Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils

What Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils does

Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils (WMV) is a Zweckverband (municipal utility association) organized as a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts under Bavarian public law, headquartered in Aham, Lower Bavaria. Founded in 1964 as an inter-municipal cooperation to secure drinking water supplies, the association today serves approximately 18,000 residents across eight member municipalities in Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau: Aham, Gerzen, Gottfrieding, Mamming, Marklkofen, Reisbach, Frontenhausen, and the city of Dingolfing (for specific districts). WMV provides centralized drinking water supply as part of the German Daseinsvorsorge (public welfare service), operating without profit intent under the Kostendeckungsprinzip (cost-coverage principle).

The utility's core product is Trinkwasserversorgung (drinking water supply), backed by a traditional water infrastructure stack consisting of groundwater extraction facilities (primarily Aham), water towers, pumping stations, and an inter-municipal piped distribution network. Water is sourced from four supply points — Aham, the joint Daibersdorf waterworks with Stadt Dingolfing, and partner associations Zweckverband Isar-Vils and Zweckverband Oberes Kollbachtal — providing redundancy across geographically dispersed districts. The joint Daibersdorf waterworks, constructed in 2009, adds over 15,000 m³ per day of treatment capacity. Water quality testing is performed by independent laboratories to comply with the German Trinkwasserverordnung; no chlorine or chemical additives are used. Complementary services include the Installateurverzeichnis (certified plumber directory), online water connection applications (via wmv.online.komdat.de), fire water flow measurement, and SEPA direct debit setup. WMV holds TSM certification from DVGW (Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches).

WMV generates revenue from regulated user fees, not market sales. The revenue model comprises three streams: (1) Benutzungsgebühren (usage fees), consisting of a Grundgebühr (base/standing charge scaled to water meter flow rate: €90-€252 net annually) and a Verbrauchsgebühr (consumption charge of €2.94/m³ net, €3.15 incl. 7% VAT), billed annually with advance payments on 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December; (2) Herstellungsbeiträge (one-time connection contributions) calculated from property area (€2.00/m² net) and floor area (€6.85/m² net); and (3) Grundstücksanschlusskosten (property connection cost reimbursements). All pricing is set by the Verbandssatzung and Beitrags- und Gebührensatzung. The customer base is exclusively the residents, businesses, and public facilities within the eight member municipalities; there are no external enterprise customers and no geographic expansion beyond the legally defined Zweckverband territory. Governance is led by Verbandsvorsitzender Rolf-Peter Holzleitner, with operational management under Werkleitung Rainer Obermeier and Wassermeister André Gebauer and Josef Auer.

Name

Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils

Legal name

Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils

Website

https://mittlere-vils.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils is a Bavarian Zweckverband (municipal utility association) supplying drinking water to approximately 18,000 residents across eight member municipalities in Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau under the cost-coverage principle without profit motive.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Quality Monitoring, Compliance & Reporting (Sampling, Lab, Regulatory) (EUANAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

Keywords

• Municipal water supply
• Drinking water utility
• Water infrastructure
• Water distribution services
• Interkommunale Wasserversorgung

Headquarters

HQ city

Aham

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, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Benutzungsgebühren (Usage Fees): Water usage fees consisting of Grundgebühr (base/standing charge based on water meter flow rate) and Verbrauchsgebühr (consumption charge based on cubic meters of water consumed). Annual billing cycle with advance payments due 01.06., 01.09., and 01.12.
2. Herstellungsbeiträge (Connection Contributions): One-time contribution for connection to the water supply system, calculated based on property area (Grundstücksfläche) and floor area (Geschossfläche). Applied to developed, undeveloped buildable, or commercially used properties.
3. Grundstücksanschlusskosten (Property Connection Costs): Cost reimbursement for property connection infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils operates as a public-law Zweckverband providing centralized drinking water supply to approximately 18,000 residents across eight member municipalities in the Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria. The utility extracts groundwater from the Aham extraction area and supplements this with inter-municipal sources (Daibersdorf, Isar-Vils, Oberes Kollbachtal), distributing water through its own pipe network without chemical additives. Revenue is generated through consumption-based usage fees, base fees, and one-time property connection contributions under a cost-coverage (non-profit) operating principle.

Product overview

Wasserversorgung Mittlere Vils operates as a public law corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) providing centralized drinking water supply to approximately 18,000 residents across eight municipalities. The utility's integrated service offering combines core water distribution with complementary services including water quality testing and analysis, plumber certification management, and customer billing/administrative services. Water is sourced primarily from the Aham extraction area, with supplementary supplies from intercommunal partnerships (Daibersdorf, Isar-Vils, Oberes Kollbachtal) serving specific localities. The service portfolio encompasses connection contributions (Herstellungsbeiträge), consumption-based pricing (Verbrauchsgebühr), and base fees (Grundgebühr), all governed by the utility's public statutes (Verbandssatzung, Wasserabgabesatzung, Beitrags- und Gebührensatzung).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trinkwasserversorgung (Drinking Water Supply)

Quantifiable outcome

• Supply security maintained during 50% demand spike during hot summer 2013
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WaldwassercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerService partner providing 24-hour emergency response (Bereitschaftsdienst). Phone: 08744/9612-0 with backup 09938/91933-0. Critical for infrastructure maintenance and emergency response.
• Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Isar-VilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-municipal water supplier providing alternative water source for multiple districts (Abensbach, Achatzstall, Aigen, Dreifaltigkeit, and 40+ other locations) due to geographic distance from Aham. Ensures supply security.
• Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Oberes Kollbachtal (ZWOK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-municipal supplier providing water to specific districts (Asbach, Giebelsöd, Gigersreuth, Haingersdorf, Hiendlsöd, Lodersöd, Onatsberg, Siegersbach, Stieberg, Taubenöd). Includes Wasserturm Bacham connection for supply security.
• Stadt Dingolfing (Joint Daibersdorf Waterworks)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint waterworks in Daibersdorf/Gemeinde Gottfrieding constructed and operated together with Stadt Dingolfing since 2009. Provides additional 15,000+ m³/day capacity.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Zweckverband Landeswasserversorgung Baden-Württemberg: Large regional Zweckverband supplying drinking water across much of Baden-Württemberg via long-distance pipelines, raw-water reservoirs, and treatment infrastructure; same Zweckverband governance model as WMV but at substantially larger scale, broader geography, and serving municipal wholesale customers rather than direct retail residents.
• GELSENWASSER AG: Major German water utility serving multiple cities, municipalities, and industrial customers with drinking water supply and distribution; comparable core business but with a much broader geographic footprint and a corporate (vs. pure Zweckverband) ownership structure that includes municipal shareholders.
• Berliner Wasserbetriebe: Berlin's municipal water utility, one of Germany's largest drinking water suppliers; comparable regulated drinking-water utility business model at city-scale, partially under public ownership, providing a benchmark for large-scale urban water utility operations versus WMV's rural Zweckverband model.
• Stadtwerke München: Munich's municipal multi-utility with a substantial water supply division (Münchner Trinkwasser); overlapping drinking-water utility business at metropolitan scale within an integrated municipal utility group that also operates energy, public transport, and telecommunications.
• Hamburg Wasser: Hamburg's municipal water and wastewater utility; comparable core drinking-water supply and quality-monitoring business at metropolitan scale under partial public ownership, with a broader service portfolio (water plus wastewater) than WMV.

Direct peers

• Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Isar-Vils: Direct inter-municipal Zweckverband partner that supplies water to specific WMV districts; operates the identical cost-coverage public-law Zweckverband model with the same customer mix (residents, businesses, public facilities) and groundwater-plus-partnership infrastructure type in the same Lower Bavarian region.
• Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Oberes Kollbachtal (ZWOK): Direct inter-municipal Zweckverband partner that supplies water to specific WMV districts via the Wasserturm Bacham connection; identical public-law Zweckverband governance and rural-Lower-Bavarian operating context, providing direct supply-redundancy comparison to WMV.

Regional players

• Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Bayerischer Wald: Bavarian Zweckverband water supplier serving rural communities in eastern Bavaria; structurally identical Zweckverband governance and operating model to WMV but in a different Lower-Bavarian geography, not competing for the same Dingolfing-Landau customers and therefore a regional rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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