APA VITAL adds the TaKaDu capabilities as part of its ongoing commitment to operational excellence
Iasi, Romania and Rosh-Haayin, Israel – July 8th, 2024
APA VITAL, a leading water utility from Iasi Romania, deployed TaKaDu’s Central Event Management (CEM) solution across its network. The City of Iasi is one of the largest and progressive cities in Romania and home to more than 271,692 people.
APA VITAL S.A. is a water utility with assets belonging to the Territorial Administrative Units. The company manages the drinking water and sewerage systems, provides a safe, highquality water and wastewater collecting services while considering public health and the environmental sustainability. The network size the company manages consists of 4,497 km of main water pipes and 1,704 km of sewer systems including 125,664 water connections and 43,728 sewer connections.
“APA VITAL has a continuous commitment to reduce water losses and now we start introducing innovative approaches for management pressure and losses in the water supply systems” says Mr. Mihai Dorus, General Director of APA VITAL. “Over the years we performed multiple activities related to efficiency improvement, asset management, legislative requirements, economic objectives, customer service, and management of increasing volumes of big data. With that said, we believe that TaKaDu’s Central Event Management (CEM) will play an essential role in our efforts to achieve all these goals,” he added.
“APA VITAL’s ongoing commitment to operational excellence is clearly evident in their history and culture” says Amir Peleg, TaKaDu’s Founder and CEO. “I am confident that our CEM solution will have a significant impact on their goals, as it has been impacting leading utilities across the globe for over a decade. We are very excited to embark on this journey together with APA VITAL excellent team” he added.
About APA VITAL
APAVITAL S.A. is the largest regional operator in the field of public water supply and sewerage services in the north-eastern region of Romania. It is one of the largest operators at a national level, serving three counties (Iași, Neamț and Botoşani) and prospects network expansions to other areas of the north-eastern region of the country soon.
Since 2023, APAVITAL S.A. delivers drinking water to the Republic of Moldova.
APAVITAL S.A. shareholders are the Iași County Council and the Administrative-Territorial Units of the water distribution and the wastewater collection region.
APAVITAL S.A. was established based on the Law related to community services of public utilities no. 51/2006, it operates based on the Water Supply and Sewerage Service Law no. 241/2006 as well as the Regulation of water supply and sewerage services, approved by Decision no. 21/2019 of the Regional Association of Water and Sewer Iasi Services – ARSACIS.
APAVITAL S.A. holds a Class I License issued by the National Regulatory Authority of Community Public Utilities Services (ANRSC), based on the Contract for Delegation of Management of Public Water and Sewerage Services concluded with the inter-community development association ARSACIS, on behalf of its members (the Administrative-Territorial Units).
APAVITAL S.A. is a member of the Romanian Water Association and is involved with other operators in promoting a sustainable management of water resources in Romania.
Most of the activities of the company are characterized by complexity, diversity and adaptability to market requirements and to customer expectations.
In 2023, the company provided water services to 556,989 inhabitants and sewerage collection services to 366,736 people, including processing of the sewage in wastewater treatment plants.
About TaKaDu
TaKaDu (www.takadu.com) is a global leader in Central Event Management (CEM) solutions for water utilities. TaKaDu’s cloud-based service enables utilities to detect, analyse and manage network events and incidents, such as leaks, bursts, faulty assets, telemetry and data issues, operational failures, water quality, sewage blockages and more. TaKaDu acts as the central management layer for all network events detected by its own data analytics engine and other external alerting systems (e.g., acoustic loggers, sensor alerts). TaKaDu can be easily integrated with other IT systems such as GIS, work order, CRM, call centre and asset management.
Converting raw data into knowledge using big data analytics and algorithms, TaKaDu provides visibility and actionable insights for increased efficiency, water loss reduction and improved customer service. A cloud-based SaaS platform, TaKaDu brings together huge amounts of information in an easy-to-use, flexible and scalable solution. TaKaDu’s AI solution is operational 24/7 in leading water utilities in 15 countries.
