The opportunity
2/2 · Clear, recurring pain
A draft law would charge owners of roads and homes for rainwater, and every bill depends on how much roof and paving they own.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
- Towns would owe almost 5bn CZK a year for roads, regions almost 0.5bn.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- Sewer operators mostly bill from areas their customers declare themselves.2 sourcesvodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping,…
- The water industry asked in 2020 for roads and homes to pay too.ivodarenstvi.cziVodárenství — water industry asks to scrap the exemptions (another site)The water industry, through František Barák, argues in 2020 that households and roads pay nothing for the rainwater they send to the sewer and that scrapping the exemption would spare residents a rise in sewerage charges.
P-0037 · A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwater
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About this section
- What this shows
- The problem as it is today: what goes wrong, and who it costs.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Documented pain means you will not have to convince buyers the problem exists before you can sell them the fix.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means clear, recurring pain: documented complaints, a petition or industry pressure. Scattered complaints make it 1/2.
A draft law would charge owners of roads and homes for rainwater, and every bill depends on how much roof and paving they own.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
- Towns would owe almost 5bn CZK a year for roads, regions almost 0.5bn.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- Sewer operators mostly bill from areas their customers declare themselves.2 sourcesvodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping,…
- The water industry asked in 2020 for roads and homes to pay too.ivodarenstvi.cziVodárenství — water industry asks to scrap the exemptions (another site)The water industry, through František Barák, argues in 2020 that households and roads pay nothing for the rainwater they send to the sewer and that scrapping the exemption would spare residents a rise in sewerage charges.
The charge is for rainwater that runs off a roof or paved surface into a public sewer.vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep updated. Under the water-utilities law in force, owners of motorways, roads, public service roads, national and regional railways, zoos, cemeteries and homes pay nothing for it.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
- The draft, from the agriculture ministry, deletes that exemption in full.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy” Its dates are under Why now.VeKLEPodok.czThe bill itself in the legislative library (another site)The government bill amending the Water Act and the water-utilities act, submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and in the inter-ministerial comment procedure since 27 August 2026.In the source’s words“Návrh zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon), ve znění pozdějších předpisů, a další související zákony — Návrh zákona se předkládá podle Plánu legislativních prací vlády na…”
- The ministry's impact assessment is its own estimate of what the change costs.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy” It puts the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for towns, for rainwater from their local roads, and almost 0.5bn for regions, for their second- and third-class roads.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- The state itself would owe less: under 30M CZK a year for motorways and first-class roads, and under 27M CZK for the railways.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- The ministry argues that sewers carry rainwater from every surface, exempt or not, so the cost is not paid by whoever causes it.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- An operator works out each bill from the customer's surfaces, each weighted by how much water it sheds, times the local long-term rainfall.vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep updated. One operator uses 644 mm a year, from 2022.vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep updated.
- The customer declares the surfaces and must report every change at once.vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep updated. Moravská vodárenská, a second operator, publishes the same procedure.vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep updated.
- The water industry argued in 2020 that owners of roads and homes pay nothing for their rainwater, while residents face higher sewerage charges.ivodarenstvi.cziVodárenství — water industry asks to scrap the exemptions (another site)The water industry, through František Barák, argues in 2020 that households and roads pay nothing for the rainwater they send to the sewer and that scrapping the exemption would spare residents a rise in sewerage charges. It put the alternative, metering about 6,000 sewer overflow chambers, at hundreds of millions of crowns.ivodarenstvi.cziVodárenství — water industry asks to scrap the exemptions (another site)The water industry, through František Barák, argues in 2020 that households and roads pay nothing for the rainwater they send to the sewer and that scrapping the exemption would spare residents a rise in sewerage charges.
Suggested solution
Build a service that measures roofs and paving from aerial photos and gives sewer operators a ready billing file, as 2 companies already do in Germany.
Why now
1/3 · Soft deadline
If the draft passes, sewer operators would have to bill roads and homes from July 2027, and towns would pay.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”VeKLEPodok.czThe bill itself in the legislative library (another site)The government bill amending the Water Act and the water-utilities act, submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and in the inter-ministerial comment procedure since 27 August 2026.In the source’s words“Návrh zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon), ve znění pozdějších předpisů, a další…”
- A sewer operator would have to bill roads and homes it never billed.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
- A town would pay for rainwater off every local road, from its budget.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- Homeowners whose roofs drain to a public sewer would start paying.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
P-0037 · A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwater
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About this section
- What this shows
- The dated rules and events that push buyers to act, soonest first.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A dated rule turns “nice to have” into “must buy by”, and tells you how long the window stays open.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means an enacted rule binds these buyers within 18 months and names a penalty. Without a named penalty it is 2/3. A draft law, a rule on someone else, or a date further out is 1/3.
If the draft passes, sewer operators would have to bill roads and homes from July 2027, and towns would pay.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”VeKLEPodok.czThe bill itself in the legislative library (another site)The government bill amending the Water Act and the water-utilities act, submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and in the inter-ministerial comment procedure since 27 August 2026.In the source’s words“Návrh zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon), ve znění pozdějších předpisů, a další…”
- A sewer operator would have to bill roads and homes it never billed.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
- A town would pay for rainwater off every local road, from its budget.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- Homeowners whose roofs drain to a public sewer would start paying.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
Because roads and homes were never billed, an operator has no declared area on file for them.vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep updated. And no Czech firm sells the measuring; see Market gap.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
The dates, and why it is still only a draft:2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”voda.tzb-info.czTZB-info — the ministry proposed the same deletion in 2006 (another site)The agriculture ministry official in charge of water utilities wrote in 2006 that the ministry had proposed deleting the exemptions and that the transport ministry and the union of towns and municipalities…
- On 27 August 2026 the draft went out for comment to the other ministries.VeKLEPodok.czThe bill itself in the legislative library (another site)The government bill amending the Water Act and the water-utilities act, submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and in the inter-ministerial comment procedure since 27 August 2026.In the source’s words“Návrh zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon), ve znění pozdějších předpisů, a další související zákony — Návrh zákona se předkládá podle Plánu legislativních prací vlády na…” It is a government bill that amends both the Water Act and the water-utilities law.VeKLEPodok.czThe bill itself in the legislative library (another site)The government bill amending the Water Act and the water-utilities act, submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and in the inter-ministerial comment procedure since 27 August 2026.In the source’s words“Návrh zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon), ve znění pozdějších předpisů, a další související zákony — Návrh zákona se předkládá podle Plánu legislativních prací vlády na…”
- In July 2027 the draft would take effect.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- By 31 July 2027 Czechia must write the EU's new urban wastewater directive into its own law.EUR-Lexeur-lex.europa.euDirective (EU) 2024/3019 — transposition by 31 July 2027 (another site)The recast urban wastewater directive that treats urban runoff as part of urban wastewater and must be transposed by 31 July 2027 — the reason the Czech draft carries a July 2027 date. The directive counts rainwater running off towns as part of their wastewater, but it does not require charging for it; that choice is the Czech draft's.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at…In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5…”EUR-Lexeur-lex.europa.euDirective (EU) 2024/3019 — transposition by 31 July 2027 (another site)The recast urban wastewater directive that treats urban runoff as part of urban wastewater and must be transposed by 31 July 2027 — the reason the Czech draft carries a July 2027 date.
- On 31 March 2027 the state's loan call for treatment plants closes; what it pays for is under Willing to pay.sfzp.gov.czSFŽP call 2/2026 — 1.36bn CZK of loans for the same plants (another site)The state environmental fund lends 1,355.2M CZK at one percent to upgrade treatment plants above 10,000 population equivalent for the same directive; it funds treatment, not the billing of rainwater, so it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Celkově alokováno finančních prostředků 1 355,2 mil. Kč Zdrojově kryto: 1 219,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Fondu soudržnosti 135,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Státního fondu životního prostředí ČR Termíny pro podání žádostí Datum zahájení příjmu…”
- In 2006 the agriculture ministry proposed the same deletion.voda.tzb-info.czTZB-info — the ministry proposed the same deletion in 2006 (another site)The agriculture ministry official in charge of water utilities wrote in 2006 that the ministry had proposed deleting the exemptions and that the transport ministry and the union of towns and municipalities objected, citing 1.5 to 2bn and 2 to 3bn CZK a year respectively. The transport ministry and the union of towns and municipalities objected, putting their cost at 1.5–2bn and 2–3bn CZK a year, and the exemption stayed.2 sourcesvoda.tzb-info.czTZB-info — the ministry proposed the same deletion in 2006 (another site)The agriculture ministry official in charge of water utilities wrote in 2006 that the ministry had proposed deleting the exemptions and that the transport ministry and the union of towns and municipalities…vodovody-vm.czVaK Vysoké Mýto — how an operator computes the charge today (another site)A mid-size operator's own instructions: annual rainwater volume equals the sum of the customer's reduced areas times the long-term rainfall normal, from surface categories the customer declares and must keep…
- The finance ministry did not back the 2006 proposal either, since the transport ministry's share would come from the state budget.voda.tzb-info.czTZB-info — the ministry proposed the same deletion in 2006 (another site)The agriculture ministry official in charge of water utilities wrote in 2006 that the ministry had proposed deleting the exemptions and that the transport ministry and the union of towns and municipalities objected, citing 1.5 to 2bn and 2 to 3bn CZK a year respectively.
The same bill would bring two more duties:2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czThe same draft — four-yearly energy assessment for 200-plus plants (another site)The same amendment makes owners of plants above 10,000 population equivalent commission an energy assessment of the plant and sewer network every four years; context only, it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Tato povinnost by se měla vztahovat na více než 200 čistíren městských odpadních vod s látkovým zatížením odpovídajícím 10 000 ekvivalentních…”VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe Water Act draft — producer-funded fourth treatment stage (another site)The companion amendment to the Water Act builds a producer-responsibility scheme in which medicine and cosmetics makers fund the fourth treatment stage that removes micropollutants; context only, no score here.In the source’s words“Nejvýrazněji bude podnikatelské prostředí zasaženo v části týkající se rozšířené odpovědnosti výrobce, která se vztahuje na výrobce humánních…”
- Owners of the 200-plus treatment plants sized for more than 10,000 people would have to commission an energy check of each plant and its sewers every four years.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe same draft — four-yearly energy assessment for 200-plus plants (another site)The same amendment makes owners of plants above 10,000 population equivalent commission an energy assessment of the plant and sewer network every four years; context only, it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Tato povinnost by se měla vztahovat na více než 200 čistíren městských odpadních vod s látkovým zatížením odpovídajícím 10 000 ekvivalentních obyvatel a vyšším.”
- Makers of medicines and cosmetics would have to fund a fourth treatment stage that removes trace pollutants.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe Water Act draft — producer-funded fourth treatment stage (another site)The companion amendment to the Water Act builds a producer-responsibility scheme in which medicine and cosmetics makers fund the fourth treatment stage that removes micropollutants; context only, no score here.In the source’s words“Nejvýrazněji bude podnikatelské prostředí zasaženo v části týkající se rozšířené odpovědnosti výrobce, která se vztahuje na výrobce humánních léčivých přípravků a kosmetických přípravků.”
Willing to pay
1/2 · Some signs
One Czech city paid for a surface register in 2019, and water companies buy billing software for the charge.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- In 2019 Kolín paid its water operator to register its billable surfaces.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- No other contract like it has been found in the public contracts register.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- The state's 1.36bn CZK loan call pays for treatment plants, not for billing.sfzp.gov.czSFŽP call 2/2026 — 1.36bn CZK of loans for the same plants (another site)The state environmental fund lends 1,355.2M CZK at one percent to upgrade treatment plants above 10,000 population equivalent for the same directive; it funds treatment, not the billing of rainwater, so it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Celkově alokováno finančních prostředků 1 355,2 mil. Kč Zdrojově kryto: 1 219,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Fondu soudržnosti 135,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Státního fondu životního prostředí ČR Termíny pro podání žádostí Datum zahájení příjmu…”
One purchase
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Willing to pay
About this section
- What this shows
- Who already spends money on this problem, how much, and how they buy.
- Why it matters to a builder
- If people already pay for this, even by hand or through a consultant, you are replacing a spend, not creating a budget.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means a Czech buyer has paid for this, or a priced job also gets public money that pays part of it. A price on file makes it 1/2. Public money alone earns nothing. Only public buyers publish what they pay, so problems sold to private firms often score lower.
One Czech city paid for a surface register in 2019, and water companies buy billing software for the charge.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- In 2019 Kolín paid its water operator to register its billable surfaces.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- No other contract like it has been found in the public contracts register.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- The state's 1.36bn CZK loan call pays for treatment plants, not for billing.sfzp.gov.czSFŽP call 2/2026 — 1.36bn CZK of loans for the same plants (another site)The state environmental fund lends 1,355.2M CZK at one percent to upgrade treatment plants above 10,000 population equivalent for the same directive; it funds treatment, not the billing of rainwater, so it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Celkově alokováno finančních prostředků 1 355,2 mil. Kč Zdrojově kryto: 1 219,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Fondu soudržnosti 135,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Státního fondu životního prostředí ČR Termíny pro podání žádostí Datum zahájení příjmu…”
Kolín's price is in the table of what one buyer pays.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator. The billing software takes whatever area the operator keys in; see Market gap.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator. If the draft passes, two sides would need the new areas measured:VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- The sewer operators, which would have to invoice every newly billed surface.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
- The towns, regions and road authorities that would owe the charge, and would likely want to check the area before they pay.VeKLEPodok.gov.czDraft amendment to the water-utilities act — every rainwater exemption deleted (another site)The agriculture ministry draft deletes the paragraph that exempts roads, railways, cemeteries and homes from paying for rainwater discharged to a public sewer; its impact assessment prices the new bill at almost 5bn CZK a year for municipalities and about 0.5bn for regions, effective July 2027.In the source’s words“Jedná se o roční dopady ve výši téměř 5 mld. Kč na rozpočty obcí v souvislosti s odváděním srážkových vod z komunikací, dopady ve výši téměř 0,5 mld. na rozpočty krajů v souvislosti s úhradou srážkových vod ze silnic II. a III. třídy”
The loan call is from the State Environmental Fund, for the same EU directive.sfzp.gov.czSFŽP call 2/2026 — 1.36bn CZK of loans for the same plants (another site)The state environmental fund lends 1,355.2M CZK at one percent to upgrade treatment plants above 10,000 population equivalent for the same directive; it funds treatment, not the billing of rainwater, so it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Celkově alokováno finančních prostředků 1 355,2 mil. Kč Zdrojově kryto: 1 219,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Fondu soudržnosti 135,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Státního fondu životního prostředí ČR Termíny pro podání žádostí Datum zahájení příjmu…” It lends 1,355.2M CZK at 1% to upgrade treatment plants sized for more than 10,000 people, up to 200M CZK a project.sfzp.gov.czSFŽP call 2/2026 — 1.36bn CZK of loans for the same plants (another site)The state environmental fund lends 1,355.2M CZK at one percent to upgrade treatment plants above 10,000 population equivalent for the same directive; it funds treatment, not the billing of rainwater, so it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Celkově alokováno finančních prostředků 1 355,2 mil. Kč Zdrojově kryto: 1 219,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Fondu soudržnosti 135,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Státního fondu životního prostředí ČR Termíny pro podání žádostí Datum zahájení příjmu…” Applications opened on 2 July 2026, and the closing date is under Why now.sfzp.gov.czSFŽP call 2/2026 — 1.36bn CZK of loans for the same plants (another site)The state environmental fund lends 1,355.2M CZK at one percent to upgrade treatment plants above 10,000 population equivalent for the same directive; it funds treatment, not the billing of rainwater, so it backs no score here.In the source’s words“Celkově alokováno finančních prostředků 1 355,2 mil. Kč Zdrojově kryto: 1 219,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Fondu soudržnosti 135,6 mil. Kč z prostředků Státního fondu životního prostředí ČR Termíny pro podání žádostí Datum zahájení příjmu…”
One purchase
What one buyer pays
- 1 449 919 CZK once
- Město Kolín, a town of about 32,000 people Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czKolín — a register of the surfaces liable for the rainwater charge (another site)What one Czech city paid its water operator in 2019 for a one-off register of the surfaces already liable for the rainwater charge — the manual equivalent of the product, priced.
Validated abroad
2/3 · Proven once
In Germany, two firms map roofs and paving from aerial photos so towns can bill rainwater by area.2 sourcescaigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt.
- CAIGOS (another site)Based in Germany
- Phoenics (another site)Based in Germany
P-0037 · A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwater
Validated abroad
About this section
- What this shows
- Companies abroad that already sell a solution, and how far along they are.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Established companies selling it in other markets show that buyers will pay, so you are not betting on an untested idea.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means established in two or more markets, one of them near Czechia. 2/3 is one established company, 1/3 only early players.
In Germany, two firms map roofs and paving from aerial photos so towns can bill rainwater by area.2 sourcescaigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt.
- caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
Founded 1987 in Kirkel; more than 1,200 customers among German municipalities and utilities; since 2010 it has introduced or re-surveyed the split sewer charge for more than 40 municipalities, with named customers including Meissen, Zwickau, Speyer, Ludwigshafen, Lübeck and Regensburg on its service page (caigos.de, read 2026-09-04). Part of the VIVAVIS group.
- phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt.
Founded 1994 in Seelze, 11 to 50 staff; calls itself the market leader in capturing and updating sealed-surface data for more than 25 years, and its named customers include Hamburg and Frankfurt, where it has re-run the survey (phoenics.de and its LinkedIn page, read 2026-09-04).
After several court rulings, German towns must, with a few exceptions, split the sewer charge in two: one part for wastewater and one for rainwater, billed by each plot's paved area.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
The first firm runs the whole job, from the flight to the fee notice:caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
- It flies over the town and traces every roof and paved surface from the photos, matched to the official land register map.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
- It sends each owner a form for each plot, to check the measured areas.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
- A phone hotline and a desk at the town hall help owners fill the forms in for several weeks.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
- It feeds the answers back in and fixes the final billable areas.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
- With a partner engineering firm it works out the fee rate.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010. It hands the town the finished data, and sells software that keeps it up to date through to the fee notice.caigos.deCAIGOS (another site)A Kirkel GIS house that has flown, mapped and handed to billing the sealed surfaces of more than 40 German municipalities since 2010.
The second firm re-measures a town from fresh aerial photos at a better resolution, and has done so in many towns of every size and in two big cities.phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt. It estimates that paved area in mid-size towns grows by 2 to 3% a year.phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt. In some German states the aerial photos are free to get.phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt. With partners it also runs the owners' self-check, recalculates the fees and loads the data into the town's software.phoenics.dePhoenics (another site)A Seelze photogrammetry firm, founded 1994, that captures and updates sealed-surface registers for the split sewer charge and has re-run the survey for Hamburg and Frankfurt.
Market gap
2/2 · Open
Czech billing systems already invoice the charge, but no Czech firm has been found selling the measuring.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: nobody on file. New, selling something nearby: Softbit software (since 2005). Established, selling something nearby: DATAINFO (since 1991), USYS (UTILITIES SYSTEMS) (since 1992), Energie AG Kolín (formerly VODOS) (since 1993). No established player sells this here.
The space is still open
- EarlySells something nearby · since 2005Softbit software (another site)It sells an information system for water companies covering meter points, readings and the billing of water and sewerage charges (softbit.cz, read 2026-09-04).Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1991DATAINFO (another site)It sells ZIS Datainfo Vodné a Stočné, a billing program for small and mid-size water utilities that invoices water, sewerage and rainwater charges.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1992USYS (UTILITIES SYSTEMS) (another site)It sells USYS.net, the customer information and billing system most Czech water companies run, with customers including Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, Brněnské vodárny a kanalizace and Ostravské vodárny a kanalizace, in use since 1992 (usys.cz, read 2026-09-04).Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1993Energie AG Kolín (formerly VODOS) (another site)The Kolín water and sewer operator: it made the 2019 register of surfaces liable for the rainwater charge for its own city, with customers including Město Kolín, which paid about 1.45M CZK for it and later awarded it the 2026 to 2035 sewerage concession.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
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Market gap
About this section
- What this shows
- Czech companies that already sell this, and firms nearby that sell something else.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A mature Czech seller means taking customers from an incumbent. Firms nearby still matter: the buyer may already pay them.
- How to read the score
- More points mean a more open field. 2/2 means no Czech company sells this, 1/2 only early ones do, 0/2 a mature one does.
Czech billing systems already invoice the charge, but no Czech firm has been found selling the measuring.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: nobody on file. New, selling something nearby: Softbit software (since 2005). Established, selling something nearby: DATAINFO (since 1991), USYS (UTILITIES SYSTEMS) (since 1992), Energie AG Kolín (formerly VODOS) (since 1993). No established player sells this here.
The space is still open
- EarlySells something nearby · since 2005Softbit software (another site)It sells an information system for water companies covering meter points, readings and the billing of water and sewerage charges (softbit.cz, read 2026-09-04).Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1991DATAINFO (another site)It sells ZIS Datainfo Vodné a Stočné, a billing program for small and mid-size water utilities that invoices water, sewerage and rainwater charges.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1992USYS (UTILITIES SYSTEMS) (another site)It sells USYS.net, the customer information and billing system most Czech water companies run, with customers including Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, Brněnské vodárny a kanalizace and Ostravské vodárny a kanalizace, in use since 1992 (usys.cz, read 2026-09-04).Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1993Energie AG Kolín (formerly VODOS) (another site)The Kolín water and sewer operator: it made the 2019 register of surfaces liable for the rainwater charge for its own city, with customers including Město Kolín, which paid about 1.45M CZK for it and later awarded it the 2026 to 2035 sewerage concession.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
Sells something nearby 4
- Established: USYS (UTILITIES SYSTEMS) (another site)Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
It sells USYS.net, the customer information and billing system most Czech water companies run, with customers including Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, Brněnské vodárny a kanalizace and Ostravské vodárny a kanalizace, in use since 1992 (usys.cz, read 2026-09-04). It bills the rainwater charge from whatever area the operator keys in; it does not measure the area. The current legal entity dates from 2022, the product line from 1992.
- Established: DATAINFO (another site)Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
It sells ZIS Datainfo Vodné a Stočné, a billing program for small and mid-size water utilities that invoices water, sewerage and rainwater charges; it publishes a public customer count in words — hundreds of customers — and has developed the program for over 35 years (datainfo.cz, read 2026-09-04). It invoices from a declared area and does not map surfaces.
Found by the register’s market check
- No source on file
It sells an information system for water companies covering meter points, readings and the billing of water and sewerage charges (softbit.cz, read 2026-09-04); its page says nothing about rainwater and names no customer, so how much it sells is unknown.
- Established: Energie AG Kolín (formerly VODOS) (another site)Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czKolín — a register of the surfaces liable for the rainwater charge (another site)What one Czech city paid its water operator in 2019 for a one-off register of the surfaces already liable for the rainwater charge — the manual equivalent of the product, priced.
The Kolín water and sewer operator: it made the 2019 register of surfaces liable for the rainwater charge for its own city, with customers including Město Kolín, which paid about 1.45M CZK for it and later awarded it the 2026 to 2035 sewerage concession.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czKolín — a register of the surfaces liable for the rainwater charge (another site)What one Czech city paid its water operator in 2019 for a one-off register of the surfaces already liable for the rainwater charge — the manual equivalent of the product, priced. It surveys for the city it operates and does not sell surface mapping to other operators.
- Two billing systems invoice the charge from a keyed-in area, but measure nothing.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- A third system bills water and sewerage for water companies.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- Kolín's water operator made the one surface register on file, for Kolín alone.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- No Czech firm was found selling the whole job as a product: measuring surfaces from aerial photos and the land register, a statement for each owner, and a file for billing.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
- Czech mapping and aerial-photo firms exist, but none came up in any search for this service.Market checkusys.czCzech check — billing engines exist, the measuring does not (another site)Five Czech query shapes, an English one, the state contracts register in full text and the business register: the billing systems that invoice the charge are named, no Czech vendor sells the surface mapping, and the one register on file was made by a city's own operator.
Execution difficulty
1/3 · Hard
Makes it easier
- No licence is needed.
- No Czech firm sells the measuring yet.
- A first job needs no outside money.
Makes it harder
- The payers are towns, regions and road authorities.
- The work depends on the state's aerial photos and land register.
P-0037 · A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwater
Execution difficulty
About this section
- What this shows
- What stands between you and the first sale: who buys, what permission selling needs, what it must plug into, and whether it needs outside money.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It tells you whether a small team can start selling soon, or needs a licence, a certification or funding first.
- How to read the score
- More points mean easier to enter: 3/3 is easy, 0/3 very hard. It is not added to the Opportunity total, and local competition does not count here: that is Market gap.
Hard
Makes it easier
- No licence is needed.
- No Czech firm sells the measuring yet.
- A first job needs no outside money.
Makes it harder
- The payers are towns, regions and road authorities, so most sales go through public purchasing rules.
- The work depends on the state's aerial photos and land register.
Local competition does not change this level. It is covered under Market gap.
Suggested first moves
- Build a tool that measures every roof and paved yard in one sewer operator's area from the state's free aerial photos.
- Offer one mid-size sewer operator a register of the surfaces it bills, at the price one Czech city already paid.
- Send each owner a pre-filled statement of the measured areas on their plot, with an easy way to correct it.
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Suggested first moves
About this section
- What this shows
- A few concrete steps to start with.
- Why it matters to a builder
- They are cheap ways to learn whether buyers will pay, before you build much.
- Build a tool that measures every roof and paved yard in one sewer operator's area from the state's free aerial photos. Use the aerial photos of the state surveying office and the building outlines in the state's address and building register. Ask the operator for a sample of the areas its customers have declared, and check your numbers against them; how those areas are declared today is under The opportunity. A tool that agrees with the declared areas where they are right, and shows where they are wrong, is what you show every buyer after that.
- Offer one mid-size sewer operator a register of the surfaces it bills, at the price one Czech city already paid. That price, and who paid it, are under Willing to pay; there the city paid, so offer it to the town as well as to its operator. The operator gets its declared areas checked now, and a head start on the new surfaces if the draft passes; see Why now. Then sell a yearly update, since towns keep paving, as the German firms found; see Validated abroad.
- Send each owner a pre-filled statement of the measured areas on their plot, with an easy way to correct it. Mail it, or show it in the operator's customer portal. The German firms send each owner a form per plot and run a phone hotline while owners check it; see Validated abroad. An owner who has agreed the area before the first bill has less reason to dispute it.
- Hand the operator a billing file its current billing system can import, so nothing else changes for it. Czech water companies already run billing systems that invoice the charge from an area someone keys in; see Market gap. Match their import formats, and the measured areas go straight onto the invoices.
- Offer towns, regions and road authorities their own billable area, worked out before the operator's invoice arrives. If the draft passes, they would owe the charge on every road they run; see The opportunity. Knowing the area first lets them check the invoice, and the data you already hold for the operator answers it.