2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

GERMANY PART 3 (ii): COMPANY ANALYSIS: LOCAL/REGIONAL PLAYERS
and Gelsenwasser (50%), with Dortmunder Energie und Wasserversorgung GmbH (50%) distribute
the water. Up to 120 million m 3 of water per annum is delivered from eight waterworks along the River
Ruhr.
Hanse Wasser
In 2000, Gelsenwasser formed Hanse Wasser GmbH, a 49%/51% joint venture with Stadtwerke
Bremen AG, a municipal water utility serving the municipality of Bremen. Hanse Wasser gained a
74.9% stake in Abwasser Bremen GmbH, paying the city DM708 million to use the sewerage and
sewage treatment network, which serves its 550,000 people in the City of Bremen and 150,000
(Lemwerder, Schwanewede, Ritterhude, Lilienthal and Oyten) Achim in the surrounding area. The
network has 160,000 connections and is served by two tertiary level treatment plants: Seehausen
purification plant (serving a population equivalent of 1 million) and Farge (population equivalent of
150,000). 43.9 million m 3 of wastewater was treated in 1999.
Hungary
2001 Miskloc 20 year concession 190,000 Water & wastewater
Gelsenwasser holds 49% of the equity of Borsodviz Rt., a regional utility providing water and
wastewater services to 109 municipalities in Miskloc in the Borsod region. The municipality holds 51%
and an annual turnover of DM12 million is anticipated.
Poland
2002 Glogowie 20 year concession 75,000 water & wastewater
46% of PwiK w Glogowie Sp zoo (PwiK) was acquired in 2002. Revenues were PLZ16.3 million in
2003 and PLZ16.2 million in 2004.
Czech Republic
NGW holds 30.58% of Chevak Cheb a.s., with the remainder being held by local municipalities. The
company provides water and sewerage services to Cheb, Mariánské Lázne, Ash, Františkovy Lázne
and surrounding municipalities (total population 87,800). It was founded in 1994, and NGW acquired
its stake in 1998.
FY 31/12 (CZK million) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Sales 188.3 201.0 226.1 231.3 243.5
Water provision (million m 3 ) 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.6
Wastewater treated (million m 3 ) 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8
In 1999, NGW acquired 50% of KMS Kraslickla Mestska Spolecnost s.r.o., which provides water,
wastewater and heating services to 9,000 people in the town of Kraslice, near Pilsen. 50% of KMS’s
shares are held by the municipality. A new wastewater treatment plant entered service in 2003.
Industrial water and wastewater services
Rhur Oel, Gelsenkirschen: A ten year lease contract with Rhur Oel GmbH and Veba Oel
Verabeitungs-GmbH was signed in July 2002. Two 4m 3 per hour wastewater treatment plants
(0.7million m 3 per annum) are operated, with an investment of €4 million and total revenues of €9
million. A new contract signed in 2004 increased total revenues to €17 million per annum.
Ciba Speciality Chemicals, Grenzach: A ten year contracting agreement to supply desalinated
industrial process water to the Rhineland facility was signed in 2003. There is an option to extend this
to other facilities.
Krupp Thyssen Nitrosda, Düsseldorf: Operation of a pilot plant for the dewatering of slurry from the
company’s speciality steel production unit. The contract was renewed in 2004, covering 40 m 3 per
hour of wastes.
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