Water Worx

What Water Worx does

Water Worx is a privately held Canadian small business operating a single commercial bulk water fill station at 7495 Edgar Industrial Bend in Red Deer, Alberta. Founded in 2001 by Arthur and Asya Barker, a father-daughter team with direct water-hauling experience, the company provides 24/7 self-service bulk water filling to commercial water transporters and to critical industries across Central Alberta, including agriculture, construction, energy production, sanitation, infrastructure, and public-use sectors. The firm describes itself as the only commercial bulk water fill station in Red Deer, and operates under a partnership with the City of Red Deer that redirects commercial filling demand away from municipal services.

The core product is a purpose-built fill station with two continuous filling lanes, multi-size line options (2-inch, 3-inch, and 4-inch female cam-lock fittings) for side or overhead filling, and fill speeds of up to 3,000 liters per minute. Supporting infrastructure includes heated parking pads, ice-prevention on fittings, contamination and backflow prevention, and a secure account-based keypad access system. The station is positioned minutes from Highway 2 (QE2) between Highways 11 and 11A, with a wide turnaround lot designed for large commercial vehicles.

Water Worx generates revenue through usage-based bulk water sales, invoicing customers monthly with a 30-day credit basis and a 10-day grace period. Payments are accepted via cheque, EFT, or e-transfer, and a coin-operated option is offered for small users. No public pricing, revenue figures, funding history, or employee headcount is disclosed; the company is consistently characterized in its own materials as a small, family-operated business. The firmographics field listing 10,000+ employees is inconsistent with every other data point and should be disregarded.

Name

Water Worx

Legal name

Water Worx

Website

https://waterworx.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

10,001+ employees

Short description

Water Worx operates a 24/7 commercial bulk water fill station in Red Deer, Alberta, selling usage-based bulk water to water transporters and critical industries across Central Alberta since 2001.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bulk Water Supply Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Raw Water Conveyance & Transmission (Aqueducts, Mains, Pumping Stations) (EUANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Source Development & Conveyance (Intakes, Canals, Pipelines) (AFACAFAH)

Keywords

• Bulk water supply
• Commercial water filling
• Potable water delivery
• Water hauling services
• Industrial water filling

Headquarters

HQ city

Red Deer

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Bulk Water Sales: Water Worx generates revenue through bulk water sales at their fill station. Customers pay based on water volume consumed, with invoicing on a monthly basis. The company offers honour-system credit for 30 days with a 10-day grace period. Payments can be made via cheque, EFT, or e-transfer.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Water Worx operates a 24/7 self-service bulk water fill station located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, providing potable water to commercial water transporters, haulers, and critical industries such as fire suppression, oilfield, and agricultural operations. The business was founded in 2001 by Arthur Samuel Barker and is currently run as a family operation with Asya Barker serving as co-owner and operator.

Product overview

Water Worx is a bulk water fill station service provider operating a single unified offering: a commercial bulk water filling station in Red Deer, Alberta. The core product combines the physical bulk water fill station (with dual lanes, multiple hose sizes, rapid fill capabilities up to 3000L/Min) with an account-based access system (3-digit account numbers, 4-digit PINs, keypad entry, invoicing). Customers apply for accounts to access the 24/7 filling service which serves potable and non-potable water needs across agriculture, construction, energy, sanitation, infrastructure, and public use sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 24/7 Bulk Water Fill Station A self-service bulk water fill station in Red Deer, Alberta, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, supplying potable water to commercial water transporters and haulers who load tanker trucks on site.
• Potable Water Supply for Critical Industries Provision of potable water to operators in critical industries such as fire suppression, oilfield, agricultural, and other commercial sectors that require reliable, around-the-clock access to clean water.
• Water Hauler Truck Loading Self-service loading of potable water into commercial tanker trucks and trailers for water haulers who distribute to end users and job sites throughout the region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fill speeds of 3000L/Min enabling rapid turnaround
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• City of Red DeercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Water Worx established a partnership with the City of Red Deer in 2001 to provide commercial bulk water filling services. The partnership allowed the City to remove staffing pressure and costs of offering high-standard commercial filling services while Water Worx provides reliable bulk water access for water transporters and critical industries.
• Industrial Businesses and Local GovernmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater Worx has partnerships with industrial businesses and local governments to support local economy development. The company reinvests proceeds into local water supply and protects public water sources from contamination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Select Water Solutions: U.S.-focused water management and transfer services for upstream oil & gas and industrial customers. Comparable as an industrial water services provider serving energy and resource extraction end markets that overlap with Water Worx's energy producer segment.
• EPCOR Utilities Inc. Large Alberta-headquartered water and wastewater utility serving municipalities across Western Canada. Comparable as the incumbent municipal water provider whose commercial filling services Water Worx's partnership model is designed to offload, illustrating the broader water-utility space in which Water Worx competes.
• Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions: Global water services and technology provider operating across municipal and industrial water treatment and supply. Comparable as a large-scale player in commercial/industrial water services and infrastructure, though vastly larger in scope than Water Worx.

Regional players

• Kurler's Water Haulage Ltd. Alberta-based water hauler providing bulk potable and non-potable water delivery to industrial, agricultural, and construction customers. Closely comparable Alberta water-haulage operator, though focused on delivery rather than self-serve fill stations.
• Source Energy Services: Western Canadian provider of water transfer solutions for oil & gas and industrial customers. Comparable as a regional commercial water services operator serving the same energy and industrial customer segments in Alberta.

Others

• Badger Meter Inc. Manufacturer of flow measurement and metering solutions used in water utilities and industrial applications. Comparable as a vendor whose metering and account-control technology underpins usage-based billing at fill stations like Water Worx.
• Xylem Inc. Major manufacturer of pumps, smart metering, and water infrastructure equipment. Comparable as a key supplier-side peer whose pumping and metering technology underpins bulk water fill-station operations like Water Worx's.

Direct peers

• Aqua-Pak Water Services Ltd. Canadian bulk water delivery and water hauling operator serving agriculture, construction, industrial, and municipal customers in Western Canada. Directly comparable commercial bulk water supplier targeting the same hauler and industrial customer base as Water Worx.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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