International references

Main international references

ALBANIA

Mid-term development programme – 2017-2020
The aim of this more than two-year programme was to enable Tirana Waterworks in supplying healthy drinking water 24/7, to significantly decrease the ratio of non-revenue water and to improve drinking water supply and sewage disposal rate.
Client: Tirana Water Supply and Sewerage Utility (UKT)

Completed technical audit – 2017
Our company with its Albanian consortium partner performed the technical audit of the Tirana Water Supply and Sewerage Utility (UKT) SH.A. The project scope included the technical, technological survey of the existing sewage and drinking water network and treatment plants, and giving proposals for development of the facilities in order to improve security and quality of supply.
Client: Tirana Water Supply and Sewerage Utility (UKT)

Preparation of technical condition assessment and catalogue of measures to improve supply for the drinking water network of the city of Vlora – 2018
Budapest Waterworks staff conducted a technical condition assessment of the drinking water network of the city of Vlora (Albania), which was financed from the funds obtained at a tender from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for promoting the activity of the Hungarian water industry on foreign markets. After the site survey a technical delegation of the water public utility company of the city of Vlora was received by our company, for whom the technology of leakage management and the general method of decreasing non-revenue water (NRW) was presented at a training course. As a result of the above, a development proposal was prepared for decreasing NRW and improving energy efficiency.
Client: Hungarian Eurowater Construction and Supplier Ltd.

Optimising the operation of the Pogradec waste water treatment plant – 2021
Our company undertook the task to work out specific proposals and an operative scenario to improve the current operations of the waste water treatment plant. Furthermore the scope of the assignment covers the elaboration of capacity building methodology as well as sharing knowledge.
Client: Pannon Pro Ltd.

AZERBAIJAN

Electronic workforce management system implementation and IT strategy, Implementation and quality assurance of an IT development – 2015
Relying on the expertise of the professionals of Budapest Waterworks, AZERSU Public Limited Company implemented and introduced an electronic workforce management system. In the meantime, the two companies also signed a contract for the implementation and quality assurance of an IT development project as well as for the establishment of the 10-year-long IT strategy of the Azerbaijani state waterworks with the involvement of the Hungarian Water Cluster.
Client: Azersu OJSC

CHINA

Efficiency improving audit (water production, network operation, customer service activities and water quality) – 2012
Budapest Waterworks concluded a contract with Shanghai Waterworks Fengxian Water Co. Ltd. for a partial technical audit (water production, network operation, customer service, water quality) and performed this activity to full satisfaction of the Chinese party, at high standard.
Client: Fengxian Waterworks, Shanghai

CUBA

Technical audit of water utility assets in the cities Cienfuegos and Santa Clara and preparation of investment feasibility studies – 2018-2019
The aim of the project was to conduct a technical condition assessment in the cities Cienfuegos and Santa Clara (Cuba) and to prepare a project feasibility study fulfilling the requirements of the International Investment Bank or any other financing institution, to enable the improvement of drinking water supply and sanitation services of Cienfuegos with the involvement of international financing.
Client: National Institute of Hydraulic Resources

INDONESIA

36 water treatment units – 2017-2021
The Budapest Waterworks - Artha Envirotarma JO Joint Operation led by Budapest Waterworks won the tender invited by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing of Indonesia for IKK Water Supply Program and Small Water Treatment Plant for Water Scarcity Area. In this project we constructed a total of 36 water treatment plants on four islands of Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Flores).
Client: Indonesian Ministry of Public Utilities and Housing

KOSOVO

Mitigation of the effects of climate change, improving the efficiency of water supply, energy usage, reconstruction planning and ensuring continuous water supply in the designated areas – Pristina – 2021-2022
We are elaborating technical studies to evaluate the current situation in the areas of pressure management, energy efficiency and non-revenue water, as well as proposals for improvement. These studies cover the energy audit of the drinking water supply system of the city of Pristina, non-revenue water, pressure management, review – and if necessary extension – of the DMAs of the city, as well as local project coordination.
Client: KNOT Ltd.

LAOS

Design works for waste water treatment plant in Vientiane capital – 2018-2019
The development project includes the construction of a sewer network and a sewage treatment plant with 20,000 m³/day capacity. The entire project is implemented by the Hungarian Water Lao Project Consortium under a commercial agreement. According to the consortium agreement, Hungarian Water Engineering Ltd. (a subsidiary of Budapest Waterworks) was responsible for the preparation of a feasibility study for the sewage treatment plant.
Client: Municipality of Vientiane

NORTH MACEDONIA

Preparing for climate change, mitigation of the effects of climate change, energy audit – Skopje – 2021
Our company carries out an energy audit (analyses, elaboration of proposals, trainings) for the efficient operation of the drinking water network of Skopje city, as part of the project named: Preparation for climate change, mitigation of the effects of climate change, improving the efficiency of water supply, energy use and reconstruction planning, ensuring continuous water supply for the designated areas of the capital city of North Macedonia, Skopje.
Client: AquAcust Ltd.

RUSSIA

Complete technical, economic and business auditing due diligence of the Waterworks of Nizhny Novgorod – 2006
The complete technical, economic and business activity of the public service provider was audited under a cooperation agreement with the city of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. Concluded in the spring of 2006, wee summarised our findings, proposals in a catalogue for actions including their priorities, impacts on the life of the company, preconditions and time interval for their performance..
Client: Municipality of the City of Nizhny Novgorod

Implementation of phases I and II of the water treatment plant in Revda – 2018-2019
JSC Ural Water Company, which is co-owned by our subsidiary, Hungarian Eurowater Construction and Supplier Ltd, carried out the design and construction of a water treatment plant in the city of Revda with 45,000 m³/day capacity, in two phases.
Client: Sverdlovsk County Waterworks

Implementation of the Verkhnie Sergi municipal wastewater treatment plant (in progress) – 2020-
In the public procurement tender announced by the Sverdlovsk County Waterworks, the subsidiary of our Company, JSC Ural Water Company, won the right to implement a 3,000 m³/day municipal wastewater treatment plant in Verkhnie Sergi. Our task was to supply and install the technological elements.
Client: Sverdlovsk County Waterworks

SERBIA

Capacity development – 2016
Our Company have completed the elaboration and execution of a programme for supporting capacity building of Subotica Waterworks. The aim of these activities was to improve the capacities of service providers operating in the given area, to support their water and sewage service capacity, upgrade their coverage, improve their service quality, and to promote the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals and the water and sewage Sustainable Development Goals.
Client: Subotica Waterworks, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat), the Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)

Financial and Operational Performance Improvement Programme (FOPIP) – 2019-2020
As the leader of the winning consortium, we elaborated a programme for financial and operational performance improvement for certain fields of Belgrade Waterworks and Sewerage Company (BVK). The project was financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The job included analysis of the customer services, operational activities, financial areas, revenue collection, HR of Belgrade Waterworks, then elaboration of detailed proposals to achieve results, including a specific time schedule and reference values for improving the operational efficiency and financial sustainability of the company.
Client: Public Utility Company Belgrade Waterworks and Sewerage

Reconstruction planning, energy audit – Subotica – 2021
Our company carries out an energy audit (analyses, elaboration of proposals, trainings) for the efficient operation of the drinking water network of the Serbian city Subotica, as part of the project named: Reconstruction planning in Subotica.
Client: Geometria Ltd.

SRI LANKA

Reconstruction and extension of Kalatuwawa water treatment plant – 2013-2018
The job included complete reconstruction and capacity upgrade from 71,000 m³/ day to 90,000 m³/day. This water treatment plant supplies Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo and the surrounding area (nearly one million residents) with water. The main purpose of the reconstruction was to upgrade the capacity of the water treatment plant, to modernise the technology and to improve the quality of treated water.
Client: National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB)

Reconstruction and extension of Labugama water treatment plant – 2013-2018
The job included complete reconstruction and capacity upgrade from 40,000 m³/day to 60,000 m³/day. This water treatment plant supplies Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo and the surrounding area (nearly one million residents) with water. The main purpose of the reconstruction was to upgrade the capacity of the water treatment plant, to modernise the technology and to improve the quality of treated water.
Client: National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB)

SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

Consulting services, capacity building and targeted interventions to achieve commercial efficiency – 2014-2015
Our Company, with its international and local consortium partners, under a contract concluded with the International Association of Danube Water Supply Companies (IAWD) and the World Bank for ’Professional technical assistance services for business planning and commercial efficiency improvement’ supported a number of water utility companies of the Western Balkans region in the elaboration of business and long-term development plans with focus on customer services, debt collection management and decreasing the rate of non-revenue water.
Client: IAWD – World Bank

TURKEY

Fully automated, remote-controlled mobile water purification equipment for the Yayladagi refugee camp – 2016-2017
An up-to-date potable water purification container (Containerized Emergency Water Purification Unit (CEWPU)) developed and manufactured by our company was supplying the Yayladagi refugee camp, accommodating 3,000 people, with drinking water. Potable water supply run in purely automatic operations. After handing over, Budapest Waterworks monitored the system, which smoothly provided several thousand inhabitants of the camp with purified potable water, remotely from Hungary.
Client: Disaster and Emergency Management Authority of Turkey