Water utility serving 4M residents across Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance
Zweckverband Bodensee-Wasserversorgung operates critical water infrastructure across Baden-Württemberg, managing 1,700 km of distribution network and 130M cubic meters annual throughput. The tech stack—Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, Cisco, SAP MM, plus custom scripting in Perl and Bash—reflects a mature operational backbone built for reliability rather than speed. Active hiring remains balanced between engineering and operations, with documented pain around IT system integration and software migrations, indicating the organization is actively modernizing legacy infrastructure.
Bodensee-Wasserversorgung is a public-sector water utility formed in 1954 as a cooperative association (Zweckverband) of municipalities. It extracts raw water from 60 meters depth in Lake Constance's Überlinger See, treats it through three naturalistic processing stages, and distributes finished drinking water to 183 member municipalities covering roughly 4 million residents across Baden-Württemberg. The organization operates from Stuttgart and maintains strict compliance with German drinking water standards. Current digitization efforts focus on document management, process automation, and construction project oversight.
Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, Cisco networking, Fortinet security, SAP MM (materials management), plus Perl and Bash for automation and scripting.
Active projects include document management system modernization, process digitization, and construction process management, alongside broader IT system integration and software migration work.
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