Veolia Water in Australia and New Zealand

Veolia Water commenced operations in Australia in 1994 and in New Zealand in 1997.

It delivers, operates and manages water and wastewater infrastructure for municipal and industrial customers.

Key figures in Australia and New Zealand:

• Providing services to more than 2.9 million people
  
• More than 840 employees
  
• 23 long term contracts
  
• Responsible for the management of more than A$10 billion of water assets
  
• Responsible for more than 17,000 km of water, wastewater and stormwater networks
  
• Produced more than 225 billion litres of drinking water, treated more than 125 billion litres of wastewater and created more than 19 billion litres of recycled water in 2008

There are two Veolia Water subsidiaries:

• Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is the technical division of Veolia Water and a world leader in the design and build of water and wastewater treatment plants.
• Veolia Water Network Services is a construction specialist in water distribution networks and wastewater collection systems.

Veolia Water is involved in some of Australia's most significant water infrastructure projects including the South East Queensland Desalination Plant, scheme operator of the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project, Queensland, and the Sydney Desalination Plant (upon completion).