Water utility seeks provider for new GIS–SCADA–IoT control platform
A new integrated monitoring platform will tie together GIS, SCADA and IoT to tighten control of water assets and reflects a wider shift to smart utilities.
A new integrated monitoring platform will tie together GIS, SCADA and IoT to tighten control of water assets and reflects a wider shift to smart utilities.
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A regional water infrastructure operator plans to build a single digital platform to monitor and manage its network in real time, combining GIS, SCADA and IoT technologies. The move towards an integrated operational monitoring system underlines how utilities are using data to improve both the sustainability and efficiency of core assets.
Exploatare Sistem Zonal Prahova SA has published a contract notice for an Integrated Operational Monitoring Information System. The contract covers the development and implementation of a unified information system aimed at improving how water infrastructure is managed.
According to the notice, the platform will rely on three main technology pillars: geographic information systems (GIS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and internet of things (IoT) components. Together, these point to a system designed to connect asset mapping, real-time operational data and field devices into one coherent picture of the network.
The buyer sets clear objectives around sustainability and efficiency in water infrastructure management. While the notice does not spell out detailed functions, the emphasis on advanced GIS suggests a focus on better understanding the location, condition and interconnection of assets, while SCADA and IoT elements indicate a shift towards continuous monitoring and remote control of key equipment.
The Prahova initiative lands in a year marked by a series of similar investments in digitally enabled water networks. In November 2025, Botkyrka kommun launched a tender for a new SCADA System for Water Supply, seeking an overarching control and monitoring system to replace its existing set‑up and allow future connections of additional facilities.
Water and wastewater companies are also pairing control systems with geo-spatial tools. In June 2025, Vodosnabdyavane i Kanalizatsiya - Varna OOD issued a contract notice for a Geographical Information System for Asset Management, aiming to improve the efficiency of water supply and sewerage operations through software development, data migration and training. In November 2025, Vodosnabdyavane i Kanalizatsiya EAD in Burgas went further, tendering a combined SCADA System Upgrade and GIS for its water supply and sewage systems, including system analysis, technical design, equipment supply, configuration, data integration and staff training.
Some municipalities are framing smart water as part of broader resilience strategies. In October 2025, Gmina Lgota Wielka launched a Smart Water Management System that combines smart measuring devices, a SCADA management system, a GIS for data management, a mathematical model for network optimisation, and devices for access to drinking water and grey water utilisation.
The focus on telemetry is also evident. The Eparchiakos Organismos Aftodioikisis Larnakas published a contract notice in September 2025 for a comprehensive Telemetry System for Water Supply, covering support systems, sensors and photovoltaic equipment to monitor and control water infrastructure.
Reading these projects together with the Prahova tender, several themes recur:
The same integrated monitoring logic is now visible well beyond the water sector. In road transport, Technická správa komunikací hl. m. Prahy, a.s. issued a Mobile Traffic Information System procurement in June 2025, covering software, hardware, training and ongoing support for traffic management and information. In October 2025, Compania Nationala de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere S.A. sought Integrated Road Inspection Systems for traffic monitoring, safety inspection and vehicle weighing.
In November 2025, Odikes Sygkoinonies M.A.E. (O.SY. M.A.E.) published a notice for a Road Network Monitoring System to record road conditions, traffic movement and violations, enabling data collection and visualisation for vehicle operations. Earlier, in June 2025, AB Via Lietuva tendered Monitoring Systems Installation Services at pumping stations, oil catchers and other critical road equipment.
Energy and multi-utility operators are following the same track. Elektrorazpredelitelni Mrezhi Zapad EAD issued a contract notice in November 2025 for an IT system for intelligent electrical energy metering, including infrastructure, licences, data migration and training. Bulgartransgaz EAD is procuring a new SCADA System for its Gas Network, with engineering design, equipment supply, installation, training and warranty maintenance.
On the water side, Dimotiki Epicheirisi Ydrefsis Apohetefsis Rodou (D.E.Y.A.R.) in Rhodes is blending security and operations. Its Integrated Security and Water Management Solutions contract, published in November 2025, covers a CCTV system, burglar alarms, networking equipment, PSIM software and other critical infrastructure for water facilities.
Even in health and local administration, buyers are converging on integrated platforms. Hospitals in Craiova, Mangalia and Bacău have all gone to market for IT systems and digital infrastructure, integrated information systems and an Integrated Information System for Hospital that explicitly includes installation, configuration, staff training and commissioning. The Municipality of Drama is pursuing a modern cloud-based system to handle electronic applications, document flows and municipal revenues, as set out in its Upgrade of Information Systems project published in September 2025.
Against this backdrop, the Prahova water infrastructure project fits a clear pattern: public owners are trying to move from siloed, device-level monitoring towards integrated platforms that support operations, planning and reporting. However, the notice for the Integrated Operational Monitoring Information System keeps the description at a high level, focusing on objectives rather than technical detail.
Future documentation will show how the buyer intends to phase implementation, how much existing equipment will be integrated rather than replaced, and how responsibilities will be divided between software development, hardware delivery and long-term support. Comparable tenders such as the Burgas SCADA and GIS upgrade, the Bulgartransgaz gas network SCADA and the Bacău hospital information system all include significant elements of configuration, data migration, training and maintenance, underscoring that integrated monitoring is as much an organisational change project as a technology one.
For now, the Prahova contract highlights three issues that other utilities and policymakers will be watching: whether integrating GIS, SCADA and IoT delivers measurable gains in water efficiency and asset performance; how new systems handle cybersecurity and data governance; and to what extent the resulting platform can be reused or mirrored by neighbouring operators. As more such notices appear, they will offer a growing evidence base on how far integrated digital monitoring can reshape the management of essential public infrastructure.
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