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{{Short description|Water supply and treatment division of French company Veolia Environnement}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Veolia Water
| logo =
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| slogan =
| foundation = {{date and age|1853}}
| location = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| key_people = Jean-Michel Herrewyn (Chief Executive Officer)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veoliawater.com/veolia-water/organization/management/ |title= Veolia Water &#124; Executive board|website=www.veoliawater.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822160349/http://www.veoliawater.com/veolia-water/organization/management/ |archive-date=August 22, 2009}}</ref>
| num_employees = 95,789
| industry = [[Water supply]], [[water treatment]] and [[sewage treatment]]
| revenue = {{increase}}€12.5 billion
| parent = [[Veolia Environnement]]
| subsid = Proxiserve<br />SEDE Environnement<br />Sétude<br />Seureca<br />SIDEF<br />Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
| homepage = {{url|http://www.veolia.com}}
}}
'''Veolia Water''' (formerly '''Vivendi Water''', originally [[Compagnie Générale des Eaux]]) is the [[water industry|water division]] of the French company [[Veolia Environnement]] and the world's largest supplier of [[water services]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Prud'homme|first1=Alex|title=The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century.|date=2011|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=9781416535454|page=[https://archive.org/details/rippleeffectfate00prud_0/page/269 269]|edition=1st|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rippleeffectfate00prud_0/page/269}}</ref>
== History ==
The Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) was created in 1853. In 1889, its first research laboratory was established at 52, rue d’Anjou in Paris, France. Veolia Water’s headquarters are still located at this site.
1918 saw the creation of the SADE (Société Auxiliaire des Distributions d'Eau), specializing in water networks and the delivery of [[drinking water]]. In 1953, construction began on a CGE water treatment facility at Clay Lane, near London; by 2001, it was the world’s largest [[ultrafiltration]] plant, supplying water to 750,000 people in the city.
Veolia Water’s humanitarian crisis response team, Waterforce, was created in 1998, prompted by [[Hurricane Mitch]] in Nicaragua and the flooding of the [[Yangtze River]] in China.
In 1980, CGE expanded into other businesses such as [[Veolia Transport|transport]] and [[Dalkia|energy]] services by acquiring other companies. The original CGE water industry remained as the water division of CGE. In 1998, CGE was renamed [[Vivendi]], and in 1999, the environmental divisions of CGE was consolidated under [[Veolia|Vivendi Environnement]], with the water division renamed Vivendi Water in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/profile/history/1950-2000|title=The history of Veolia : 1950 - 2000|publisher=Veolia|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129081710/https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/profile/history/1950-2000|archive-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, Vivendi Environnement was renamed Veolia Environnement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/profile/history/2000-2010|title=The history of Veolia : 2000 - 2010|publisher=Veolia|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129080552/https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/profile/history/2000-2010|archive-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later in 2005, Veolia Environnement united its four global divisions ([[Veolia Environmental Services|Environmental Services]], [[Veolia Energy-Dalkia|Energy]], [[Veolia Transport|Transport]] and Water) under the Veolia brand. Vivendi Water thus was renamed Veolia Water.<ref name="veoliawater1">{{cite web|url=http://www.veoliawater.com/about/history/ |title=History |publisher=Veolia Water |access-date=2013-09-15}}</ref>
In 2002, Vivendi Water expanded its municipal water services in 2002 to major cities such as [[Indianapolis]] (USA), [[Bucharest]] (Romania), [[Berlin]] (Germany) and [[Shanghai]] (China).
The UK water supply businesses branded as Veolia Water were sold by Veolia Environnement for £1.2 billion on 28 June 2012 to Rift Acquisitions, an entity established by [[Morgan Stanley]] and [[M&G Investments]]. Veolia Environnement is using the proceeds of the disposal to reduce its debt, as part of a 5bn-euro debt-reduction programme announced in December 2011 and will retain a 10% stake in the new business [[Affinity Water]] for at least five years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Veolia sells UK water business for £1.2bn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18621952 |newspaper=BBC News Online |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=21 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Veolia cède son activité Eau Régulée au Royaume-Uni |url=http://www.finance.veolia.com/docs/VE-CP-28-juin-12_2.pdf |publisher=Veolia Environnement |language=fr |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=30 September 2012}}</ref> Affinity Water began operations on 1 October 2012.
==Activities==
[[File:Everett Water Pollution Control Facility main buildings from I-5.jpg|thumb|right|A [[sewage treatment]] plant along [[Interstate 5]] in [[Everett, Washington]]]]
Veolia Water's activities can be grouped into two main areas: providing clean drinking water, and collecting and treating waste water/sewerage water.{{Citation needed|reason=Website is down, plus website is company website|date=August 2024}}
===Drinking water===
Veolia Water sources, [[Drinkable water|treats]], stores and transports water from the environment (surface water deposits, rivers and subterranean [[aquifer]]s) for distribution to populations. Veolia Water supplies nearly 95 million people around the world with [[drinking water]].{{Citation needed|reason=Website is down, plus website is company website|date=August 2024}}
===Waste water treatment===
[[File:Bragança43.jpg|thumb|right|A [[sewage treatment]] plant in Portugal]]
Veolia Water collects and then treats water in line with national and international regulations. Different treatments are provided depending on the level of pollution. Afterwards, the water re-enters the [[water cycle]]. Veolia Water delivers [[wastewater treatment]] services to 68 million people around the world and, as of 2009, it managed 3,229 [[municipal water]] treatment plants.{{Citation needed|reason=Website is down, plus website is company website|date=August 2024}}
In October 2010, Veolia Water was contracted to rebuild a wastewater treatment plant in [[Lille]] (France) in a project that will ultimately have the capacity to treat waste water from 620,000 inhabitants in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display/articles/waterworld/world-regions/europe/2010/10/New-wastewater-treatment-plant-in-France.html |title=New wastewater treatment plant in France to be built, operated by Veolia |publisher=WaterWorld |access-date=2013-09-15}}{{Citation needed|reason=Website is blank|date=August 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.workingwithwater.net/view/9822/veolia-water-consortium-awarded-concession-contract-for-grand-prado-wastewater-treatment-plant/ |title=Veolia Water consortium awarded concession contract for Grand Prado wastewater treatment plant |publisher=Working With Water |date=2010-05-28 |access-date=2013-09-15}}</ref>
== Sustainable development==
Veolia Water works on reducing the environmental impact of water use through a number of strategies.
* Saving water: reducing [[leak]]s in the system and managing consumption through systems such as [[water meter]]s.
* Protecting [[water resources]]: treating wastewater and preventing [[water pollution|pollution]], for example by avoiding discharge into aquifers.
* Limiting the environmental impact of [[energy use]]: optimizing facilities, exploring water as a source of [[renewable energy]]. Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies has begun a "carbon initiative" to analyze the sources of customers' emissions and offer lower-carbon water treatment solutions.
* Developing alternative resources: recycling treated water, [[aquifer recharge|recharging aquifers]], desalinating seawater.{{Citation needed|reason=Website is down, plus website is company website|date=August 2024}}
In 2008, Veolia Water established Grameen-Veolia Water Ltd in partnership with the [[Grameen Bank]], aiming to provide clean drinking water to 100,000 people in [[Water in Bangladesh|Bangladesh]].<ref name="veoliawater1"/>
== Major subsidiaries ==
'''Veolia Water’s subsidiaries include:'''
* SADE, which to builds and maintains water mains and water networks for delivering and distributing drinking water, and processing waste water.
* Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies provides services to both local authorities and private industry, aiming to help them to reduce their environmental impact. In 2007 a [[joint venture]] between Doshion Limited (A Water Solutions Giant in Gujarat, India){{Citation needed|reason=Not valid reference|date=August 2024}}{{Citation needed|reason=Not valid reference|date=August 2024}} and Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies was signed, thus gave formation to Doshion Veolia Water Solutions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/2681343Z:IN | title=Doshion Veolia Water Solutions PVT Ltd - Company Profile and News | website=[[Bloomberg News]] }}</ref> This turned out to  not bring any benefits to Veolia's investors and the company's services.
* Two engineering advisory agencies: Seureca (international) and Setude (France-focused). These agencies specialize in water management, water treatment and the environment.
* Krüger A/S, [[Denmark]] (Annual revenue €177,000,000 (2008))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kruger.dk/da/omos/ |title=Krüger A/S &#124; Om os |publisher=Kruger.dk |access-date=2013-09-15}}</ref><ref name="Krüger A/S">{{cite web | title=About us | website=Krüger A/S | url=https://www.kruger.dk/english/about-us | access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref>
Veolia Water also has joint subsidiaries with other Veolia divisions. With [[Dalkia]], it has Proxiserve. This subsidiary offers a number of home-based or domestic solutions, including heating and water distribution systems. With [[Veolia Environmental Services]], it has SEDE Environnement (management of waste sludge) and SIDEF (Services to Industry for the Treatment of [[Effluent]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veoliawater.com/about/organization/primary-subsidiaries/ |title=Subsidiaries |publisher=Veolia Water |access-date=2013-09-15}}</ref>
=== In the media ===
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== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.veoliawater.com|name='''Veolia Water''' website}}
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