Veolia to operate Hunter Water wastewater treatment plants in Australia

Veolia has secured an eight-year €193m contract from Hunter Water to operate and maintain 25 of its water and wastewater treatment plants in the Hunter region in New South Wales, Australia.

The plants supply potable water and wastewater treatment services to around half a million people across six local government areas.

The contract is one of the largest ever awarded by Hunter Water and marks the first time operation and maintenance of its plants has been taken to tender.

Veolia has previously partnered with some of the Hunter region’s largest companies such as Tomago Aluminium, Eraring and Rio Tinto Coal. The company has been present in Oceania for over 20 years, and operates around 30 water treatment plants in Australia and New Zealand.

In 2013, the company supplied 94 million people with drinking water and 62 million people with wastewater services globally. Itproduced 86 million megawatt hours of energy and converted 38 million metric tonnes of waste into new materials and energy.