2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

GERMANY PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
Croatia
2000 Zagreb 26 year BOT 1 million sewage treatment
This is the largest sewage treatment concession award in central and Eastern Europe to date,
involving €270 million in capital spending. The project scope includes design, construction and
operation of the wastewater treatment plant (1million PE) and the administration facilities,
construction of the main collecting pipeline (9.8km) and coverage of main drainage canal (5.5km).
The concession company, Zagrebacke otpadne vode d.o.o (ZOV), is formed by RWE Aqua (48.5%),
WTE Wassertechnik GmbH (48.5%, see EVN, Austria) and the City of Zagreb (3%). Construction
began in July 2002 and will be completed between 2004 (mechanical treatment) and 2007 (biological
treatment).
Poland
2002 Gornicza 25 year concession 135,000 water & sewerage
RWE acquired a 34% stake in PWiK, the municipal supplier for Dabrowa Gornicza in Silesia. The
contract runs for 25 years. The partnership between RWE Aqua and the city of Dabrowa Gornicza is
only the third (of totally five) privatisation project in the Polish water management. PWiK has a
turnover of US$ 12 million pa and employs 220 staff.
Berlinwasser International AG (BWI)
BWB sought to enter international markets in 1994 and gained its first activities in 1997-98.
Berlinwasser International, established as a separate legal entity in 2000, has nine projects in five
countries with a total order backlog worth € 821 million (year-end 2004).
BWI – China
2003 Nanchang 20 year BOT 1.1 million wastewater customers
Berlinwasser International has a BOT-contract to build a 330,000 m3 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
wholly Chinese project-financing. Construction began in January 2003 and the plant went operational
in autumn 2004.
2004 Hefei 23 year BOT 0.9 million wastewater customers
A RMB480 million contract for taking over the operation of a 310,000 m3 per day wastewater
treatment plant that was built by the municipality between 1998 and 2002.
BWI – Albania
2003 Four Albanian towns 5 year O&M 450,000 water & wastewater customers
Berlinwasser International gained a five year €4 million contract to take over 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. Sewage treatment will be
upgraded to secondary (biological) standards and water supplies will be improved from two to four
hours daily to a 24 hour supply.
2002 Elbasan 30 year Concession 100,000 water & wastewater customers
Berlinwasser (97.5 %) and Rodeco Consulting (Germany) (2.5 %) operates Elber Sh.p.k., a 30 year
concession for water supply and wastewater disposal in Elbasan, with 100,000 inhabitants. Water is
supplied for four hours a day and will be improved to a 24 hour service.
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Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2005 – 2006