Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Kołobrzegu

What Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Kołobrzegu does

Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja Sp. z o.o. w Kołobrzegu (MWiK Kołobrzeg) is a municipally owned, regulated water and wastewater utility serving the city of Kołobrzeg and seven surrounding gminas (Gościno, Ustronie Morskie, Sławoborze, Siemyśl, Dygowo, Rymań, and the city-and-gmina of Kołobrzeg) in Poland's West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The company operates a single integrated wastewater treatment plant at Korzyścienek with modernized fine-bubble aeration, anaerobic sludge stabilization with biogas capture, and lime-conditioned sludge output; GPRS-monitored pumping stations; and a GIS-managed water and sewer network across the agglomeration. It holds PCA laboratory accreditation (AB 1156) under PN/EN ISO/IEC 17025 for water and wastewater testing, operates an electronic customer service bureau (eBOK), an interactive map portal, and a 24/7 emergency water-sewer response unit, and sells a fertilizer by-product (Nawoz) derived from treated sludge.

The company earns revenue primarily through regulated subscription and volumetric tariffs for collective water supply and wastewater disposal, approved under Polish water-supply legislation (new tariffs effective August 15 and August 22, 2025). Secondary revenue streams include fees for liquid-waste acceptance at the Korzyścienek sludge reception station, accredited laboratory testing services for external customers, and technical/connection-related services. Capital intensity is high and historically supported by EU Cohesion Fund co-financing under the Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme — including a 22.3 million PLN grant signed in November 2017 for wastewater-system expansion and sludge management and a 2.7 million PLN grant for water/wastewater management improvements — with the registered share capital at 67,029,000 PLN. The company is led by President of the Board Paweł Hryciów, employs 51-100 staff, and is positioned as a single-service-area natural-monopoly operator within Polish municipal-utility regulation.

Name

Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Kołobrzegu

Legal name

Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością w Kołobrzegu

Website

https://mwik.kolobrzeg.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Kołobrzegu (MWiK Kołobrzeg) is a municipally owned, regulated water and wastewater utility serving Kołobrzeg and seven surrounding gminas in Poland's West Pomeranian Voivodeship, operating the Korzyścienek treatment plant, GIS-managed distribution networks, an accredited laboratory, and digital customer-service channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Utility Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAG

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPALAMAA

Municipal Wastewater Collection (Sewer Networks)

Business & Public Services/Waste Management & Remediation Services/Wastewater & Septage Management Services

SECONDARYBPABAJAK

Monitoring & Control (Dosing Systems, Remote Monitoring, Sensors)

Business & Public Services/Facilities Management & Building Services/Water Treatment & Building Water Hygiene (Legionella)

Keywords

• Water supply services
• Wastewater treatment services
• Municipal utility infrastructure
• Sewage collection services
• Water quality laboratory testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolobrzeg

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water Supply Services: Revenue from collective water supply services to households, businesses, and institutions in the Kołobrzeg agglomeration and surrounding municipalities. Fees include water delivery charges and monthly subscription fees.
2. Wastewater Collection Services: Revenue from collective sewage collection and treatment services. Fees include wastewater collection charges and monthly subscription fees, applicable to customers connected to the municipal sewage system.
3. Laboratory Services: Accredited laboratory testing services for water and wastewater quality analysis offered to external customers. The laboratory (Laboratorium Badawcze, accreditation AB 1156) performs sample collection and testing.
4. Technical and External Services: Fee-based technical services including connection design reviews, technical inspections, network construction consents, and external service pricing for specialized infrastructure work.
5. Waste Acceptance at Sludge Station: Fees charged for acceptance of liquid waste at the sludge reception station at the Korzyścienek wastewater treatment plant, based on a published price list.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Kołobrzegu (MWiK) is a municipally owned water and wastewater utility that provides collective drinking water supply and municipal sewage collection and treatment services to residential, commercial, institutional, and municipal customers in the city of Kołobrzeg and eight surrounding gminas. The company operates the Korzyścienek wastewater treatment plant, a network of GPRS-monitored pumping stations, and an accredited testing laboratory (AB 1156), and delivers additional services such as technical connection reviews, liquid waste acceptance at the sludge reception station, and a fertilizer by-product derived from processed sewage sludge. Customers access services through the eBOK online portal, the interactive map portal, and physical customer service points.

Product overview

Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Kołobrzegu (MWiK) is a municipal water and sewage utility company operating as a limited liability company (Sp. z o.o.) serving the city of Kołobrzeg and surrounding municipalities. The company's product portfolio consists of core utility services (drinking water supply and municipal sewage collection/treatment) augmented by digital customer-facing platforms. The primary digital products are the Elektroniczne Biuro Obsługi Klienta (eBOK), an online customer service portal, and the Portal Mapowy, a GIS-based mapping service for service availability and infrastructure management. Supporting services include accredited laboratory testing (Dział Laboratorium, AB 1156), operation of the Korzyścienku wastewater treatment plant with modernized aeration and biogas systems, and a fertilizer by-product derived from processed sewage sludge (Nawoz). The eBOK and Portal Mapowy platforms serve as the primary digital interfaces for customer self-service, while the laboratory provides water quality testing services to both internal operations and external customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collective Water Supply (Zaopatrzenie w wodę) Municipal drinking water supply and distribution services to residential, commercial, institutional, and municipal customers in Kołobrzeg and surrounding municipalities, delivered through a network of pipelines and billed at regulatory-approved tariffs with monthly subscription fees.
• Collective Sewage Collection and Treatment (Odprowadzanie ścieków) Collection and treatment of municipal wastewater from customers connected to the municipal sewage network in the Kołobrzeg agglomeration, including sanitary sewage systems and sludge management, billed at regulatory-approved tariffs with monthly subscription fees.
• Korzyścienek Wastewater Treatment Plant (Oczyszczalnia Ścieków w Korzyścienku) Municipal wastewater treatment facility serving the Kołobrzeg agglomeration, featuring a modernized fine-bubble aeration system, biogas production from anaerobic sludge stabilization, and enhanced biogen removal capabilities for wastewater discharged to the Baltic Sea.
• Elektroniczne Biuro Obsługi Klienta (eBOK) - Electronic Customer Service Bureau Online customer self-service portal providing customers with access to account information, billing, electronic invoices, meter readings, and service requests via internet connection, available 24/7.
• Portal Mapowy (Interactive Map Portal) GIS-based interactive mapping portal allowing users to view water supply interruptions, check water quality, locate the nearest fire hydrants, report failures, and access other location-based utility services.
• Accredited Laboratory Services (Dział Laboratorium, AB 1156) Accredited testing laboratory (PCA accreditation AB 1156, meeting PN/EN ISO/IEC 17025) performing water and wastewater quality analyses, sample collection, and related testing services for both internal operations and external customers, with pricing from a published price list.
• Nawoz (Sewage Sludge Fertilizer) Fertilizer product derived from processed sewage sludge, available for purchase through the dedicated nawozy.kolobrzeg.pl sales platform.
• Technical and External Services Fee-based technical services including connection design reviews, technical inspections, network construction consents, and external service pricing for specialized infrastructure work for customers connecting to the water and sewage network.
• Liquid Waste Acceptance at Sludge Reception Station Fees charged for acceptance of liquid waste at the sludge reception station at the Korzyścienek wastewater treatment plant, based on a published price list.

Quantifiable outcome

• Modernized aeration system at Korzyścienek WWTP reduces energy consumption and operational costs while maintaining required wastewater treatment parameters discharged to the Baltic Sea
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Energia Poland (Veolia Water operations): International utility with Polish operations across energy, water, and waste services. Operates municipal water concessions at a broader scale, with deeper capital base and cross-border procurement capabilities relevant to MWiK's plant modernization choices.

Direct peers

• Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji w Warszawie (MPWiK Warszawa): Largest Polish municipal water and wastewater utility, serving Warsaw as a sp. z o.o. municipal company. Directly comparable legal form (Sp. z o.o.), regulatory framework (Polish water supply legislation + EU directives), and integrated water/sewage business model across a major agglomeration.
• Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Tarnowskie Góry: Smaller Polish municipal water and wastewater operator; useful comparable for size, single-agglomeration footprint, and EU-funding-driven investment cycle similar to MWiK Kołobrzeg.
• Gdańskie Wodociągi: Municipal water utility serving the Gdańsk agglomeration, including the coastal Baltic service area. Direct parallel to MWiK in operating integrated water supply and wastewater services in a Polish coastal city with seasonal tourism load.
• Aquanet (Poznań): Municipal water and wastewater utility serving the Poznań metropolitan area. Comparable in being a municipally owned operator with EU co-financed investments, regulated tariffs, and accredited laboratory services.
• MPWiK Wrocław: Wrocław's municipal water and wastewater utility, organized as a Sp. z o.o. with similar product lines (collection, treatment, lab services) and EU-funded investment pipeline. Comparable scale and regulatory environment.
• Miejska Aqua i Kanalizacja (MPWiK Gdynia): Operates integrated municipal water and wastewater services in the neighboring Gdynia coastal agglomeration. Especially comparable to MWiK given shared Baltic coastline service profile and similar multi-gmina coordination needs.
• Wodociągi Krakowskie (formerly Wodociągi Miasta Krakowa): Kraków's municipal water and wastewater utility, operating treatment plants and distribution networks under EU and Polish regulatory oversight. Closely mirrors MWiK's operating model (collection + treatment + retail), laboratory testing, and infrastructure expansion program.
• MPWiK Łódź: Municipal water and wastewater operator serving Łódź under the same Polish water supply regulatory regime. Directly comparable business mix, regulated tariffs, EU co-financed modernization projects, and municipal ownership structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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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