Veolia to build water, wastewater facilities for CMPC Group in Brazil

France-based Veolia Environment’s water division, Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, has secured a contract from CMPC Group to build three water and wastewater facilities at its pulp plant, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Celulose Riograndense a group member of Brazil-based pulp and paper production company CMPC Group has selected Veolia’s water treatment solutions to treat raw water and wastewater at its plant to meet stringent environmental regulations in the state.

Under the EUR130m ($167.6m) engineering, procurement, and construction contract, Veolia will build the three water units using its proprietary technologies.

Veolia Water Solutions and Tecnologies CEO Jean-Michel Herrewyn said the pulp and paper industry needs large amounts of water and is increasingly being subjected to comply with strict regulatory constraints.

"It needs effective, efficient and reliable technologies. Veolia Water is in the best position to respond to these requirements with its innovative and unique solutions," Herrewyn added.

The company will build the first water unit designed with a capacity of 840m³ per day to produce demineralised water using ion exchange technology and condensate polishing to supply the boilers.

Veolia will build the second facility with a capacity of 108,000m³ per day to treat raw water using Actiflo technology, before it’s fed into the pulp production process.

In addition, the company will construct a wastewater unit with a capacity of 140,000m³ per day to treat water from the pulp plant.

The unit will use moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) technology developed by Veolia’s subsidiary, AnoxKaldnes.

Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Latin America chairman and CEO Yvan Liegey said the contract will involve the company’s MBBR technology for wastewater and Actiflo for process water.

"This is the largest contract ever signed in Brazil in the pulp and paper sector," Liegey added.

The three water units are to be delivered in April 2015.