In Paimboeuf (in the Loire estuary, France), youths in difficulty and older persons sidelined from the world of work are reconstructing "La Paimblotine". This project, supported by one of Veolia Water local employees and the Veolia Environnement Foundation, will provide them with solid training in the renovation of old clippers.
In the 1990s, Veolia's R&D launched research programs aimed at inventing economically and ecologically viable wastewater sludge treatment technologies. This was achieved by the ATHOS process which uses a hydro-thermal oxidation technique (HTO).
Veolia Water supports a great cause of sustainable development: helping the city of Haiphong (Vietnam) to restore and preserve the environmental quality of the water of its bay, while ongoing economic activities continue.
First Myanmar (Burma), then China, announced an appalling cumulative figure of more than 200,000 people dead or missing and at least 8 million homeless! Although there is certainly cause to examine the causes of the frequency and magnitude of such disasters, the only thing that really counts is action to alleviate the suffering of their victims. Veolia Force has mobilized its expertise.
It is necessary to add chlorine to the water in order to maintain water quality all the way to the tap and to protect the water from any risk of accidental contamination...
The quality of bathing water can now be evaluated in real time through a reactive fluorescent. Instead of the previous process with a waiting time of 36 hours, the period of analysis was reduced to only one hour!
Although hard water (containing calcium and magnesium) is good for your health, do take some preventative measures to protect your fittings and equipment from limescale.
In April 2004, Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, made the following remarks upon the start of the Sustainable Development Commission's work
Although nowadays it is largely prohibited, lead piping may still exist in older properties ...
Nitrates are a sign of human pollution and of the worldwide damage to the natural environment.