SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

What SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY does

Schuylkill County Municipal Authority (SCMA) is a public municipal authority headquartered in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, that provides regulated drinking water and sanitary sewer services to over 30,000 residential and commercial customers across 26 municipalities in Schuylkill County. Formed in 1961 after acquiring the Pottsville Water Company (which had operated since 1834), SCMA is the largest drinking water purveyor and sanitary sewer service provider in the county and operates under a government-authorized territorial franchise granted by Pennsylvania state law. The authority's core products are drinking water service and sanitary sewer service, delivered through a physical infrastructure footprint that includes 8 water treatment facilities, 7 surface water reservoirs, 12 deep wells, 14 water pumping stations, 15 water storage tanks, 11 pressure regulating valves, over 200 miles of water transmission and distribution mains, 7 wastewater treatment plants, 30 wastewater pumping stations, and over 110 miles of sewer collection and interceptor lines.

On a daily basis SCMA treats and delivers over 5.3 million gallons of drinking water and treats over 1.5 million gallons of sewage, with operations designed to meet or exceed all federal and state drinking water regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The underlying technology platform is conventional municipal water and wastewater treatment infrastructure — surface water reservoirs, deep wells, treatment facilities, pumping stations, storage tanks, and gravity/pressurized distribution networks — operated and maintained by a workforce of 11–50 employees with no disclosed AI/automation or proprietary software layer.

SCMA generates revenue through subscription-style recurring monthly water and sewer rates billed directly to residential and commercial end users, with rates set by the authority itself rather than through open-market competition. Customer acquisition occurs passively through the natural monopoly franchise structure (customers within the service area connect to SCMA by default), and the authority uses a website (scmawater.com) and Facebook page as its primary external communications channels. The customer base is horizontally segmented and uniformly residential/commercial in use case, with no enterprise anchor customers and effectively zero voluntary churn within the franchise territory. Strategic positioning is defined by regulatory compliance, infrastructure scale, and continuity of community service rather than competitive differentiation.

Name

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

Legal name

Schuylkill County Municipal Authority

Website

https://scmawater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Schuylkill County Municipal Authority is a public municipal authority in Pottsville, Pennsylvania that provides regulated drinking water and sanitary sewer services to over 30,000 residential and commercial customers across 26 municipalities in Schuylkill County, operating as the county's largest water and sewer utility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Utility Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAG

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYEUANADAA

Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Water & Wastewater Utilities/Wastewater Treatment & Reuse (Municipal/Industrial)

SECONDARYBPALAMAA

Municipal Wastewater Collection (Sewer Networks)

Business & Public Services/Waste Management & Remediation Services/Wastewater & Septage Management Services

Keywords

• Municipal water utility
• Wastewater treatment services
• Drinking water supply
• Sanitary sewer services
• Public water infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Pottsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Drinking Water Service: Recurring revenue from providing drinking water to over 30,000 residential and commercial customers across 26 municipalities. Revenue generated through water rates charged to customers.
2. Sanitary Sewer Service: Recurring revenue from providing sanitary sewer treatment services. Revenue generated through sewer rates charged to customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Schuylkill County Municipal Authority provides public drinking water and sanitary sewer services to over 30,000 residential and commercial customers across 26 municipalities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The authority operates 8 water treatment facilities and 7 wastewater treatment plants, treating over 5.3 million gallons of drinking water and 1.5 million gallons of sewage daily through more than 310 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection infrastructure.

Product overview

Schuylkill County Municipal Authority (SCMA) operates as a dual-service municipal utility providing both drinking water and sanitary sewer services. The company offers two core product lines: Drinking Water Service (sourcing, treating, and distributing drinking water to residential and commercial customers) and Sanitary Sewer Service (collecting and treating wastewater). Together, these services serve over 30,000 customers across 26 municipalities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SCMA is the largest drinking water purveyor and sanitary sewer service provider in Schuylkill County.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drinking Water Service Provides drinking water to over 30,000 customers across 26 municipalities through 8 water treatment facilities, 7 surface water reservoirs, 12 deep wells, 14 water pumping stations, 15 water storage tanks, and over 200 miles of transmission and distribution mains. Treats and delivers over 5.3 million gallons of water daily, meeting or exceeding all federal and state regulations.
• Sanitary Sewer Service Provides sanitary sewer treatment services through 7 wastewater treatment plants, 30 wastewater pumping stations, and over 110 miles of collection and interceptor lines. Treats over 1.5 million gallons of sewage daily for residential and commercial customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5.3 million gallons of water treated and purveyed daily
• +1 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Pennsylvania American Water: Investor-owned subsidiary of American Water providing water and wastewater services across Pennsylvania. Comparable as a regulated water/sewer operator in the same state with rate-base revenue, though private rather than municipal ownership.
• Essential Utilities: Pennsylvania-headquartered publicly-traded water and natural gas utility (formerly Aqua America) operating regulated water/wastewater systems across multiple states. Comparable as a regulated water utility with similar service categories but at vastly larger and more diversified scale.
• Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority: Larger Pennsylvania regional water and sewer authority serving the City of Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. Comparable as a PA municipal authority providing both water and wastewater services, though at substantially larger scale than SCMA.
• Philadelphia Water Department: Municipal water and wastewater utility serving the City of Philadelphia. Comparable as a PA municipal authority providing combined drinking water and sanitary sewer service under public ownership, though at city-scale rather than county-scale.
• Veolia Water Pennsylvania: Operations arm of global environmental services firm Veolia providing water and wastewater contract operations across Pennsylvania municipalities. Comparable as a third-party water/wastewater operator serving PA municipal customers, often under operating contracts with municipal authorities.

Direct peers

• Reading Area Water Authority: Pennsylvania municipal water authority serving the Reading area with drinking water treatment and distribution. Comparable as a similarly-sized PA public water utility with rate-based recurring revenue from residential and municipal customers.
• Lancaster Area Sewer Authority: Pennsylvania municipal sewer authority providing wastewater collection and treatment in Lancaster County. Comparable mid-sized PA public sewer utility with similar municipal authority structure, customer base, and regulated rate revenue model.
• Greater Hazleton Joint Sewer Authority: Pennsylvania joint municipal sewer authority providing wastewater services to multiple municipalities in the Hazleton area. Highly comparable as a small-to-mid-sized PA multi-municipal sewer authority serving residential customers with regulated rates.
• Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority: Pennsylvania sanitary authority providing wastewater treatment services to multiple municipalities in the Wyoming Valley region. Comparable as a similarly-structured multi-municipal PA sewer authority with comparable scale and rate-based revenue model.
• Chester Water Authority: Pennsylvania municipal water authority serving Chester and surrounding communities with drinking water service. Comparable as another PA municipal water utility with similar operational scope, customer structure, and regulatory framework.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/schuylkillcountymunicipalauthority
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/schuylkill-county-municipal-authority

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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