Veolia Water Middle East

Specialising in outsourced water and sanitation services management on behalf of local authorities and businesses in the industrial and tertiary sectors, it is also one of the world's leading designers of technological solutions and constructors of the facilities needed to operate water services.

A benchmark company, Veolia Water is now expanding its range of services in the Middle East and Gulf region. The outsourcing of public services is relatively new to the region, whether it involves mains water distribution, wastewater treatment, seawater desalination or operational consultancy.

Veolia Water has a long-standing presence in this part of the world through its world-beating subsidiaries, established in the Middle East for some time, as well as through Seureca, Veolia Water's international consulting engineering subsidiary.

Population growth and economic development are two major features of countries in the Middle East and the Gulf region. They are combined with a continuous rise in demand for water and electricity along with increasing risk of pollution of natural environments by wastewater. Veolia Water is supporting local authorities in their efforts to meet the needs resulting from this rapid growth.

On the basis of its international expertise, Veolia Water has developed specific solutions by making use of alternative resources in many countries confronted by incidents of pressure on water resources or drought. Those resources are sea water, saline water and wastewater, and in some cases they are available in large quantities.

The contractual basis of these contracts - wastewater services concession, management contract, design-build-operate - demonstrate its capacity to adapt and respond to the issues facing its clients.

70 millions inhabitants

8,2% economic growth in 2006

12% annual growth of water and electricity demand