2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

FRANCE PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
Tendring Hundreds and Folkestone and Dover are characterised by high levels of domestic metering.
63% of the former company’s domestic customers use meters, while the latter company aims to have
90% of customers metered by 2015 compared with 44% in 2005. The Folkestone Waterworks
Company was formed in 1848, one of the first to take advantage of the Waterway Clauses Act of 1847
and merged with two other companies in 1953 and 1970.
Germany
Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Y/E 31/12 (€million) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Turnover 1,116 1,101 1,112 1,078 1,100
Operating profit N/A N/A 81 164 183
Net profit 20 116 N/A 116 62
Capital spending 367 447 250 275 298
BWB dates back to 1856, including 45 years with its services being divided by the Berlin Wall. In
1999, after the partial privatisation of BWB, Berlinwasser Holding AG was formed and BWB was
vested into this company. The consortium (VE 50% and RWE 50%) acquired 49.9% of BWB for €1.69
billion, with the majority 50.1% stake being held by the City of Berlin.
1999 Berlin 30 year concession 3.9 million water and sewerage
BWB serves 3.4 million people in Berlin, operating nine water treatment works and six sewage
treatment works. In addition, water is provided to 90,000 people and wastewater treatment to 0.5
million in Brandenburg via 10 water and 24 wastewater contracts, with a total of 113 local authorities.
In 2004, 209 million m 3 of drinking water was provided, along with 232 million m 3 of wastewater from
Berlin and the surrounding area was treated.
Berlinwasser International AG
BWB sought to enter international markets in 1994 and gained its first activities in 1997-98.
Berlinwasser International has nine projects in five countries with a total order backlog worth €495
million in 2003. These activities are under review at present.
China
2003 Nanchang 20 year BOT 1,000,000 wastewater
Berlinwasser International has a BOT-contract to build a 330,000m 3 per day wastewater treatment
plant in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi. BWI and its partner, the Third Construction & Engineering
Co. Ltd of Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCGT), are developing the €36 million project with a
wholly Chinese project-financing. Construction began in January 2003 and commissioning is planned
for autumn 2004.
2004 Hefei 23 year BOT 1 million wastewater
A RMB480 million contract for taking over the operation of a 310,000 m 3 per day wastewater treatment
plant that was built by the municipality between 1998 and 2002.
Berlinwasser also has a 35% stake in a BOT water project signed in 1997 with the Xian Water
Company covering a 550,000m 3 per day water treatment plant that was commissioned in November
2001 and supplies water to 2 million people in the city of Xian. In December 2003 Berlinwasser sold
its equity interest in Waterworks Xian South Co. Ltd. to the majority shareholder, the water enterprise
of Xian, China for US$11.2 million due to the Chinese governmental decree of 11th September 2002.
Albania
2003 Four Albanian towns 5 year O&M 450,000 water & wastewater
Berlinwasser International gained a five year €4m contract to take over the management of water
supply and wastewater disposal in the Albanian towns of Durres, Fier, Lezhe and Saranda. The
project is supported by €20 million in funding from the World Bank and will be implemented by a JV
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