R&D programs

R&D is an essential commitment in order to ensure the best possible water service

 

350 researchers - 20 years of research and expansion

Veolia Water is number 1 in the world for publishing research works on water and has a portfolio of more than 600 patents.

For 20 years Veolia Water has been developing a network of research centers working on advances in the areas of health and the environment.

  • In 1982 the research centre, initially based at the company's headquarters, moved to Maisons-Laffitte, just outside Paris. It then became known as'Anjou Recherche'.
  • In 2001 following the acquisition by Veolia Water of a stake in the water supply company for Berlin, the Berlin Centre of Excellence for Water ("KompetenzZentrum Wasser Berlin") was set up.
    This international centre, devoted to water research and the exchange of expertise, co-ordinates resources from Berlin's universities and research institutes, as well as those from the Group Berlinwasser and Veolia Water. This combined approach allows its affiliates and partners to work on projects in partnership with the best international technology centers.
  • In 2003 the Environmental Analysis Centre,'Centre d'Analyses Environnementales' (CAE), was set up at Saint Maurice, just outside Paris. It co-ordinates all of Veolia Environnement's resources and expertise dedicated to environmental analysis and is the main analysis laboratory of Veolia Water.

Currently 350 researchers are meeting these challenges by providing innovative and cost-effective solutions.

Our major research centers

Programs focused on the needs of customers

Focused on the needs of its customers, research helps in expanding and diversifying what Veolia Water is able to offer to its customers and in developing new customer services.

Expanding our services

While conceiving the research programs in close collaboration with the operational and technical departments, the research programs have three purposes:

  • anticipating the needs of municipal and industrial customers, and anticipating new regulatory constraints which will have to be met;
  • minimizing costs while at the same time improving quality and controlling the impact on the environment and health;
  • innovating through the constant use of the latest tailored technology.

Synergy within Veolia Environnement

By working synergistically with the research and development of Veolia Environnement - no. 1 in the world for environmental services - Veolia Water's research and development benefits from belonging to a global network of 833 top experts.

Veolia Environnement's research and development's brief is to:

  • anticipate future needs;
  • develop and make available innovative solutions (effective technology and services tailored to the needs of municipal and industrial customers);
  • improve the effectiveness of research programs in the different divisions within Veolia Environnement;
  • enhance the performance of its businesses

There is also a twofold requirement for the Group's research and development to:

  • protect the environment;
  • safeguard the health of local communities.

R&D report