Aguas de Navarra

What Aguas de Navarra does

Aguas de Navarra S.A. is a privately held Spanish concession company, equally owned (50/50) by Serena Industrial Partners S.L. and Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. (Grupo AGBAR, part of the Veolia group). Founded in 2014 to execute a 30-year public works concession signed May 21, 2014 with the Government of Navarra through INTIA, the company constructs, exploits, and maintains the secondary water distribution infrastructure of the Ampliación de la 1ª Fase of the Canal de Navarra Zona Regable.

The company operates a pressurized irrigation network spanning approximately 15,000 hectares across 18 sectors and 15 municipalities in the Ega and Arga river basins of Navarra. The infrastructure includes more than 206 km of steel pipeline (26+ km on the Ega branch, 180+ km on the Arga branch) and over 1,200 hydrants delivering approximately 40 million m³ of water annually. A telecontrol system records over 1 million data points daily to monitor pressure, flow, and consumed volume, and farmers access operational and administrative data through the private Área Regantes portal. Project investment exceeds €1,500 million, financed in part by Banco Santander, Credit Agricole CIB, and Bankinter.

Aguas de Navarra generates revenue under a managed-services concession model, charging agricultural farmers for irrigation water supply and related services under the public-private partnership with the regional government. It serves a fragmented base of small and medium agricultural farmers (regantes) as its primary customer segment, with a lean headcount of 7 employees overseeing infrastructure operations. Core management includes Director General Manuel Pérez Sarmentero, Director Técnico Enric Ortega, Director Técnico de la Explotación Fermin Goicoechea Iriarte, and Técnica de Telecontrol Marta Martínez Esandi. The major construction phase concluded with the inauguration of the completed Zona Regable in April 2025, positioning the company for steady operational revenues through the remainder of the 30-year concession.

Name

Aguas de Navarra

Legal name

Sociedad concesionaria Aguas de Navarra S.A.

Website

https://aguasdenavarra.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aguas de Navarra S.A. is a Spanish irrigation concession company that builds, operates, and maintains the Canal de Navarra pressurized water distribution network, serving approximately 15,000 hectares of farmland across 15 municipalities under a 30-year public-private concession.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Irrigation Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Irrigation Operation, Maintenance & Repair (Pumps, Valves, Controllers) (AFACAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water-Smart Irrigation & Water Stewardship (Drip/Micro, Scheduling, Water Harvesting) (AFAGAMAD), Irrigation, Water & Energy Efficiency Operations Advisory (AFACAJAM)

Keywords

• Irrigation infrastructure
• Agricultural water distribution
• Public water concession
• Canal irrigation services
• Water management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mutilva

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Concession Services: Revenue is generated through a 30-year public works concession contract for the construction, exploitation, and maintenance of irrigation infrastructure. The concession covers the Ampliación de la 1ª Fase de la Zona Regable del Canal de Navarra, managing water distribution to agricultural farmers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Aguas de Navarra S.A. operates a 30-year public works concession to build, exploit, and maintain the secondary water distribution network for the Ampliación de la 1ª Fase de la Zona Regable del Canal de Navarra. The company distributes irrigation water through approximately 1,200 hydrants to roughly 15,000 hectares of agricultural land across 15 municipalities in the Ega and Arga river basins, supplying about 40 million m³ annually under a regulated public-private partnership model.

Product overview

Aguas de Navarra é uma sociedade concesionária responsável pela construção, exploração e manutenção das infraestruturas de interesse geral da Ampliação da 1ª Fase da Zona Regable do Canal de Navarra. A empresa gere um sistema de irrigação que cobre aproximadamente 15.000 hectares através de 1.200 hidrantes em 18 setores, distribuindo cerca de 40 milhões de m3 de água anualmente. Através do portal 'Área Regantes', fornece aos agricultores acesso a dados de funcionamento em tempo real dos seus hidrantes. A infraestrutura está organizada em dois ramais principais: Ramal Arga (municípios de Larraga, Berbinzana, Miranda de Arga, Falces, Peralta, Funes e Mendigorría) e Ramal Ega (municípios de Oteiza, Lerín, Sesma, Lodosa, Cárcar, Andosilla, San Adrián e Azagra).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gestión de la Zona Regable del Canal de Navarra Construction, operation, and maintenance of the secondary water distribution network covering approximately 15,000 hectares via about 1,200 hydrants across 15 municipalities, supplying roughly 40 million m³ of irrigation water annually to agricultural farmers in Navarra's Ega and Arga river basins.
• Área Regantes Private online portal that gives registered agricultural farmers (regantes) access to real-time operational data for their hydrants, including pressure, flow, and consumed volume, along with administrative information and alerts.
• Manual del Regante y Formularios F00/F01 Standardized documentation and forms (F00, F01) covering farmer manuals, water connection requests, and regante registration procedures to access irrigation services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Enables irrigation of approximately 15,000 hectares across 18 sectors and 15 municipalities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AguacanalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Another water concessionary with which Aguas de Navarra held a joint team meeting in May 2026 at Museo de la Conserva in San Adrián. The encounter was designed to strengthen collaboration between the concessionaries in this new professional coexistence period, sharing the same purpose: guaranteeing efficient, sustainable, and responsible water management in the Canal de Navarra irrigation zones.
• INTIA (Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias, S.A.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic company under the Government of Navarra serving as the conceding society of the concession contract. Manages the administrative powers recognized in public works concession regulations and agricultural infrastructure regulations.
• Canal de Navarra S.A. (CANASA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic society (60% state, 40% Navarra) that promotes the construction and operation of the Canal de Navarra, transporting water from Itoiz reservoir to the irrigation zone. Responsible for main canal maintenance including winter shutdown periods.
• Gobierno de NavarracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government promoting the development of the Canal de Navarra irrigation zone. Exercises administrative powers for concession control.
• Co.CiudadaNaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCivic association organizing encounters and reflective panels about Navarrese citizenship. Aguas de Navarra renewed collaboration through sponsorship, supporting community engagement and civic values aligned with the company's social responsibility.
• Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpanish Swimming Federation collaborating with Federación Navarra de Natación for the Spanish men's water polo team's preparation at Ciudad Deportiva Amaya before the XXXVII European Championship in Belgrade.
• Federación Navarra de Natación (FNN-NIF)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNavarre Swimming Federation collaborating with RFEN to host Spanish water polo team training in Pamplona before the 2026 European Championship.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia España (Grupo AGBAR): 50% shareholder of Aguas de Navarra and one of Spain's largest water and environmental services operators. Veolia/AGBAR manages municipal water and irrigation concessions across Spain, providing strategic, operational, and technical overlap with Aguas de Navarra's concession model.
• Globalvia: Spanish-headquartered infrastructure concession operator with water and irrigation concessions in Spain and Iberia. Operates under comparable long-term public concession economics to Aguas de Navarra, with similar exposure to agricultural water demand.
• Canal de Navarra S.A. (CANASA): Public society (60% state, 40% Navarra) operating the upstream main canal from Itoiz reservoir to the irrigation zone. CANASA is the only wholesale supplier of water to Aguas de Navarra's network and a coordinating counterpart in the same Canal de Navarra ecosystem.
• Suez Spain (Suez Agua y Residuos): Major water and waste services operator in Spain with agricultural and municipal water concession activity. Suez is a broad incumbent in the same regulated water utility arena where Aguas de Navarra competes for tenders and operates.
• Sacyr Agua: Division of Sacyr focused on water infrastructure and irrigation concessions in Spain and Latin America. Operates under similar PPP/concession models serving agricultural and municipal water users, mirroring Aguas de Navarra's 30-year concession structure.
• Acciona Agua: Spanish water infrastructure operator running irrigation and supply concessions for public and agricultural clients. Comparable to Aguas de Navarra in concession economics, regulated water delivery, and Spanish public-sector counterparty dynamics.

Regional players

• INTIA (Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias): Public company under the Government of Navarra acting as the conceding authority for Aguas de Navarra's contract. While not a competing operator, INTIA is the most relevant regional peer entity shaping the regulatory and operational environment for Navarrese irrigation infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Aguacanal: Another water concessionaire operating within the Canal de Navarra irrigation zone. Aguas de Navarra and Aguacanal jointly coordinate on water management in the same Canal zones, making Aguacanal the closest direct peer in geography, customer base, and concession model.

Emerging players

• Cadagua: Spanish water treatment and infrastructure company (part of the OHLA group) that designs and operates water systems for municipal and industrial clients. Provides engineering, O&M, and concession capabilities comparable to Aguas de Navarra's operational stack.
• Comunidades de Regantes (Spanish Irrigation Communities): Traditional Spanish farmer-led irrigation communities managing collective water distribution. They represent the alternative organizational model to concession-based irrigation, often competing for or complementing concessionaires in similar geographies and serving similar agricultural customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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