IVAR IKS is an inter-municipal company with responsibility for water, sewerage and waste disposal.

I = Inter-municipal

V = Water

A = Drain

R = Renovation

IVAR's purpose is to construct and operate municipal technical common facilities for water, sewage and waste disposal. The company's vision is to ensure the region's market's most competitive water, sewerage and waste disposal services.

The fact that IVAR is an inter-municipal company means that we are owned by several municipalities. IVAR is owned by 12 municipalities; Stavanger, Sola, Sandnes, Gjesdal, Hå, Time, Strand, Hjelmeland, Kvitsøy, Randaberg, Klepp and Suldal, with a total population of approx. 340,000.