General facts

• AS Tallinna Vesi is the largest water utility company in Estonia, providing drinking water and wastewater disposal services to nearly 1/3 of Estonia’s population.
• We provide water and wastewater disposal services to over 22,000 customers and 430,000 end consumers in Tallinn and its surrounding areas.
• We have 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.
• We have two main treatment plants: Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant and Paljassaare Wastewater Treatment Plant.
• Water has been treated at Ülemiste since 1927. A new water treatment plant was built in 1979.
• In 2014 the Water Treatment Plant produced 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 has remained stable during previous years. Average consumption in 2014 was 95 litres per inhabitant, while in 2013 it was 93 litres.
• Paljassaare Wastewater Treatment Plant started operating in 1980.
• In 2014 the Wastewater Treatment Plant treated on an average 118,000 m3/day.
• We have an accredited water laboratory and an accredited wastewater laboratory, which together conducted approximately 143,000 analyses in 2014 (85 000 chemical and 11 000 microbiological analyses of drinking water and 47 000 chemical analyses of wastewater).
• The public water supply system comprises almost 1122 km of water networks, 18 water pumping stations and 64 ground water borehole pumping stations with 93 boreholes.
• The public sewerage system comprises 1104 km of wastewater networks, 478 km of storm water networks and over 174 sewerage pumping stations across the service area.
• In 2010 we founded 100% owned subsidiary, Watercom, to diversify the product offering and pursue business development and growth.
• In 2014, AS Tallinna Vesi and our subsidiary employed a total of 321 employees.
• Our shares are listed on the main list of Tallinn Stock Exchange.

Operational sites

• Head office, customer service, support services and OÜ Watercom in Ädala 10, Tallinn.
• Ülemiste water treatment plant, water and microbiological laboratory in Järvevana road 3, Tallinn.
• Paljassaare wastewater treatment plant, composting fields and wastewater laboratory in Paljassaare põik 14, Tallinn.
• The catchment area ca 1800 square kilometres in Harju and Järvamaa counties.