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Breakdown of revenue 44.3% 55.7% Another aspect of our mission is resource preservation. Veolia Water has been innovative in monitoring and preserving aquatic environments. We offer a complete range of services, and that has won us many contracts, for example, the Gold Coast project in Australia. Veolia Water began operating this major desalination plant, built by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS), in 2009. The project includes a program to protect the surrounding marine life. In the United States, our commitment to helping public authorities deal with their environmental problems has been singled out by the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, with an award for our work—and research program—in connection with our wastewater service contract in Milwaukee. When it comes to coastal protection, the year of the Grenelle Environment Forum on the Sea in France saw Veolia Water continuing its work on ensuring bathing-water quality. Our service, which informs our public-authority clients on possible pollutants in real time, was enhanced. The city of Pornic and the Dieppe-Maritime Metropolitan Area, with which we partner, tested the service and were the first municipalities in France to obtain bathing water certification. This capacity for innovation is continuously tapped by Veolia Water and its subsidiaries to satisfy their clients’ new needs at all stages of all water cycles. That is our strength. What do you think 2010 will bring? The economic climate will probably remain difficult, but we have what it takes to both improve the return on our industrial clients’ investments and optimize the management of our public-authority clients’ assets. With the pressure on water resources, to make a difference, a company must be capable of offering services that minimize consumption of basic resources—water and energy—and be able to contribute to sustainable development. We have that capacity, and we will prove it when we present our expertise at Expo 2010 Shanghai. Veolia Water is thoroughly equipped to help its clients do their share in combating climate change and reduce their carbon footprint. Sade, for example, has come up with new solutions for reducing environmental impacts and also conducts carbon assessments of its projects. For its part, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has embarked on a major project to optimize the total cost of all greenhouse gas emissions for any particular client. The project will be extended to cover all of Veolia Water. As in previous years, our growth will continue to be based on new and improved technologies and services, and flexible contracts. 2010 will therefore offer us fine opportunities to demonstrate the effectiveness of our innovative, responsible and supportive model. France International Growth in workforce 82,867 93,433 95,789 2007 2008 2009 11
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