Areas of development

During the last 20 years Veolia Water has been working on developments in four main areas:

 

Treatment methods

Actiflo™ Treatment process

Actiflo™ Treatment process

80s

  • water treatment process (drinking water) - ACTIFLO TM ;
  • wastewater treatment process (by biological filtration) - BIOSTYR TM.

90s

  • a flameless biosolid combustion process - ATHOS TM ;
  • a biological deodorization process - ALIZAIR TM ;
  • a biological treatment of wastewater (using immersed membranes) - BIOSEP TM ;
  • a stabilization and sterilization process for the treatment of biosolids - SAPHYR TM.
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Operating Software

90s

  • remote management system of facilities - LERNE
  • simulation tool to optimize the use of ozone - SIMOZONE.

1995

  • a software solution integrating a quality module with hydraulic modeling of an urban drainage network - HYDROWORKS-DM became INFOWORKS-CS (in co-development with Wallingford Software).

1996

  • software for managing the risks of industrial pollution - ACTIPOL.

1997

  • method of assessing the risk of contamination to water resources by pathogenic protoza Cryptosporidium and Giardia (first version) - CRYPTOGIA.
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Analysis methods

Analysis method Twister.

Analysis method Twister.

1993

  • extremely sensitive technique for qualitative and quantitative detection - Mass Spectrometry.

1999

  • rapid analysis method for detecting pathogenic parasites Cryptosporidium and Giardia - solid-phase cytometry (ChemScan).

2001

  • qualitative and quantitative analysis method for the detection of odorous compounds in water - TWISTER.

2003

  • rapid analysis method for the detection of Legionella pneumophila bacteria - PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction).
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Measurement equipment

80s

  • tool to measure the amount of dissolved oxygen in biosolids (bacterial activity and toxicity of biosolids) - RESPIROMETRE.

1990s

  • tool to measure the toxicity of effluents - AUTOMICROTOX.
  • system for controlling activated sludge - SUPEROXYDOSE.