Szegedi Vízmű Zrt.
Szegedi
Vízmű Zrt.
Központi telefonszám
+36 62 55 88 55
Központi e-mail
vizmu@szegedivizmu.hu
6720 Szeged,
Tisza Lajos krt. 88.

The Beginnings; Our Objectives

Szegedi Vízmű Kft. was established in 1994 as a limited liability company, then in 2001 it was transformed into a share-holding company under the name of Szegedi Vízmű Rt. (Szegedi Vízmű Zrt. as of 13th April, 2006). The Municipality owns 51% of the Company’s shares, while Veolia Water Zrt. has got 49%.

The contract between the two parties sets long-term ownership rights and obligations, and it also specifies the share of water utility management tasks and activities. The Municipality owns all the water utility assets (pipelines, reservoirs, pump-stations, technical machines and equipment), while the operator waterworks company pays a network rental fee for the usage.

Municipality

www.szegedvaros.hu

The responsibilities of the Municipality:

  • deciding about the priorities and the schedule of water utility developments (new constructions) on the basis of the long-term plans of the town,
  • defining the development, investment and renewal projects financed from a Construction Fund through a separate committee.

The advantages of the cooperation for the Municipality:

  • all public water utility assets remain in the ownership of the Municipality;
  • the Municipality can use the external resources (e.g. state and EU subsidies) in the most favourable way possible since it has its ‘own resources’ thanks to the Construction Fund;
  • the Municipality is the majority owner in the Company;
  • by ranking and prioritising developments, investments and renewals, the assets of the public utilities have a much better and more modern condition than before the cooperation;
  • levels of responsibility and decision are separated appropriately;
  • the Municipality makes strategic decisions,

The responsibilities of Szegedi Vízmű:

  • providing healthy drinking water to the inhabitants, institutes and industries of Szeged and Algyő;
  • collecting, draining and treating wastewater and rainwater, and rechannelling it into the natural environment;
  • protecting, maintaining and systematically renewing the already existing and newly constructed public utilities, facilities and equipment;
  • paying the Municipality network rental fee which is the source of the Construction Fund;
  • giving professional proposals for network renewal and development;

The Veolia Group

Veolia Group is a world leader in the area of optimized resource management. This Group of Companies, employing nearly 215 000 people worldwide, provides water-, waste- and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries.

Through its three complementary businesses, Veolia helps gain access to resources, as well as maintain and renew existing resources.

In 2024 Veolia Group supplied 111 million people with drinking water, provided wastewater services for 98 million people, produced 42 million megawatt hours of energy and utilized 65 million tons of waste in its own material or as energy.

(source: www.veolia.com)

Veolia Hungary

Veolia is one of the leading players in the Hungarian energy, water and waste management market. This group of companies with its more than 2500 employees provides services to several municipalities, institutions and industrial companies to achieve efficient resource management while the water utility and district heating branches of the company supply drinking water for hundreds of thousands of families, and heating services to tens of thousands of households.

Water Utility services- Veolia Water Zrt.

Veolia Water Zrt. is the water utility branch of the Veolia Group, responsible for the coordination and development activities in Hungary. Through its subsidiaries, it provided 16,1 million m3 healthy drinking water to its residential customers in 2024 and solved the drainage and treatment of 21 million m3 wastewater and rainwater. 
A team of over 500 professionals aims to provide municipalities with high-quality daily service in order to meet all expectations.

Water utility (2024)

- HUF 11,9 billion turnover
- 532 employees
- 362 000 provided residents
- 164 500 provided customers
- 16,1 million m3 drinking water sold annually
- 21 million m3 sewage and rainwater drainage annually

The cornerstone of working together is professional awareness and long-term commitment. Szegedi Vízmű Zrt. is a good example of how Hungarian professionals and investors with 170 years of experience in operation can together make a service provider one of the most efficient waterworks in the country.