2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

GERMANY PART 3 (ii): COMPANY ANALYSIS: LOCAL/REGIONAL PLAYERS
Gelsenwasser has three main 100% held subsidiaries involved in water and sewerage service
provision: Vereinigte Gas und Wasserversorgung GmbH (VGW) and Niederrheinische Gas und
Wasserwerke GmbH (NGW), which operate in Gelsenwasser’s region. NGW was acquired in 1973,
while VGW was incorporated by Gelsenwasser in 1968. VGW supplies water to 22,445 customers, or
120,500 people in four municipalities. AWS Abwassersysteme GmbH (AWS) specialises in sewerage
contracts. AWS is still at the start up stage, with one sewage treatment work construction project
awarded and 2004 revenues of €5.5 million. Otherwise, the company believes that in Western
Germany it has suffered from the fiscal discrimination against awarding service contracts to the private
sector. Gelsenwasser (51% stake) took over the operations of Abwassergesellschaft Gelsenkirschen
GmbH in April 2004, which is responsible for the operation of the city of Gelsenkirchen’s sewage
disposal operations, serving 275,000 people. This represents a return to the company’s origins,
handling all aspects of the city’s water cycle.
In August 2004, Gelsenwasser gained 49% of Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH, which runs the
waste-water operations for the state capital of Saxony. With 480,000 inhabitants around 26million m³
of wastewater will be disposed of.
In August 2004, 49.9% of the shares in Technische Werke Emmerich am Rhein GmbH (TWE) was
acquired. TWE operates the 223km of sewerage pipes and the sewage treatment plant in the city of
Emmerich-on-Rhine. The city of Emmerich-on-Rhine holds 50.1% of the shares.
Wasserbeschaffung Mittlere Ruhr GmbH (WMR), Bochum
WMR is jointly held (50% each) by Stadtwerke Bochum GmbH (commercial management) and
Gelsenwasser (technical management), under a 1971 agreement covering water supply to the city of
Bochum and Gelsenwasser’s supply territories south of the River Ruhr. Water is supplied by
Gelsenwasser’s Essen plant and Wasserbeschaffung Mittlere Ruhr GmbH’s Stiepel waterworks.
FY 31/12 (€ million) 2001 2002 2003 2004
Sales 9.4 9.2 9.5 11.0
Water provision (million m 3 ) 31.5 30.4 31.2 30.6
Wasserversorgung Herne GmbH (WVH), Herne
The company (50% held by Gelsenwasser and 50% Stadtwerke Herne AG) was formed in 1961, after
Gelsenwasser had provided water to the municipality for some decades via franchise contracts.
FY 31/12 (€ million) 2001 2002 2003 2004
Sales 16.4 16.9 16.5 16.8
Water provision (million m 3 ) 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.8
Wasserversorgung Voerde GmbH (WVV), Voerde
A 1994 joint venture (50% each) between NGW and the municipality, providing water to 15,314
households in Voerde. Drinking water is sourced exclusively from NGW's Bucholtwelmen Waterworks.
FY 31/12 (€ million) 2001 2002 2003 2004
Sales 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.9
Water provision (million m 3 ) 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.4
Wasserwerke Westfalen GmbH (WWW), Dortmund
Formed in 2000 as a joint venture (50% each) between Gelsenwasser and Dortmunder Energie- und
Wasserversorgung GmbH (DEW), serving DEW in Westhofen, Ergste, Villigst, and Hengsen and for
Gelsenwasser in Witten, Echthausen, and Halingen. The contract is designed as an open option for
further expansion.
FY 31/12 (€ million) 2001 2002 2003 2004
Sales 34.1 33.4 36.3 41.2
Water provision (million m 3 ) 117 112 114 111
In August 2001, a 20 year contract was gained for supplying 1.2million people in 400,000 households
in Bochum and Hamm, Iserlohn and Sendenhorst. Wasserwerke Westfalen GmbH (WWW) abstract
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