Almost half the researchers are based in the Paris area at the research centre Anjou Recherche which itself has affiliates in the USA, Canada and Germany.

This network is complemented by the affiliated units who are working on specific contracts. The Berlin KompetenzZentrum Wasser is, for example, Veolia Environnement's centre of expertise in the protection of water resources.

In France, Veolia Water works with major French institutions such as:

• Pasteur Institute
• Commissariat à l'Agence Atomique (CEA) - Atomic Agency Commission
• Institut pour la Research Agronomique (INRA) - National Institute for Agricultural Research
• ANVAR - French Agency for Innovation
• Agence de Development and de Maîtrise de l'Energie (ADEME) - Environment and Energy Management Agency
• the 6 Water Agencies which supervise the major drainage basins
• Centre National de la Research Scientifique (CNRS) - National Centre for Scientific Research -

Throughout the world Veolia Water works in partnership with more than a hundred different organizations such as ministries, universities and institutions including:

• Technical University, Berlin
• University of New South Wales, Australia
• American Water Works Association Research Foundation
• Global Water Research Coalition
• European Commission
• Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
• Environmental Agency (Great Britain)