2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

FRANCE PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
Czech Republic
1993 Brno (BVK) 25 year concession 420,000 water & sewerage
1994 Ostrava 30 year concession 330,000 water & sewerage
1996 South Moravia 25 year concession 350,000 water & sewerage
Suez holds 46% of BVK, the operating company in Brno. The concession was extended for a 25 year
period in October 1999 (starting from 2000). The new concession involves upgrading the wastewater
treatment plant to meet the EU’s UWWTD criteria.
1994 Karlovy Vary 25 year concession 120,000 water & sewerage
Karloy Vary is based in North Moravia. Suez holds 50% of VAK, the operating company’s equity.
1999 Ostrava area 15 year concession 0.75 million water & sewerage
AWG and Suez acquired approximately 76% of the equity of Severomoravske Vodovody a Kanalizace
AS (SmVAK) from the municipalities and small shareholders in the region during 1999. Suez holds
44% of SmVAK.
2000 Benesov 38,000 water & sewerage
2000 Davle 37,000 water & sewerage
2001 Sumperk Concession 120,000 water & wastewater
82% of Sumperska Provozni Vodohospoda Ska Spole Nost (SPVS), has been acquired by Ondeo
Services. SPVS serves 40 towns and districts in the North East with a total turnover of €6 million per
annum. Ondeo serves 2.3 million people in the Czech Republic and had a 2000 turnover of €138
million.
Russian Federation
2004 Moscow 13 year BOOT 1 million water treatment
EVN’s WTE awarded the BOOT contract to Degrémont in June 2004. The 275,000m 3 per day plant
will provide potable water to South West Moscow from 2007, and be operated by Degrémont and
WTE until 2017.
Germany
In Germany, Suez operates via Eurawasser. In 2002, Suez bought out Thyssen AG’s 51% stake in
the JV. Eurawasser had a turnover of €75 million in 2001 and serves 600,000 people.
2004 Cottbus 25 year partnership 147,000 water & sewerage
Eurawasser acquired 28.9% of Lausitzer Wasser in February 2004. The town of Cottbus retains
50.1% of the company with the balance being held by local municipalities. Water will be supplied to
102,000 people in Cottbus and 45,000 in surrounding areas, along with sewerage services for 117,000
people. Water revenues are €12 million for water supply and €16 million for wastewater per annum.
1992 Rostock 25 year concession 302,000 water & sewerage
Rostock was the first major concession awarded to a private sector consortium in Germany. It forms
part of the 1991 Baltic Action Plan for reducing effluent discharges into the Baltic Sea. Eurawasser’s
work on the first phase of the Rostock wastewater treatment facility was completed for €130 million in
1995. Total capital spending over the life of the contract will be approximately €460 million. 302,000
served for sewerage and 262,000 for water.
2000 N E Germany 25 year concession 70,000 water & wastewater
2000 Gustrow 25 year BOT 35,000 wastewater
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Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2005 – 2006