Municipality/ Umeå

Vakin

Vakin is owned by Umeå and Vindeln municipality, where the company is responsible for water and sewage treatment, waste collection and recycling. We operate 8 recycling centrals (350 000 visitors, 2015), 18 waterworks, 24 wastewater treatment plants and approximately 130 pumping stations.

Being part of city planning, developing environmental issues and designing investigations and projects are parts of our daily work, as well as being a regional competence resource in waste and water issues.

We strive to be energy neutral through heat exchange and biogas production. We are active in customer management, damage investigations, legal matters and communication concerning waste and water issues.

WE OFFER

• Study visits
• Lectures
• Project partnerships

WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Exchange of knowledge
• Development projects
• Educational partnership opportunities

SELECTED REFERENCES

Integrated Environmental System

• Waste Management
• Water Management
• Production of drinking water, waste water cleaning and biogas.