2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

FRANCE PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
2005 Hradec Karlove 30 year concession 150,000 water & sewerage
The contract covers 100,000 people in Hradec Karlove, Eastern Bohemia’s regional capital and
50,000 in 100 other municipalities in the region. The contract will generate revenues of €525 million.
2004 Kladno-Melnik 20 year concession 300,000 water & sewerage
Revenues for the contract will be worth €600 million.
2004 Eastern Moravia 30 year concession 160,000 water & sewerage
In June 2004, Veolia signed a 30 year contract with Vodovbody a Kanalizace Zlin (VAK Zlin), the
water public authority for the Eastern part of Moravia in the Czech Republic. The area includes 80
districts. The contract will generate total revenues of around €360 million.
1996 Pilsen 12 year concession 252,000 water & sewerage
1996 Sokolov 10 year concession 130,000 water & sewerage
1999 Aqua Pibram 10 + 10 year concession 75,000 water & sewerage
1999 V Klatovy 10 year concession 50,000 water & sewerage
1999 3 towns 10 year concession 26,000 water & sewerage
Vodarenska and Kanalizanci A S Pilzen (CTSE) serves the city of Pilsen on a lease with O&M work.
The contract is currently for water provision (230,000 people) plus wastewater (180,000 people), the
latter through a new sewage treatment facility opened in 1997. The contract involves F160 million of
upgrading and building work for a sewage treatment works and F40 million for a water purification
plant. Industrial and domestic customers pay an equal amount for water, and prices are below that
seen in most of the Czech Republic. During 1997, the contract was extended to cover a further
72,000 people in the Northern part of Pilsen. Allied with the sewerage expansion, this boosted 1998
turnover to Kĉ700 million. CTSE was awarded a 10 year concession for Sokolov in 1996. The Aqua
Pibram and Vodosopol Klatovy concessions were acquired by CTSE in December 1999, along with
the privatisation award for the towns of Susice (12,000), Stary Plznec (6,000) and Stod (6,000). In
2000, the Pilsen contract was granted a 10 year extension to 2017, while the Sokolov contract gained
a 16 year extension. The Aqua Pibram concession contract was extended by 10 years in 2003, with
revenues of €4 million per annum.
1998 Northern Bohemia 15 year concession (1995) 1,200,000 water & sewerage
Hyder’s stake was sold for Kĉ795 million (US$26.7 million) to VE, giving the company 43.17% of
Severomoravske Vodovy a Kanalizace Ostrava (ScVK), with Severoceske Vodarensky Svaz (SVS),
formed by the client towns, holding a further 34.7%. Currently, 1.07 million of the inhabitants are
connected to the mains water supply and 0.87 million to the sewerage network. ScVK’s turnover to
March 1999 was Kĉ1.1 billion (€72 million, €25 million per annum to VE), with pre-tax margins of 12%
and profits increasing by more than 10% per annum.
1999 Ceske Budejovice 10 year concession 180,000 water & sewerage
The Ceske contract is operated by 1.JVS. The original concession was granted a 10 year extension in
2000 to 2018, and will generate revenues of €10.2 million per annum.
2000 Olomouc 20 year concession 130,000 water
This concession was awarded to CTSE in March 2000. It is the first PSP contract in the region. Total
net sales for the contract will be €200 million.
2001 Prague 28 year concession 1.2 million water & wastewater
VE and Awg paid €174 million for a 66% stake in PVK. The 13 year concession will generate €60
million in 2001 and €120 million in subsequent years. The contract will concentrate on service quality
improvement and upgrading water and sewage treatment to EU standards. The concession was
extended to 28 years in 2002.
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Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2005 – 2006