2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

FRANCE PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
2005 Marakech 5 year DBO 1 million wastewater treatment
The DBO calls for a wastewater treatment facility to enter service by the end of 2006. The facility will
be funded by an EIB loan and Degremont will receive €9 million for its role.
Algeria
2005 Taksebt 5 year DBO 2 million water treatment
A 605,000 m 3 per day water treatment facility, operated on behalf of SNC Lavalin. The facility is due
to enter service by 2008 and Degremont will gain €38 million from the contract.
2005 Athmania 5 year DBO 1 million water treatment
A 262,500 m 3 per day water treatment facility, operated on behalf of Algérienne des Eaux. The facility
is due to enter service by 2007 and Degremont will gain €24 million from the contract.
Saudi Arabia
In June 2002, Suez signed a contract with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to oversee a €10 billion, 10
year investment programme for the development of water and wastewater in the Mecca Province. The
Mecca Province has 7.5 million inhabitants and three major urban areas: the Holy City, Jeddah and
Taif. In Jeddah, the second largest city in the country (2.6 million people) there is a chronic shortage
of water resources and less than 20% of the city is equipped with a sewer system.
Jordan
2002 Northern Jordan 25 year BOT 2.5 million water & wastewater
The contract, announced in July 2002, is designed to bring new water resources into the North of the
country. It represents an evolution of the 1999 O&M contract for Greater Amman. 60% of the
US$154 million capital spending will come from US AID as a grant. The Khirbet as-Samra treatment
facility will replace an existing waste stabilisation pond treatment system, serving about 2.5 million
residents in Amman and surrounding towns. Construction started in December 2003, with the
consortium operating the plant for 22 years after it comes into service in 2006. The facility will handle
268,000m 3 per day of wastewater and the contract will generate revenues of US$15 million per
annum.
Cameroon
2000 SNEC 20 year concession 5.3 million water provision
A 51% stake in SNEC (Société National d'Eau du Cameroon) was acquired in May 2000 as part of a
concession award. The contract includes the upgrading and rehabilitation of water distribution
systems in a number of towns and cities, including Douala and Yaounde, which account for 43% of
Cameroon’s population. Turnover will be €24 million pa, with total investments of €300 million.
North America
United Water Resources (UWR) was founded in 1869 and was floated in 1986. In 1994, UWR
merged with Suez’s General Waterworks Company, giving Suez a 30% holding in UWR. Until it was
acquired by Suez, it was the second largest listed water services company in the US. Suez’s USA
arm, Lyonnaise American Holdings acquired the remaining 67% of UWR’s equity that it did not hold in
2000 and its 50% holding in United Water Services (UWS) for €1,108 million. The company currently
serves 7.2 million people through 45 regulated utilities in 17 states in the USA, and had a turnover of
€499 million in 2000 and €542 million in 2001. In 2002, a US$46 million water and sewerage contract
was awarded by Laredo, Texas, covering 190,000 customers or some 700,000 people.
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Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2005 – 2006