more and more industries are attracted by veolia water’s technological expertise
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More and more industries are attracted by Veolia Water’s technological expertise
With eight significant contracts signed in 2012 and a particularly positive performance
by the industrial segment, Veolia Water’s technology subsidiary has further entrenched its position as the benchmark on the world’s water treatment market.
Paris, October 19, 2012 - Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is attracting more and more industries seeking to reconcile productivity and energy savings with a smaller environmental footprint. Since the start of 2012, Veolia Water’s technology subsidiary has signed a series of eight significant contracts with industry clients.
These industries have access to Veolia Water’s portfolio of 350 proprietary technological processes that are tailored to the new challenge they face of having to recycle their effluent and recover the material contained in their production waste–potash, phosphorus, etc.–for its reuse or as a revenue stream. For example, in Spain, Veolia Water material recovery technology was chosen by Spanish fertilizer manufacturer Iberpotash under a major contract. Based on HPD’s evaporation and crystallization processes, the system will recover the salts and potash in the production waste from which it will produce up to 750,000 metric tons/year of food processing and chemical salts, and 50,000 metric tons/year of white potash. Entirely designed in a closed
loop with construction slated for completion in 2014 by Veolia Water, the facility will continuously recirculate the condensate and effluent back into the production circuit eliminating all final liquid residue and reducing the environmental footprint. Another example, in Canada, where one of the largest producers of bituminous sands in north Alberta has been using the HPD evaporation technology since 2010 to treat the feed water for its production process that yields 40,000 barrels/day (6,350 cubic meters/day). In 2012, this producer contracted Veolia Water for a similar sized project in the same region. The system uses a Veolia Water proprietary process to treat the production water in situ while recovering 20,500 cubic meters/day of this treated water to feed the site’s boilers. With more than 800 facilities in over 30 countries using HPD evaporation and crystallization technology, Veolia Water has proven expertise that is sought after by a growing number of industrial clients.
In the first half of 2012, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies also won a major contract in Brazil to treat and recover industrial effluent at the Petrobras petrochemical complex in Rio de Janeiro (COMPERJ). “Veolia Water’s Technology business reported strong results for the first half of 2012. In all sectors, across a wide range of problems, new clients like Iberpotash in Spain, or long-standing ones such as Petrobras in Brazil, have underscored the trust they have in Veolia Water by choosing us for ambitious projects,” says Jean-Michel Herrewyn, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Water. “These examples are all proof that our ‘customized’ technological solutions and our industrial water treatment and recovery expertise provide a perfect response to the expectations of clients concerned about optimizing their production costs and managing their environmental footprint.”
First-half 2012 sales were up by 7.2% to a total 1.086 billion euros, of this figure the industry sector accounted for 650 million euros.
************* Veolia Water, the water division of Veolia Environnement, is the world leader in water and wastewater services. Specialized in outsourcing services for municipal authorities, as well as industrial and service companies, it is also one of the world’s major designers of technological solutions and constructor of facilities needed in water and wastewater services. With 96,651 employees in 69 countries, Veolia Water provides water service to 103 million people and wastewater service to 73 million. Its 2011 revenue amounted to €12.617 billion. www.veoliawater.com Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) is the worldwide reference in environmental solutions. With more than 330,000 employees the company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and passenger transportation. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €29.6 billion* in 2011. www.veolia.com * Excluding Veolia Transdev revenues currently under divestment
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