2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

FRANCE PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
treatment for 300,000 people. Gestagua provides water to 380,000 people and sewerage and sewage
treatment for 159,400 people.
Gdansk, Poland
SAUR Neptune Gdansk, a water and sewerage management JV with the municipality of Gdansk,
started in late 1992 and runs until 2010. The venture is charging Zl3.95 (US$0.184) per m³ for
drinking water and Zl3.45 (US$0.162) per m³ for sewerage services to 470,000 people in the city and
510,000 people overall. The increase in fees has been 36% below the rate of inflation. SAUR holds
50.99% of the company. Water quality has moved from 8% EU compliant in 1992 to 87% by 2000,
while distribution losses have fallen from approximately 55% in 1992 to 10% in 1999, with water
consumption falling by 43%. STWs now operate at secondary level and are to be upgraded to tertiary
level standard in line with the UWWTD. The contract generated sales of €30 million in 2003 and €31
million in 2004.
Argentina
1998 Mendoza 95 year BOT 1.14 million water & sewerage
SAUR (32%), Enron (32%) and Italgas (4.5%) acquired Obras Sanitarias de Mendoza from Mendoza
municipality for US$132.7 million. Enron sold its stake to South Water SA of Argentina in 2004.
Because of the Peso crisis, revenues fell from €20 million in 2002 to €18.3 million in 2003 and €16.6
million in 2004. During 1998, the billing collection rate improved from 80% to 90% as the consortium
introduced more professional operations management procedures. The province has 1.6 million
inhabitants with 280,000 water connections serving 1.14 million people. The population served by
sewerage and sewage treatment has increased from 880,000 in 2001 to 950,000 by 2003.
West Indies and Reunion Island
Three contracts for the various French Overseas Territories.
La Réunion Martinique Guadeloupe Total
Water provision
Connections 86,726 22,084 10,575 119,385
People served
Sewage treatment
260,000 68,100 31,100 359,200
People served 13,500 2,618 2,425 14,043
Turnover (€million, 2001) 27.0 8.5 6.9 42.4
China – Shanghai Fengxian SAUR Water (SFSW)
2001 Shanghai Fengxian 28 year concession 700,000 water provision
Shanghai Fengxian is a district to the South-West of Shanghai. The plant, operated by SFSW, has a
production capacity of 100,000m 3 per day and supplies drinking water to 700,000 people. SFSW is
equally owned by SAUR International and a local investment company, and is involved in leakage loss
detection across the district's distribution network. Under current conditions, the 28-year contract has
aggregate sales of approximately €84 million and generated sales of €7 million per annum.
1996 Harbin 28 year BOT and O&M 2,800,000 water provision
This is a 0.225 million m 3 per day water treatment plant construction plus management project, which
is being operated jointly with the Harbin Water Company. Harbin has a total population of 2.8 million.
In 1999, Harbin SAUR Water was the first company in the Chinese water sector to be awarded ISO
9000 certification by an international organisation.
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