Water industry

Water utilities ( WVU ) are companies that win and distribute drinking water and process water. They operate water supply systems, monitor water reserves and the raw water.

In Germany there are 4807 water supply companies (as of 2010).

Some well-known German associations are:

• German Association for Water
• Berlin Water Works
• Association of Municipal Utilities (VKU )
• Federal Association of the German Gas and Water Industries ( BGW)
• Association Trinkwassertalsperren (ATT )
• German Federation of associational water ( DBVW )
• German Association for Gas and Water (DVGW )