Sanitation services under an in-house contract

Observed climate change, increasingly frequent extreme weather events and growing pressure on urban municipal infrastructure mean that effective stormwater management is becoming one of the key elements in building the resilience and safety of modern cities. Although underground infrastructure is invisible to residents in their day-to-day lives, it plays a fundamental role in reducing the risk of flooding, protecting property, ensuring the city’s continued functioning and maintaining an appropriate standard of living.
Using the municipality of Czechowice-Dziedzice as an example, the expert will present experiences relating to the implementation of tasks under the ‘in-house’ model, which enables the efficient planning, maintenance and development of the stormwater drainage infrastructure by Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o. in Czechowice-Dziedzice. The benefits of direct network management will be discussed, including faster response times to emergencies, effective use of operational data, better coordination of maintenance activities and long-term cost optimisation.

Dr. of economic sciences in the field of management sciences, Adjunct professor at the WSB Academy in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Deputy Mayor of Czechowice-Dziedzice, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o. in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Certified Lead Auditor of the Information Security Management System, Member of the Regional Energy Council at the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts.