portfolio is structured as a single unified service offering spanning the full water cycle: public water supply (javna vodoopskrba), public wastewater drainage (javna odvodnja), and wastewater treatment (pročišćavanje otpadnih voda). These are supported by water quality monitoring (kontrola kvalitete vode), water meter management and billing (vodomjeri i obračun), property connection services (priključenje), and EU-funded infrastructure expansion projects (EU projekti). A digital self-service portal (Moj ViK) complements the core utility services, while pricing tiers (vodne usluge - cjenik) cover household, business, and socially vulnerable consumer categories. The company does not offer a platform-plus-modules architecture but rather a single integrated utility service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Javna vodoopskrba (Public Water Supply) Supply of drinking water to residential and business consumers across the service area, sourced from karst springs and groundwater, with chlorine dioxide disinfection and daily quality monitoring.
• Javna odvodnja (Public Wastewater Drainage) Collection and conveyance of communal wastewater through the public drainage system to treatment facilities, including septic and collection pit emptying services.
• Pročišćavanje otpadnih voda (Wastewater Treatment) Treatment of collected wastewater at treatment plants, operating at lower and higher treatment levels, ensuring discharged water meets environmental standards.
• Kontrola kvalitete vode (Water Quality Control) Internal and external laboratory monitoring of drinking water quality, including micro-biological and physico-chemical analysis across all phases of the water supply process.
• Vodomjeri i obračun (Water Meters and Billing) Installation, reading, and replacement of main and auxiliary water meters; billing of water services based on metered consumption.
• Priključenje na vodoopskrbu i odvodnju (Connection to Water Supply and Drainage) Connection of properties to the public water supply and drainage systems, including new connections, separation, relocation, and reconstruction of connections.
• EU projekti (EU Infrastructure Projects) Large-scale EU-co-funded infrastructure projects including Agglomeracija Rijeka, Agglomeracija Kraljevica, Agglomeracija Kostrena, and Agglomeracija Klana, focused on improving water supply and drainage infrastructure.
• Moj ViK (My ViK) Online Portal Online self-service portal enabling users to access water service information, view consumption data, and receive bills electronically.
• Vodne usluge - Cjenik (Water Services Pricing) Pricing of water supply and drainage services for household, business, and socially vulnerable categories, with fixed monthly and variable per-cubic-meter components.
• Dostava vode autocisternom (Water Tanker Delivery) Delivery of water by tanker truck to customers requiring supplementary bulk water supply.
• Čišćenje septičke i sabirne jame (Septic and Collection Pit Emptying) Emptying and cleaning services for septic tanks and collection pits as part of the wastewater service offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• Water supply coverage: 90.4% of Rijeka residents connected to sewage system; 72% of wider area population
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo Primorsko-goranske županijecoreTechnology or IntegrationIndependent external laboratory conducting water quality testing for human consumption under Ministry of Health monitoring program. Performs operational and revision monitoring of water quality parameters.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ponikve voda d.o.o. Krk: Croatian island-based water utility serving the island of Krk; another bulk-water customer of KD ViK. Directly comparable as a small-to-mid municipal water/wastewater operator within the same regulatory environment and regional ecosystem.
• Vodoopskrba i odvodnja d.o.o. Zagreb: Croatia's largest municipal water and wastewater utility serving the City of Zagreb and surrounding area. Directly comparable to KD ViK as a kommunalno društvo providing integrated water supply, drainage and wastewater treatment under the same national regulatory framework.
• Liburnijske vode d.o.o. Regional water utility serving Opatija and Liburnija municipalities; a direct operational peer that actually purchases bulk water from KD ViK for redistribution. Comparable in scope (municipal water/wastewater) and overlapping coastal-Kvarner geography.
• Vodovod i kanalizacija d.o.o. Split: Second-largest water utility in Croatia by volume supplied, operating in the Split-Dalmatia County. Closest direct comparable to KD ViK in terms of scale (3rd vs 2nd nationally), coastal-tourist service territory, and integrated water/wastewater utility model.
• VIO Žrnovnica d.o.o. Regional Croatian water and wastewater utility near Split serving a smaller catchment. Comparable as a kommunalno društvo also procuring bulk water from larger Croatian utilities and operating under the same national water-services regulation.

Regional players

• Komunala Ilirska Bistrica d.o.o. Slovenian municipal utility providing water and related communal services in the Ilirska Bistrica area, trans-border customer of KD ViK for bulk water. Comparable regional utility with similar service-portfolio mix but operating under different national regulation in Slovenia.

Broad incumbents

• Hrvatske vode: Croatian national water management authority responsible for water regime regulation, flood defence, and watercourse management nationally. Comparable as the broader institutional incumbent overseeing the regulatory and capital-allocation framework within which KD ViK operates.
• Berliner Wasserbetriebe: Berlin's municipal water and wastewater utility, one of Germany's largest municipal utilities. Comparable as a publicly-owned, regulated municipal water/wastewater operator of significant scale, providing a useful benchmark for capital-programme execution and tariff regulation.
• Wien Wasser (Stadt Wien): Vienna's municipal water utility, owned by the City of Vienna and supplying more than 2 million people with alpine spring water. Comparable to KD ViK as a long-established publicly-owned municipal water utility with a single dominant spring source, though at substantially larger scale.

Others

• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services group with a major water utility and services division operating municipal water concessions across Europe. Comparable in water-utility operations and EU-funded infrastructure delivery, though operating commercially rather than as a municipally-owned operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@kdvikrijeka

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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