Veolia Water to Manage California Facility

The city of Hollister in northern California, US, has awarded a $100m contract to Veolia Water North America, a subsidiary of Veolia Environment, to manage a wastewater treatment facility.

The contract was awarded for an initial period of ten years and Veolia will manage the $100m plant under a public-private partnership, serving about 35,000 Hollister residents.

The contract includes grounds maintenance, water reuse and recycling, emergency response, odour control, computer management and maintenance systems, laboratory work and management of the septic receiving station.

The 2.1 million gallons per day membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment facility was constructed in 2009 to meet Hollister’s growth plan for the next 20 years.