2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

FRANCE PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
Location (state) Contract Water Sewerage Combined
Reidsville (NC) O&M, WTW 14,300 0 14,300
San Antonio (TX) 10 Year O&M, WTW 250,000 0 250,000
Springfield (MA) 20 Year O&M, WWTW 0 275,000 275,000
Stonington (CT) 5 Year O&M, WTW 16,000 0 16,000
Total 3,313,700 3,811,200 5,908,600
Canada
1998 Banff, Alberta 5 year O&M 7,600 sewage treatment
One O&M contract, operated by UWS. The Halifax contract, gained in 2002 was rescinded in 2003.
In June 2004, a €80 million construction contract for Halifax was signed, with the municipality
operating three wastewater treatment plants which will enter service between 2006 and 2008.
Mexico
Suez operates in Mexico through ASIM, a 50:50 JV with Peñoles (BAL Group). In July 2002, Ondeo
acquired Azurix’s Mexican operations through ASIM for US$93 million. The five contracts acquired
bring Suez’s population served in Mexico to 7.5million, along with US$70 million per annum in
revenues.
2004 San Luis Potosi 18 year BOT 400,000 sewage treatment
This contract has a total value of €263 million, with a two year construction and 18 year operational
phases. 57% of the 80,000m 3 per day of wastewater will be subject to primary treatment and used as
agricultural water. The other 43% will be subjected to tertiary treatment and used for cooling a power
station. The contract was awarded to Degrémont, Sumitomo (Japan) and Prodin (Mexico) in June
2004.
1994 Mexico City 10+5 year O&M 2.8 million water systems
1999 Mexico City 5+5 year O&M 2.1 million water systems
In 1994, IACMEX was awarded a 10 year O&M contract for water metering, billing and collections and
water mains maintenance for the Central Federal District of Mexico City. Azurix acquired a 49%
holding in Industrias del Agua de la Cuidad de Mexico (IACMEX) from Severn Trent in 1999. This is
for the development of metering and water supply systems, as well as making 330,000 new
connections. In October 2004, these contracts were extended for a further five years, and will
generate €80 million in revenues over this period.
1999 Puebla 20 year concession Sewage treatment
2000 Culiacan 20 year concession Sewage treatment
Ondeo Degrémont operates six sewage BOT's in Mexico, including the above contracts. The Puebla
concession announced in October 1999 is for a sewage treatment works capable of handling
13,000m 3 of effluents each hour. The Culiacan facility is situated in the Sinaloa state and has a
capacity of 6,160m 3 per hour. There are two other municipal BOT's serving Juarez and Torreon, and
two industrial BOTs based in Santa Cruz and Altamira.
1993 Cancun 30 year concession 520,000 water and sewerage
The Cancun resort area has a population of 430,000, which had grown to 520,000 by 2002 and is
forecast to grow at 3% per annum to 2015. There are currently 78,000 connections. Approximately,
4.3 million tourists visit the resort each year. 65% of the concession’s revenues currently come from
hotels (with US dollar denominated revenues), with 27% from residential water provision and 8% from
wastewater. Azurix acquired its stake in Desarollos Hidraulicos de Cancun (DHC) concession in 1999.
The concession generates revenues of US$50 million per annum and is profitable.
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