The electricity and water works of the town of Buchs (EWB) was founded in 1902 and today employs around 90 people, including 15 apprentices. The EWB is a public-law company without its own legal personality. As a branch of the town, the EWB has its own management and keeps independent accounts.

• Building, developing, operating and maintaining the infrastructure required to provide the water, electricity and ICT supply and the necessary services.
Construction and maintenance of the spring and pumping systems and the hydrant network of the water supply.Supplying the city's population with electrical energy.
• Construction and operation of Buchs street lighting.
• Operation and maintenance of cable TV and fiber optic networks for the transmission of radio/TV/Internet/telephony signals, support for the IT systems of the municipal administration, elementary school and other companies.

Our services

• Operation and maintenance of fiber optic connections to customers outside the city for data transmission
• Execution of electrical installations and repairs.
• Sale of electrical appliances in the electrical store incl. installation service.
• IT services and energy services

Electrical installation

Power installations / low-current installations
- Network cabling
- EIB/KNX building automation
- Service work in industry, commerce and households
- Energy consulting and energy optimization in households
- Electrical planning for single-family homes

Building automation

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Photovoltaic photovoltaic systems

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Water supply Power supply

Electrical store electrical material

Solar systems solar

E-filling station