VEOLIA ENVIRON. : Veolia Unit, Partners Get EUR777 Million Water Contract In Paris Area
02/07/2012 | 03:08am French waste and water utility Veolia Environnement SA (VE) Tuesday said that the SIAAP, the interdepartmental wastewater authority for the Greater Paris area, has selected OTV, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, to head the consortium that has been awarded the contract to renovate the Seine Aval biological wastewater treatment plant in Acheres.
MAIN FACTS:
- After the Chicago plant, Seine Aval is the second largest wastewater treatment plant in the world.
- The contract awarded to the consortium is worth EUR776.7 million and is the biggest ever signed by OTV.
- Veolia Environnement will have a 25% share of the total revenue.
- OTV has three major assignments: to lead the project and coordinate all the participants in the Biosav consortium
(architects, design firms, civil engineering and wastewater treatment process companies); to design and build the structures; to supply the treatment process.
- In the contract, OTV has made clear commitments to the safety, reliability and programming of the works, which will enable SIAAP to continue providing and guaranteeing top-quality service to the 6.5 million customers throughout the period of the renovation project.
- Commissioning of the new facilities is planned for the end of 2017.
- By Geraldine Amiel, Dow Jones Newswires; +331-40171767; geraldine.amiel@dowjones.com
