2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

GERMANY PART 3 (i): COMPANY ANALYSIS: MAJOR PLAYERS
BWI – Hungary
1997 Budapest 25 year concession 1.9 million sewerage customers
The management company formed by VE (35%),BWI (35%) and EBRD (30%) took a 25.1% stake in
Fövarosi Csatornásási Müvek Rt., Budapest’s wastewater company. 90% of the city’s population of
2.2 million is currently connected to the sewerage network. Approximately 2.4 million people will
ultimately be served by the contract. 200 million m³ pa of sewage are treated at two plants, 40% to
tertiary standard against 20% in 1997. FCSM has a turnover of €75 million pa.
1997 Hodmézövásarhely 25 year concession 50,000 sewerage customers
Zsigmondy Bela Rt. Manages the concession agreement with the city of Hodmézövásarhely. A
wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 30,000m³ per day has been upgraded to comply with
the UWWTD.
BWI – Azerbaijan
2001 Imisli 10 year Lease Contract 50,000 water customers
Waterworks Imisli JV Ltd is a joint venture between BWI and the city of Imisli’s water company. The
city’s water treatment works were rehabilitated and expanded in 2003, with provision rising from two
hours a day to 15 along with a 57% tariff collection rate.
BWI – Namibia
2001 Windhoek 20 year operation 240,000 water & sewerage customers
Limited water resources and rising water demand encouraged the city of Windhoek to build a new
wastewater treatment plant using membrane technology, and to outsource the operation to a
consortium comprising Veolia Water, Berlinwasser and VA Tech Wabag (Austria). The Goreangab
plant is a first and unique example of recycling domestic sewerage water into potable water to face
water scarcity problems and entered service in 2002. The turnover of Wingoc is approximately €2
million pa, producing 21,000 m³ of water per day, some 30% of the city's total water requirement.
Spain – PRIDESA & Ondagua
2002 Pridesa and
Ondagua
O&M 3.7 million water and 8.7 million wastewater
customers
Thames acquired 75% of Proyectos Y Instalaciones De Desalinacion S.A (PRIDESA) and Ondagua
S.A. from Iberdrola Diversificacion S.A in July 2002 for €100 million. Iberdrola retained a 25%
shareholding in each company until the end of 2004 when Thames increased its holding to 100%.
PRIDESA specialises in reverse osmosis desalination and wastewater reuse systems and also has
extensive experience in the conventional water and wastewater sector; PRIDESA serves around 8
million people throughout Europe. The company operates some 70 wastewater and 30 water
treatment plants across Europe.
In November 2004 PRIDESA entered into a JV with American Water to improve and manage the
Tampa Bay, Florida 25 million-gallon-per-day seawater desalination plant. Operations began in
January 2005. The desalination plant at Tampa Bay is the largest in America.
Ondagua is a water, wastewater and municipal services operating company and currently serves
750,000 people in Toledo, Soria and Levante regions and in towns in Murcia and Alicante, along with
an O&M contract for the Aranjuez STW in Madrid.
External revenue of the Pridesa/Ondagua Group in 2004 was €103m.
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