Veolia Water

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Veolia Water (formerly Vivendi Water, originally

1918 saw the creation of the SADE (Société Auxiliaire des Distributions d'Eau), specialising 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

In 1980, CGE expanded into other businesses such as

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

Veolia Water's activities can be grouped into two main areas: providing clean drinking water, and collecting and treating waste water/sewerage water.^[8]

Drinking water

Veolia Water sources,

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

Veolia has built 15% of the world’s desalination capacity.^[15] Some estimates suggest that the global water desalination market will double in the period 2010-2016.^[16]

Veolia Water offers two main technologies: reverse osmosis and thermal desalination. In reverse osmosis, water is passed through membranes under pressure; the membrane allows water to circulate, but captures the salts. During thermal desalination, water is vaporized in distillation chambers to separate out the salts it contains.^[17]

Veolia Water also operates in alternative

• Saving water: reducing
  water meters
  .
• Protecting water resources: treating wastewater and preventing 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,
  recharging aquifers, desalinating seawater.^[20]

• 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)^[21][22] and Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies was signed, thus gave formation to Doshion Veolia Water Solutions.^[23] 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))^[24][25]

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).^[26]

In the media

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