Division of water sources in accordance with the Water Regulations

Completion of the division into water bodies in coastal water in accordance with new typology, and review and correction of errors in the division into fresh water sources.

The Norwegian Environment Agency intends to expand the contract with Marbio AS 10 July 2024 for an updated division of water sources in coastal water in the Water Network. The division shall be based on new typology for coastal water and the existing division into the Water Network. The contract was signed after the project was announced in 2024 and Marbio AS was the only tenderer. A new tender contest will not be held because updating of the water resources division in coastal water has been far more time consuming than initially anticipated, and as the supplier has developed a method of execution of high professional quality and that provides an equivalent framework for division across water regions. It is crucial to have the same professional basis for division across regions, continuity of the work shall therefore form the basis for the assignment. The work has been almost completed, with only a few remaining water regions.

A review and correction of errors must also be carried out in the division into fresh water instances. This work has started on the supplier for the northern part of the country and the supplier has seen that there are also several errors and shortcomings in the rest of the country that must be corrected.

For the Norwegian Environment Agency it is important that the work in both fresh water and coastal areas is carried out in accordance with the same template and on the same terms throughout the entire country. This is best ensured by the tenderer continuing and finalising the started work.