GGU Energy and Water Utilities Investment Overview
Water utilities - capitalizing on efficiency gains
Underdeveloped industry offers ample potential for efficiency gains and long-term sustainable growth
Water balance (m³), 2015
Significant funding-gap in the past has led to largely depreciated water and sanitation
infrastructure with an average technical water losses at 50% (4-5 times higher than in
western Europe) which sets the ground for significant efficiency gains in the future under
well managed operations and infrastructure planning
Water losses are also caused due to aging assets in the residential buildings and excessive
water consumption, usually symptomatic to non-metered customers (~70% of the
customer base)
GGU has introduced extensive measures against resource dissipation (e.g. zoning, bulk
metering) and has motivational schemes for staff to identify water larceny and is
continuously implementing resource efficient practices within its infrastructure
7%
33% 833mn m³
■Water losses
■Water sales
60%
■ Own
consumption
Source: GNERC
GGU is the only profitable player on Georgia's WSS market with over 95% average collection rates
6% of the customer base for water utilities in Georgia are commercial entities, the rest are
households
Snapshot of Georgia's WSS market
Average collection rates from households in Georgia 50%, while GGU's average
Company
Coverage area
Country
coverage
Ownership
type
collection rates are around 95%
GGU
Tbilisi, Rustavi,
Mtskheta
28.3%
Private
Water utilities other than GGU operate on state subsidies due to low collection rates and
unauthorized water consumption
BWC
Batumi
3.7%
Public
45.7% of the population gets serviced on the municipal level with bad service quality,
frequent and lengthy interruptions and poor coverage
UWSCG
Part of Georgia
20.7%
Public
Other
Rest of Georgia
47.3%
Municipal
Source: GNERC
GGU
October 2017
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