Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A.

What Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A. does

Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A. is a public autonomous organism (Organismo Autónomo) of the Spanish General State Administration, established in 1926 and administratively attached to the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. It operates as the sole basin organism (organismo de cuenca) for the Segura Hydrographic Demarcation in southeastern Spain under the Water Law (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2001), with statutory authority over water resource planning, hydraulic public domain administration, and concession management. Its territory spans approximately 20,234 km² across four autonomous communities (Región de Murcia, Andalucía, Castilla-La Mancha, and Comunidad Valenciana), 132 municipalities, and a population of roughly 2.01 million inhabitants, with the basin characterized by structural water deficit and recurrent floods and droughts.

The entity operates a suite of proprietary digital systems for hydrological monitoring and administration: SAIH (Sistema Automático de Información Hidrológica) provides real-time monitoring of precipitation, reservoir levels, river flows, and water quality across the basin; SICA (Sistema Integrado de Control de Aprovechamientos) handles volumetric control of water withdrawals, returns, and discharges with real-time telemetry for large users; SAICA delivers automated water-quality alerting; and IDE-CHS provides spatial data infrastructure with downloadable SHP cartography and web map services. A 130+ point spring and wetland monitoring network supports groundwater and ecosystem management. These tools are publicly exposed through the official website (www.chsegura.es), the IVISOR geographic viewer, daily hydrological reports (Parte Diario), and the Special Drought Plan, and complement in-person and electronic administration channels.

The organism does not operate a commercial revenue model: it is funded through the Spanish national budget under public administrative law, and water-related administrative procedures are governed by statute rather than market pricing. Its primary stakeholder groups are municipal governments and urban population centers (domestic and tourist-related demand), the agricultural sector and irrigation communities (the economic base of southeastern Spain's agro-food industry), and the general public and environmental interests (flood protection, drought resilience, ecosystem preservation). Current activity includes a €7M dam-safety tender (July 2026), renewed water-quality sampling contracts, the 2026 revision of the Special Drought Plan, and ongoing EU LIFE programme biodiversity restoration projects in partnership with three Spanish universities.

Name

Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A.

Legal name

Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A.

Website

https://chsegura.es

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A. is a Spanish public autonomous organism, founded in 1926, that exclusively administers water resources for the Segura river basin across four autonomous communities, 132 municipalities, and 2 million inhabitants via real-time SAIH, SICA, and SAICA monitoring systems, serving municipalities, irrigators, and environmental stakeholders under national budget funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Resource Management

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH)

Keywords

• Water resource management
• Hydrological basin administration
• Drought monitoring services
• Flood risk management
• Hydraulic public domain

Headquarters

HQ city

Murcia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura (CHS) is a public autonomous organism that manages water resources across the Segura River Basin in southeastern Spain, spanning 20,234 km² across four autonomous communities. It administers water concessions, operates real-time hydrological and water-quality monitoring networks (SAIH, SAICA, SICA), maintains basin cartography and GIS infrastructure, and coordinates drought and flood management plans for 132 municipalities and 2 million inhabitants.

Product overview

Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura, O.A. is a public autonomous water management organism under the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. It does not offer a commercial product per se, but operates a suite of web-based hydrological information systems and tools. Its primary digital offerings include: the SAIH (Sistema Automático de Información Hidrológica) for real-time hydrological data collection and monitoring; the SICA (Sistema Integrado de Control de Aprovechamientos) for volumetric water-use monitoring; the SAICA (Sistema Automático de Información de Calidad de las Aguas) for water quality alerts; and the IVISOR geographic viewer for visualizing hydrological and cartographic data. These systems are complemented by cartography download services (SHP format), daily hydrological reports (Parte Diario), and drought management plans (Plan Especial de Sequía).

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Products and services

• SAIH (Sistema Automático de Información Hidrológica) Real-time hydrological monitoring system that operates a network of automated stations collecting data on precipitation, reservoir levels, river flows, and water quality across the Segura river basin.
• SAICA (Sistema Automático de Información de Calidad de las Aguas) Automated water quality alert network that monitors water quality parameters at key points throughout the basin, providing real-time alerts on contamination events.
• SICA (Sistema Integrado de Control de Aprovechamientos) Integrated control system for monitoring water extraction volumes, returns, and discharges across the basin, with real-time telemetry for large-scale operations and periodic manual reporting for smaller appropriations.
• Cartography and GIS Services (IDE-CHS) Spatial data infrastructure providing downloadable cartography in SHP format, web map services, and map viewers for geographic information related to water resources in the Segura basin.
• Red de control de manantiales y humedales (Springs and Wetlands Monitoring Network) Monitoring network covering more than 130 measurement points across the Segura basin, tracking spring discharges, wetland piezometry, and groundwater levels to support environmental protection and groundwater management.
• Plan Especial de Sequía (Drought Special Plan) Drought management plan establishing drought thresholds, indicators, and response measures for the Segura basin, approved via Orden TED/601/2026 of 1 June 2026 and revised periodically.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Universidad de GranadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration through specific agreements for research and studies on water engineering and territory transformation in the Segura basin. The university collaborated on the project 'Agua, Ingeniería y Territorio: La Transformación de la Cuenca del Río Segura por la Ingeniería Hidráulica'.
• Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on development of early warning system for droughts and water desalination using renewable wind and solar energy without brine emissions.
• Universidad de MurciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration agreement for the study on integrated management of wetlands associated with ramblas (seasonal rivers), including elements for controlling diffuse pollution in the basin.
• Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto DemográficocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent ministry to which the Confederation is administratively attached. Responsible for water policy, basin planning approval, and oversight of the organism's activities. The General Directorate of Water operates under this ministry.
• European Union (LIFE Programme)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding and collaboration through LIFE+ projects including RIPISILVANATURA (Life13/BIO/ES/001407) for biodiversity improvement, elimination of invasive exotic species in natural reserve and Natura 2000 network areas, and riverbank forest restoration throughout the Segura river basin.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Environment Agency (UK): England's principal environmental regulator with overlapping responsibilities in water resource management, flood risk, drought response, and water quality monitoring at a national scale; comparable regulatory mandate though broader than CHS's basin-level scope.
• Dutch Water Authorities (Unie van Waterschappen): Federation of regional water authorities in the Netherlands with century-old institutional experience in integrated water management, flood protection, and water quality; comparable in governance model and advanced monitoring culture to CHS.

Direct peers

• Confederación Hidrográfica del Cantábrico Occidental: Northern Spanish basin confederation sharing the same legal and institutional structure as CHS; jointly involved in the 2026 drought plan revisions, providing a peer contrast in hydrological profile (water-abundant vs. water-scarce).
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Miño-Sil: Northwestern Spanish basin confederation operating under the same Water Law framework; smaller in scope but with comparable institutional structure for basin-level water administration and monitoring.
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir: Spanish basin confederation operating with identical legal status and institutional mandate as CHS, managing water resources across the Guadalquivir basin in southern Spain with similar multi-regional governance and irrigation-heavy demand profile.
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro: The largest of Spain's river basin confederations, operating under the same legal framework (Water Law, Law 40/2015) with an identical mandate of integrated water resource administration, concession management, and hydraulic public domain control across the Ebro basin.
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero: Large Spanish basin confederation operating under identical Water Law framework, managing extensive surface and groundwater resources with comparable monitoring, planning, and concession administration functions.
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar: Mediterranean basin confederation sharing CHS's profile of structural water scarcity, irrigation intensity, and inter-regional complexity; jointly affected by the recent revision of drought special plans alongside CHS.
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo: Upstream counterpart basin confederation that is the principal source of Tajo-Segura transferred water; operates with the same institutional form and statutory mandate, directly linked to CHS through the inter-basin transfer dependency.
• Agència Catalana de l'Aigua: Catalonia's regional water agency operating with a similar integrated water resource management mandate within Catalonia, comparable in scope of monitoring infrastructure, drought planning, and multi-user water allocation coordination.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/confederacionhidrografica.delsegura
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/confederacion-hidrografica-del-segura
• Instagraminstagram.com/chriosegura
• Xtwitter.com/chsriosegura

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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