AS Tallinna Vesi in brief

  • AS Tallinna Vesi is the largest water utility company in Estonia, providing water supply and wastewater disposal services to approximately 1/3 of Estonia’s population.
  • The Company provides water supply and wastewater disposal services to over 22,000 contractual customers and approximately 435,000 end consumers in Tallinn and its surrounding areas.
  • The Company has the exclusive right to provide water and sewerage services in the Tallinn service area until the year 2025.
  • A Services Agreement with 97 quality levels of service has been concluded between the City of Tallinn and the Company for providing the services.
  • The Company has two treatment plants: Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and Paljassaare Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).
  • Water has been treated at Ülemiste since 1927. A new water treatment plant was built in 1979.
  • The Water Treatment Plant produces an average of 60,000 m3 of water per day.
  • Almost 90% of drinking water is produced from surface water. Lake Ülemiste is the main source of drinking water for the residents of Tallinn and, therefore, the lake is not a public water body. 10% of the consumers use regional ground water.
  • Average water consumption in 2014 was 95 litres per inhabitant (93 litres in 2014).
  • Paljassaare Wastewater Treatment Plant started operating in 1980.
  • In 2014 the Wastewater Treatment Plant treated on an average 118,000 m3/day.
  • The Company has laboratories for water, microbiology and wastewater, which together conducted a total of 143,000 analyses in 2014 (85,000 chemical and 11,000 microbiological analyses from drinking water and 47,000 chemical analyses from wastewater).
  • The public water supply system comprises of almost 1,122 km of water networks, 18 water pumping stations and 64 ground water borehole pumping stations with a total of 93 boreholes across the entire service area.
  • The public sewerage system comprises of 1,104 km of wastewater networks, 478 km of storm water networks and 174 sewerage pumping stations across the entire service area.
  • AS Tallinna Vesi founded its 100% owned subsidiary Watercom in 2010 to diversify the services offered and pursue business development and growth.
  • As at the end of 2014, a total of 321 employees worked for the Company and its subsidiary under continuous employment contract.
  • The Company’s shares are listed on the main list of Tallinn Stock Exchange.

OPERATIONAL SITES

  • Head office, customer service, support services and OÜ Watercom are located in Ädala 10, Tallinn.
  • Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant, water and microbiological laboratory are located in Järvevana road 3, Tallinn.
  • Paljassaare Wastewater Treatment Plant, composting fields and wastewater laboratory are located in Paljassaare põik 14, Tallinn.
  • Sludge composting and experimental site is located in Liikva village, Harju county.
  • The catchment area of ca 1,800 square kilometres is located in Harju and Järva counties.

MISSION

We create a better life with pure water!

VISION

Everyone wants to be our customer, employee and partner, because we are the leading company providing water services in the Baltics.

OUR VALUES

  • Commitment - We work with passion, doing the maximum to achieve the objectives.
  • Customer focus - Our actions help our customers and colleagues to find solutions.
  • Teamwork - We all form one team whose success depends on me and my colleague´s contribution.
  • Creativity - We have the courage and the energy to seek new opportunities and achieve better solutions.
  • Proactivity – We act today for a better tomorrow.
Our values