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Water Contamination Emergencies: Collective Responsibility
7th – 8th April 2008
The Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK
Sponsored by Veolia Water UK, “Water Contamination Emergencies: Collective Responsibility” is the third in a series of international conferences which seeks to encourage global sharing of any lessons learnt and collaborative research leading to the adoption of best practice.
This conference will be of strategic, tactical and operational interest to all organisations in the field of Water Contamination, including CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) incidents.
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Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing provides sustainable solution for landfill leachate
Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing (VWIO), a subsidiary of Veolia Water UK PLC has signed a 12 year variation to its existing contract for the leachate treatment plant at Veolia Environmental Services landfill site in Telford, UK.
VWIO specialises in the provision of bespoke solutions within the industrial water cycle utilising a Design, Build Own Operate and Maintain (DBOOM) approach.
Originally the solution provided for the removal of pesticides and thermal stripping of ammonia and methane for destruction in the biogas fuelled flare. The revised configuration caters for the conversion of biogas into electricity as a sustainable non-fossil energy for export from site, and derives heat from the generating engines to provide steam to distil the leachate and concentrate an ammoniacal solution for export as a further sustainable product.
This partnership provides Veolia Environmental Services with a disposal route for a difficult leachate allowing discharge to sewer having removed pesticides, ammonia and other non-condensable gases. This provides 750 tonnes per year of ammonia solution for re-use in water treatment and chemical industries whilst generating 2MW of power for sale into the National Grid.
Veolia Environmental Services is a world leader in waste management serving almost half a million industrial and tertiary customers in 35 countries.
Veolia Environmental Services is the UK's leading waste management company operating a network of landfill sites, materials recovery facilities, transfer stations, civic amenity sites, energy recovery facilities and compost sites.
For further information please contact enquiry@vwio.com.
Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing LTD takeover the operation of effluent treatment plant in North East England
On the 1st June 2007, Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing Ltd (VWIO) took over the operation of an effluent treatment plant for Vertellus Specialities UK Ltd (VSUK), located in Seal Sands, UK.
VSUK is a leading provider of specialty chemicals for the agriculture, nutrition, pharmaceutical and medical, personal care, plastics, coatings and industrial markets. Created out of the merger of Reilly Industries and Rutherford Chemicals in July 2006, this major chemical company is committed to providing value to its customers through leading technology, contemporary business systems and processes.
The operating contract, which has been novated to VWIO from it’s sister company Veolia Environmental Services (VES), will continue in force through to 2010 providing for capital investment as well as the operating and maintenance services in relation to the effluent treatment plant. The effluent treatment plant consists of two sequencing batch reactors, a DAF unit and dewatering equipment to ensure that the treated effluent from this site is of a sufficient quality to meet the high environmental standards to allow it to be discharged directly into the Seal Sands estuary.
Under a separate Exclusivity Agreement with VSUK, VWIO, using the group’s technical expertise in this type of equipment will implement a series of trials to treat similar waste streams. VWIO will be working closely with VES to use their knowledge of the waste market in the UK to identify potential sources that are currently being tankered to more distant treatment facilities. If successful this could lead to a contract extension for a further 15 years.
For further information please contact enquiry@vwio.com.
Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing has signed a 10-year outsourcing contract with Uskmouth Power
Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing (VWIO), a subsidiary of Veolia Water UK PLC has signed a 10 year, €2.8 million water re-use contract with Uskmouth Power in Gwent, South Wales.
Uskmouth Power , owned by Carron Energy, is a coal-fired power station generating power sufficient for 360,000 homes. Uskmouth Power Station is one of the cleanest coal-fired plants in the UK and meets EU requirements aimed at reducing emissions from coal plants .
Originally using potable water as feed, the revised configuration increases the capacity of the plant utilising a cheaper form of feed water, namely tertiary treated effluent from Nash wastewater treatment plant which must be treated on site to reach ultra pure water quality.
The contract calls upon the expertise and resource of Veolia Water to design, build, operate and maintain a water recovery plant consisting of:
- Ultrafiltration and base exchange softening pre-treatment
- Three reverse osmosis units
- Three mixed bed demineralisation units
This partnership provides Uskmouth Power with a reliable source of process water at a guaranteed quality as well as delivering significant cost savings and allowing them to concentrate on their core business.
The water company, Welsh Water will save 120,000M 3/year of potable water as a further consequence of using tertiary treated effluent.
The Uskmouth Power Station makes a vital contribution to electricity supply in the UK and its location in South Wales means it helps the National Grid with system security as few generators are located in this part of the country.
For further information, please contact info@vwio.com
VWIO signed a multi-service outsourcing contract with Corus Packaging Plus
London, September 15th 2004
Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing (VWIO), part of Veolia Environnement, has signed a 10 year multi-service contract worth 78 million euros (£53 million) with Corus Packaging Plus (CPP) for their Trostre site in South Wales. CPP is a leading supplier of high quality light gauge steels to the packaging markets across the world, with facilities in the UK, Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. It is operated through a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corus Group, the Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer.
Managed through a single point of contact, the contract will call on the know-how, expertise and resources of three Veolia Environnement divisions - Veolia Water, Dalkia (energy services) and Onyx (waste management) to:
- manage and optimise Corus' existing effluent treatment plant,
- build, operate and maintain a new boiler facility,
- provide on site waste management services.
Delivering environmental benefits to the Trostre site is a major priority. This will be done through targeted investments in the existing effluent treatment plant and a state of the art gas fired boiler facility. Also significant cost savings to the client will be derived through operating and technical efficiencies of the boiler and effluent treatment plants. Six Corus employees will join the VWIO team.
"This contract demonstrates our capacity to provide custom-made solutions to our industrial clients and to place the entire body of expertise of Veolia Environnement's divisions at their service, all within the framework of integrated offers. As the first multi-service outsourcing contract signed in the UK, this success solidifies the significant efforts carried out over several years by our British teams."
- Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of Veolia Environnement.
In 2003, services to industry represented a third of the Veolia Environnement's turnover. Numerous industrial clients, including a growing number of large international industrial groups, have chosen Veolia Environnement as their partner in multi-service contract outsourcing, such as Novartis (Switzerland), PSA Peugeot Citroën (France), Visteon (Germany).
For more information, please contact info@vwio.com
VWIO has signed a 10-year outsourcing contract with Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey has appointed VWIO to design, build, operate and maintain a new effluent treatment plant at its site at Clitheroe, Lancashire. The new facility will be designed to treat the bulk of the effluents generated on site. As part of the company vision and commitment to manage its activities at the highest level of protection to the environment, the new plant is part of an investment programme intended to meet the requirements of the forthcoming Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and Urban Wastewater Treatment Directives.
VWIO was selected by Johnson Matthey Catalysts following a successful competitive bid which led to the further development of a strong working relationship. Key requirements satisfied by VWIO were the reliable and innovative technology provided within the Veolia Water Group, and the ability to deliver excellence in service of equipment and operation through one point of contact.
Johnson Matthey Catalysts is one of the world's leading catalyst manufacturers with strengths in process catalysis, environmental catalysis and fuel cell technologies. At the Clitheroe site, Johnson Matthey Catalysts develops and manufactures over 150 different high performance catalysts that optimise chemical processes. The site is certified to the environmental standard ISO 14001 and is one of Johnson Matthey Catalysts' largest catalyst manufacturing installations.
VWIO's innovative and sustainable solution will provide Johnson Matthey Catalysts with significant environmental benefits.
For more information, please contact info@vwio.com
Vivendi Water Industrial Outsourcing changes its name
Vivendi Water Industrial Outsourcing has now changed its name to Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing (VWIO), following the name change of its parent company Vivendi Environnement to Veolia Environnement.
Veolia Environnement has retained the VE initials, which have become a widely known abbreviation of the company name, and the word "Environnement". The new name expresses Veolia Environnement's business focus and unique position in environmental services across its four business sectors, and its commitment to sustainable development.
The change of name also underlines the independence of Veolia Environnement from its former parent company Vivendi Universal.
For more information, please contact info@vwio.com
VWIO has signed a 10-year outsourcing contract with the MoD Gibraltar
VWIO has signed a 10-year contract with the Ministry of Defence's naval base in Gibraltar to design, own and operate a seawater RO plant with a capacity of 1,400 m3/day, built by Vivendi Water Systems. The plant will satisfy the naval base water requirements including personnel and visiting ships.
For reasons of security the base utilities infrastructure is separate from the rest of Gibraltar, particularly the water supply which not only sustains the naval facility on an ongoing basis but also services visiting ships at any given time. The base also exports a certain quantity of water to the civilian population. In addition there is also a requirement for high water demand at short notice to service the fleet. Security and quality of supply are therefore of paramount importance to the base. This is why the MoD chose VWIO as their supplier of choice, as we were able to demonstrate an understanding of the facility, its geography and the technology required to deliver a sustainable water supply.
Since energy is very expensive in Gibraltar, a primary driver for the design of the plant was energy efficiency. The installation will be equipped with the latest energy recovery system, using a pressure exchanger, increasing the recovered energy by 30% from the previous plant. Energy recovery will have a significant impact on reducing the cost of water produced.
“This project is of significant importance to VWIO and the group as it enhances our position in the area of potable water production from a seawater source”
, Greg Turner, Technical Director
In addition, VWIO has become a registered supplier with the Ministry of Defence for future contracts.
For more information, please contact info@vwio.com
VWIO has been awarded ISO 14001 certification
London, 28 March 2003 - Vivendi Water Industrial Outsourcing (VWIO) has been awarded ISO 14001 certification by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI), one of the foremost certification bodies in the world.
ISO 14001 is a voluntary standard for environmental management systems issued by the International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO), established to distinguish companies that manage their activities to minimise the impact on the environment.
To attain conformance to the ISO 14001 standard, VWIO has developed and implemented an Environmental Management System (EMS) in which the company's environmental “objectives and targets” are set, monitored, and reviewed by management for corrective action and continual improvement.
This certification is the natural vehicle to enable VWIO to attain the highest standards of quality and environmental management, which are the basis of VWIO's partnership with its customers.
For more information, please contact info@vwio.com
VWIO signs an outsourcing contract with L'Oréal
L'Oréal has entered into a long term renewable outsourcing contract with VWIO in the UK to design, build and operate a new effluent treatment plant.
L'Oréal, Pontyclun, South Wales is a manufacturing facility which produces a broad range of cosmetic products for the UK and international markets. The effluent from L'Oréal's production facility has a high COD load and is treated by their onsite treatment plant before being discharged to the local sewage works.
The operational and environmental benefits of this project will enable L'Oréal to expand its production facilities whilst minimising discharges to sewer in line with its corporate environmental targets.
This project will strengthen VWIO's growing operational base in South Wales, as part of its corporate strategy for operations in the UK.
Contact: info@vwio.com
Water recycling for Mettis Aerospace
The Mettis Aerospace Group is a leading service provider of aircraft components based upon world leading forging, machining and metallurgical skills. Operating from the heart of England, Mettis Aerospace has a comprehensive range of design, logistics, manufacturing processing, machining and kitting services all on one site. The ideal 'one stop supply centre' for the complete service.
VWIO has successfully completed delivery to the Redditch site of the containerised water treatment equipment for Mettis Aerospace. This signals the completion of the first phase of the 30 m3/h water recycling project for this client. Our integrated approach to plant design incorporates improvements to the wastewater treatment process together with filtration and reverse osmosis equipment and a new water distribution system within the factory.
VWIO have taken on the outsourced responsibilities for wastewater treatment and water supply for this important component supplier to the international aerospace industry, and have been operating on site for the last 6 months.
With the commissioning of the water recycling plant the project maintains the high standard of water quality demanded by the manufacture of reliability-critical aerospace components, and provides savings and benefits to the client from improved management of the wastewater plant. Water recycling and reduced discharges of wastewater lessen the environmental impact of the factory and minimise water inputs into the site.
By outsourcing responsibilities for wastewater and water management to VWIO, Mettis Aerospace is able to focus on core activities and improve its overall economics.
Contact: info@vwio.com
