ZWA Bad Dürrenberg

What ZWA Bad Dürrenberg does

ZWA Bad Dürrenberg, legally Zweckverband für Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung Bad Dürrenberg, is a German public-law utility corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) providing regulated drinking water supply and wastewater disposal services to approximately 22,000 inhabitants in and around Bad Dürrenberg in Saxony-Anhalt. It is owned by its member municipalities and governed by a Verbandsversammlung under managing director Franz-Xaver Kunert, M.Sc.

The association operates one waterworks (Wasserwerk Lützen) for drinking water treatment and four wastewater treatment plants (Klärwerke Bad Dürrenberg, Kleingörschen, Wengelsdorf, and Zembschen), together with the associated collection and pumping networks. Core service lines are Trinkwasserversorgung (drinking water supply) and Abwasserbeseitigung (wastewater collection and treatment), complemented by customer-facing services such as meter reading submission, fecal sludge removal, garden water meters, and shaft certificates. Infrastructure modernization is financed in part through non-repayable grants from the BMWK National Climate Protection Initiative, the State of Saxony-Anhalt, and EU ELER rural development funds, channeled through Projektträger ZUG.

The revenue model is a regulated, consumption-based subscription tariff on water supply and wastewater services billed to residential and commercial customers within the statutory service area. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with no intermediaries: customers interact via the headquarters office in Bad Dürrenberg, telephone, email, an online meter-reading portal, and increasingly via an official WhatsApp notification channel. The association also co-publishes the biannual Wasserzeitung community newspaper with three other regional Zweckverbände and issues the Amtsblatt containing its assembly resolutions. Headcount is approximately 6 employees, and no revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

ZWA Bad Dürrenberg

Legal name

Zweckverband für Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung Bad Dürrenberg

Website

https://zwa-badduerrenberg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ZWA Bad Dürrenberg is a German public-law utility association providing regulated drinking water supply and wastewater disposal to approximately 22,000 inhabitants in Bad Dürrenberg and surrounding municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt, operating one waterworks and four wastewater treatment plants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Utilities (221)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water & Wastewater Compliance (NPDES/Stormwater, Pretreatment, Drinking Water/SDWA) (EUAHABAB), Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Wastewater treatment
• Drinking water supply
• Municipal water infrastructure
• Sewerage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Dürrenberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water Supply Services: Provision of drinking water to approximately 22,000 inhabitants in the service area. Revenue generated through water tariffs based on consumption.
2. Wastewater Collection and Treatment: Collection and treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater. Revenue generated through wastewater fees based on water consumption or property assessments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ZWA Bad Dürrenberg is a public utility authority (Zweckverband) that provides drinking water supply and wastewater disposal services to approximately 22,000 inhabitants in the Bad Dürrenberg area of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The association operates a waterworks in Lützen and four wastewater treatment plants (Kläranlagen) in Bad Dürrenberg, Kleingörschen, Wengelsdorf, and Zembschen, charging regulated consumption-based water and wastewater tariffs to residential and commercial customers.

Product overview

ZWA Bad Dürrenberg is a public utility association (Zweckverband) that provides unified water supply and wastewater disposal services to approximately 22,000 inhabitants. The core offering consists of two integrated services: Trinkwasserversorgung (drinking water supply) and Abwasserbeseitigung (wastewater disposal). The association operates multiple infrastructure facilities including Wasserwerk Lützen for water treatment and four wastewater treatment plants (Kläranlagen) in Bad Dürrenberg, Kleingörschen, Wengelsdorf, and Zembschen. Customer-facing services include meter reading submission, fecal sludge removal, garden water meters, and shaft certificates. The association also publishes the Wasserzeitung (biannual customer newsletter) and Amtsblatt (official gazette with assembly resolutions).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trinkwasserversorgung (Drinking Water Supply) Continuous drinking water supply to approximately 22,000 inhabitants in the association area, with strict quality monitoring and compliance with German drinking water standards.
• Abwasserbeseitigung (Wastewater Disposal) Collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of wastewater including domestic sewage, stormwater, and sludge from small treatment plants.
• Zählerstandsübermittlung (Meter Reading Submission) Service allowing customers to submit their water meter readings online, by email, phone, or postal mail, required annually by end of November.
• Fäkalschlammabfuhr (Fecal Sludge Removal) Service for the collection and disposal of fecal sludge from small decentralized treatment systems within the service area.
• Gartenwasserzähler (Garden Water Meter) Optional submeter service for garden water usage, enabling separate billing that excludes wastewater charges on outdoor water consumption.
• Schachtscheine (Shaft Certificates) Certificates for wastewater connection and inspection of drainage systems issued to customers and contractors.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Abwasserbeseitigung Weißenfels-AöRminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project partner for Wasserzeitung community newspaper. Co-development of customer communication materials.
• WAZV 'Bode-Wipper'minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project partner for Wasserzeitung community newspaper.
• WAZV SaalkreisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project partner for Wasserzeitung community newspaper.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• KWL Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH: Municipal water utility for the Leipzig region in Saxony, offering drinking water supply and wastewater services. Overlapping capability set but at substantially larger scale and organized as a GmbH rather than Zweckverband.
• Gelsenwasser AG: Major German water utility serving multiple federal states with municipal and industrial customers. Comparable regulated utility business model but materially larger footprint and more diversified service area.
• Stadtwerke Leipzig GmbH: Multi-utility municipal provider in Saxony including water and wastewater. Broader portfolio (electricity, gas, heating, telecom) with water/wastewater as one segment — useful as a benchmark for tariff, service quality, and capex patterns.
• Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB): State-owned water and wastewater utility for Berlin. Same regulated utility mandate in Germany but at vastly larger scale; relevant as an upper-bound benchmark for service standards, compliance, and infrastructure modernization.

Regional players

• Wasser- und Abwasserzweckverband Parchim-Lübz: Municipal-purpose water and wastewater association in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Same Zweckverband legal structure serving a comparable small-town/rural customer base in eastern Germany.
• Zweckverband für Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung Obere Sulm: Comparable Zweckverband operating drinking water supply and wastewater disposal in Baden-Württemberg. Same German municipal-purpose association structure and product offering, but in a different geography.

Direct peers

• WAZV 'Bode-Wipper': Wasserversorgungs- und Abwasserzweckverband serving municipalities in the Bode-Wipper region of Saxony-Anhalt. Same Zweckverband legal form, same scale range, and Wasserzeitung co-publisher.
• WAZV Saalkreis: Water and wastewater purpose association for the Saalkreis district in Saxony-Anhalt. Structurally identical Zweckverband model and joint Wasserzeitung publishing partner.
• Abwasserbeseitigung Weißenfels-AöR: Neighboring municipal wastewater and water utility in Saxony-Anhalt. Joint partner on the Wasserzeitung customer publication and directly comparable in scale, mandate, and service mix to ZWA Bad Dürrenberg.

Others

• Veolia Deutschland (Veolia Wasser Deutschland): Operator of municipal water and wastewater contracts across Germany under concession models. Comparable end-customer service delivery but operates under private concession contracts rather than as a municipal Zweckverband — relevant for benchmarking outsourced operation options.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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