Waterand sustainability for

AFRICA

Company Structure

South Africa

A TOTAL water solutions company

Veolia Water is the world’s largest supplier of water services. Since

1853, 103 million people have been supplied drinking water, and 73

million with wastewater services.

Through the subsidiary Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa,

we aim to improve access to clean water in Africa, while enabling better

environmental practices through water re-use and wastewater treatment.

Service • Value • Responsibility

Service is what we do for our customersOur global experience and technology allow us to offer everything necessary to

provide water services that result in tangible, day-to-day value.

Value is what we create for our customersWe enable better utilisation of resources through re-use, material recovery and

sustainable environmental practices.

Responsibility is how we succeedWith the help of our customers, we aim to lower carbon and water footprints in

Africa by using the latest treatment technologies.

A global footprint

• Over 96 650 people employed across 69 countries

• 5 090 potable water plants

• 3 380 wastewater treatment plants

• 9.8 billion m3 drinking water supplied

• 7.3 billion m3 wastewater collected

• 70 million people connected to a sanitation network

Introduction

Total solutionsfor Africa

Large ProjectsUsing both traditional and cutting-edge treatment technologies, Veolia specifies, designs, procures, constructs and commissions large-scale water plants for industries and municipalities.

Modular ProjectsFully-containerised packaged plants answer to the need for smaller-scale water treatment solutions in remote, independent or decentralised communities and industries.

ChemicalsFrom sanitising chemicals and disinfectants to flocculants and chemicals for the optimisation of membrane processes, Veolia’s Hydrex™ chemicals range is tailored to the needs of the African water treatment market.

Operations & MaintenanceVeolia provides outsourced technical assistance, planned/unplanned mainte-nance, daily management and other ser-vices that help to keep water treatment plants functioning at their peak.

Services & ConsumablesA dedicated Customer Services Division provides field service, spares, membrane manufacture and maintenance contracts, ensuring complete on-going support and optimisation.

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

South Africa provides customised water

and wastewater treatment solutions to

municipalities and industry.

Turnkey solutions in Africa

• Potable/drinking water production

• Domestic wastewater/sewage treatment

• Seawater desalination

• Water re-use

• Industrial process water production

• Zero liquid discharge of industrial wastes

• Valuable substance recovery

• Modular water and wastewater treatment plants

• Mine water solutions including acid mine drainage

Implem

entation

South Africa’s largest desalination plant in Mossel Bay• Located in Mossel Bay (400 km east of Cape

Town), Western Cape

• Desalinates 15 mega litres per day

• 10 mega litres used domestically as potable water

• 5 mega litres used by PetroSA as process water

• Total cost: ZAR 210 million (US$ 24 million)

Seawater Desalination

The coastal town of Mossel Bay needed

urgent drought relief, so we turned to the only

consistent water source available – the ocean.

By taking the salt out of seawater on a large

scale, we helped supply enough process water for

industry, and fresh water for drinking.

Seawater: a viable source of fresh water?

Almost one quarter of the world’s population lives within 25 km of the

coast. 97% of the world’s liquid water is seawater.

Salt removal explained

By forcing salt water through the microscopic holes of a reverse osmosis

membrane, the salt stays behind: the membranes act as a filter on a

molecular level. Further processing with chlorine ensures the water is

sanitised, clear and suitable for irrigation, bathing and even drinking.

Using technology to create a resource

The Mossel Bay Municipality is able to consistently supply large

industrial customers with high-quality fresh water that’s suitable for

various processes. Residents of the greater Mossel Bay region also

have more drinking water in their taps.

On-going support

Veolia continues to maintain and operate the Mossel Bay

desalination plant, which includesthe supply of the Hydrex®

range of chemicals from Veolia.

The Durban Water Re-use ProjectA packaged dealIn 2001, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa designed, constructed and financed the country’s first re-use plant.

• Located in Durban, the largest city on the East Coast of South Africa

• Upgrades 50 to 77 mega litres per day• Commissioned in May, 2001• Total cost: ZAR 74 million (US$ 8.8 million)• Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Municipal Solutions

Potable water generation and municipal

wastewater treatment from Veolia help

communities around the world to better

manage water resources. Recently, a lot of

emphasis has been placed on wastewater re-

use, which provides large volumes of industrial

process water at lower prices. It is an innovative

environmental concept, as municipal wastewater

re-use means less stress on fresh water sources, and

wastewater streams are less polluted.

Domestic sewage as a resource to industry

Some industrial processes don’t need high quality water. Instead, they

rely on large quantities to ensure a high and constant throughput. By

upgrading or reclaiming grey water from municipal sewage systems, we

are able to secure a constant water supply that matches the necessary

quality specifications.

Upgrading municipal wastewater

Sewage contains high levels of organic matter, carbon, nitrogen,

phosphorus and other suspended particles. Activated sludge processes

break these impurities down into a form that’s easily filtered or clarified,

leaving behind water of a near-potable standard.

Veolia’s flagship municipal plant

Some of Durban’s largest industrial water consumers, including the

Mondi and Sapref refineries, are able to maximise their output,

knowing their water needs are taken care of. The city’s municipality

is further able to divert potable water away from industrial

customers to supply previously-unserviced communities instead.

The benefits to the environment by reducing the amount of

discharged sewage are also long-lasting.

Valuable mineral recovery at Ambatovy Mine

With an extraction capacity of 25,6 tons per hour, this is the largest crystallisation project ever designed in Africa, and one of the largest in the world.

• Recovery of saleable minerals from waste streams

• Contain 100% of polluting waters within plant walls

• Re-use water on-site and significantly reduce fresh water intake

Zero Liquid Discharge

Aimed at the mining and heavy industrial

sectors, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

South Africa supplies turnkey extraction plants

that drive profitability and minimise damage to

the environment.

Turning waste into fertilizer with evaporation

Ambatovy Mine in Madagascar, a producer of nickel and cobalt, needed

a solution to extract ammonium sulphate left behind by the main

refining process. The answer was to dry the effluent stream, leaving the

ammonium sulphate behind in a waterless and manageable form that

can be sold to the agricultural sector as fertilizer.

Extreme energy efficiency

The plant is equipped with an energy recovery system which

harnesses steam from the drying process and converts it to

electricity. This helps power the extraction plant, keeping energy

requirements as low as possible.

Modular solutions

The Langstrand Holiday Resort in Swakopmund, Namibiauses a containerised trickling filter plant to re-use sewage as

irrigation water. This frees up high-quality potable water for

use by visitors and residents.

Installed on a Zambian copper mineeach container produces potable water at a rate of 0,43 mega litres per day. Over the years, additional containers have increased total production to 1,7 mega litres per day.

The Katimo Mulilo Filtration Plant Upgradeis designed to produce potable water from the Caprivi River

System at a rate of 2,6 mega litres per day.

The Elisenheim Housing Developmentnear Windhoek has acquired a trickling filter plant capable of

turning municipal sewage into water suitable for gardening

and greening functions. Designs allow for future growth.

Using state-of-the-art technology that was

developed in Africa for Africa, Veolia Water has

helped a number of remote mine camps, villages

and industrial plants throughout sub-Saharan

Africa by supplying packaged plants for wastewater

treatment and for potable water production.

High-quality water for the pharmaceutical industry is

also available with Veolia’s range of modular solutions.

Plug in, switch on

Packaged plants offer highly efficient solutions to smaller communities’

water needs. They are pre-assembled, containerised and transported to

site, where they are simply plugged in and switched on. They feature

few moving parts, are affordable to maintain, and are exceptionally

easy to operate.

Made-to-order solutions

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa designs and

assembles packaged plants to suit each application’s unique

requirements, whether for potable, process or waste water. Factors

include the type of influent, and the legislated effluent standards.

Modular trickling filter wastewater treatment• A cost-efficient solution to remote communities’ sewage

treatment problems

• Robust and simple operation, ideal for the harsh sub-Saharan environment

• Upgrades sewage to near-potable standards for irrigation, dust suppression and other uses

Active across Africa

Regional Offices

Projects in Africa

Libya

Sudan

Ethiopia

Kenya

Tanzania

Democratic Republic of

Congo

Nigeria

Mauritania

Morrocco

Algeria

Ghana

ZambiaAngola

Zimbabwe

Botswana

South Africa

Namibia

Mozambique

Madagascar

Somalia

Erytrea

Cameroon

SOUTH AFRICA

Modderfontein HouseModdercrest Office ParkHigh StreetModderfontein, 1609Tel: +27 11 663 3600 • Fax: +27 11 608 4772E-mail: info.southafrica@veoliawater.comwww.veoliawaterst.co.za

GautengHead Office

Modderfontein HouseModdercrest Office ParkHigh StreetModderfontein, 1609Tel: +27 11 663 3600 • Fax: +27 11 608 4772E-mail: info.southafrica@veoliawater.com

Isando12 Electron Avenue, Isando, 1600Tel: +27 11 974 8161 • Fax: +27 11 974 8867

KwaZulu-Natal

Durban Water Recycling Plant2 Byfield Road, Merebank, Durban, 4052 Tel: +27 31 461 4590 • Fax: +27 31 461 5338

33 Willowfield Crescent , Springfield Park, Durban, 4091Tel: +27 31 579 5529 • Fax: +27 31 579 5539

Western Cape

5 De Vreugde Crescent, Daljosaphat, Paarl, 7646Tel: +27 21 871 1877 • Fax: +27 21 872 2664

BOTSWANA

Unit 5, Plot 50629, Block 3, Industrial Estate, Gaborone, BotswanaTel: 00267 395 3888 • Fax: 00267 397 4703

NAMIBIA

15 Brahman Street, Northern Industrial Area, Windhoek, NamibiaTel: 00264 61 261 143 • Fax: 00264 61 257 628