What EPMAPS - Agua de Quito does

EPMAPS (Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento), commercially branded as Agua de Quito, is a public municipal utility founded in 1958 that holds the exclusive concession for potable water and sanitation services across the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. The utility serves approximately 2 million inhabitants and operates the full water cycle — catchment, treatment, distribution, wastewater collection, and treatment — anchored by the Chalpi Papallacta raw water system (approximately 2.2 m³/s capacity) and the PTAR Quito wastewater treatment plant (4 m³/s design throughput delivered via an 8.6 km tunnel, with co-located 4 MW hydroelectric generation). A dedicated L3C laboratory operates under ISO 17025 accreditation and executes more than 18,000 analyses per year to monitor source and distributed water quality. Revenue is generated through metered monthly tariffs charged to residential, commercial, and industrial customers within the metropolitan concession, with pricing set under municipal regulatory authority. The utility maintains an institutional certification stack including ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 37001, 17025, AquaRating, the INEN Sello de Calidad, and the GRI ODS Seal, and partners with multilateral lenders including the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) and the Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito to finance long-horizon infrastructure programs. Leadership is headed by Gerente General Teresa Verónica Sánchez Hidalgo, with Galo Rivadeneira serving in a subrogante capacity. The business model is operationally a regulated utility monopoly with revenue tied to tariff collection and capital plans approved by the municipal government.

Name

EPMAPS - Agua de Quito

Legal name

Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento

Website

https://aguaquito.gob.ec

Company type

Public

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Public municipal water and sanitation utility serving approximately 2 million residents of Quito's metropolitan district, operating the full water cycle from catchment (Chalpi Papallacta) through wastewater treatment (PTAR Quito, with 4 MW hydro) under an exclusive municipal concession.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Water and Sanitation Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Utilities (221), Hydroelectric Power Generation (221111)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Treatment, Filtration & Recirculation (RO, UV, Sterilization) (AFAAAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hydropower Plant EPC (Dam, Run-of-River, Pumped Hydro Civil Works) (EUAEAAAD), Hydro Balance-of-Plant EPC (Penstocks, Gates, Intake/Outfall, Auxiliaries) (EUAEADAH), Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) Utilities (Aquifer/Reservoir Augmentation) (EUANAGAB)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Wastewater treatment
• Potable water supply
• Municipal sanitation
• Sewerage infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Quito

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water Supply Services: Revenue generated from potable water supply to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. Customers pay monthly bills based on consumption.
2. Sewerage and Sanitation Services: Charges for wastewater collection and treatment services included in customer billing.
3. Connection and Service Fees: Fees for new service connections, meter installation, and associated administrative services.
4. Hydroelectric Power Generation: Electricity generation from hydroelectric facilities using water resources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EPMAPS - Agua de Quito is the municipal public water and sanitation utility for the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. It provides potable water production and distribution, sewerage collection, and wastewater treatment services to nearly 2 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The utility also generates hydroelectric power and operates river decontamination initiatives as part of its integrated water cycle management.

Product overview

EPMAPS - Agua de Quito is a municipal water utility responsible for the complete water cycle management in Quito's Distrito Metropolitano de Quito — from water source capture through potabilization, distribution, sewage collection, and wastewater treatment. The core portfolio consists of three interconnected service lines: drinking water supply (Agua Potable), sewerage (Alcantarillado), and wastewater treatment (Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales). Key infrastructure projects include the PTAR Quito mega-plant (8.6 km tunnel, 4 m³/s treatment capacity, 4 MW hydroelectric) and the PTAR Cumbayá-Tumbaco facility, both part of the Estrategía de Descontaminación de los Ríos de Quito river decontamination program. The Chalpi Papallacta project adds 2.2 m³/s of production capacity securing supply to 2040. Supporting operations, the L3C laboratory performs over 18,000 annual water quality tests, while the AquaRating certification and INEN Sello de Calidad provide external quality assurance. Digital customer services include the Calculadora del Agua tool. The organization maintains integrated management systems certified under ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 37001, and 17025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agua Potable (Drinking Water Supply)

Quantifiable outcome

• Water quality index approximately 100% under INEN 1108 standards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de QuitocoreOthersEPMAPS operates as a municipal public company under the governance of the Quito Metropolitan District Municipality. The Mayor and Municipality provide oversight and align with the Plan Metropolitano de Desarrollo y Ordenamiento Territorial (PMDOT).
• INEN (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPMAPS maintains certification through INEN for water quality standards (INEN 1108). The INEN quality seal recognizes compliance with product quality, technical competence, and quality management systems for water services.
• Servicio de Acreditación Ecuatoriana (SAE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAE provides accreditation for EPMAPS laboratories under ISO 17025 standard, validating the technical competence of the Central Control Quality Laboratory (L3C) and Calibration Laboratory.
• Corporación Pacto Global EcuadorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPMAPS participates in the ODS 6 Leadership initiative coordinated by the Global Compact Ecuador Corporation, which creates a collaborative workspace between public, private, international organizations, academia, and civil society for sustainable development implementation.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá (EAAB): Bogotá's municipal water and sewerage utility. Operates an analogous integrated urban water cycle model under municipal governance in a major Andean/Latin American capital, with comparable scale, regulatory and operational profile.
• Aguas Andinas: Chile's largest regulated water and wastewater utility, serving greater Santiago. Closely comparable business model — vertically integrated municipal/private water utility with similar regulatory, environmental and customer-quality dynamics in Latin America.
• Sedapal: Lima's state-owned water and sewerage utility serving Peru's capital. Closely analogous Andean/Pacific-coast municipal utility serving a large metropolitan area with similar water-resource and infrastructure challenges.
• SABESP: Brazil's largest water and wastewater utility, serving São Paulo metropolitan area. Comparable large-scale regulated municipal water utility in Latin America with similar capex-heavy infrastructure and tariff-regulated revenues.

Direct peers

• FCC Aqualia: Spanish water utility that operates municipal water and wastewater concessions globally. Directly comparable business model — operating integrated water cycles for cities under concession/management contracts, including in Latin America.
• SAUR: French water services group operating municipal water and wastewater contracts. Comparable scope of services — water production, distribution, wastewater treatment and customer service — under municipal/utility operating models.
• Acciona Agua: Global water treatment EPC and concession operator. Comparable on water-treatment plant construction (PTAR-scale projects), desalination/water reuse capabilities and operation of large municipal water infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services group with major water utility and water-treatment operations worldwide. Overlaps with EPMAPS on water/wastewater treatment technology, concession management and large-infrastructure EPC capabilities.
• Aguas de Portugal (AdP): Portuguese state holding group for water and wastewater utilities, with significant international operations. Comparable as a multi-utility water group emphasizing quality certification, asset-heavy infrastructure and integrated water-cycle management.
• Suez Eau France: Major global water services provider operating regulated water and wastewater utilities and treatment technology. Comparable in customer-quality focus, asset base and digital water-management solutions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aguadequito
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC-x1
• Facebookfacebook.com/AguadeQuito
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/epmaps-agua-de-quito

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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