Veolia Eau Veolia Water in France

France is the country where Veolia Water was founded in 1853 under the name Compagnie Générale des Eaux.

For more than 150 years French local authorities have entrusted the men and women of Veolia Water/Générale des Eaux (the name Veolia Water trades under in France) to provide their local communities with high quality water and wastewater services within the framework of an outsourced management contract.
Today in France Veolia Water/Générale des Eaux is able to provide municipal, domestic and industrial customers with its expertise and technological solutions in the water sector thanks to the skills of its different subsidiaries (OTV, SADE etc.). Its decentralized organization and its 28,000 employees enable it to work as close as possible to their needs and to provide an efficient and flexible service.

• Providing drinking water to 24.5 million people
• Providing 16,2 million people with a wastewater service
• 2,181 thousand million liters of water distributed annually
• 3,075 water treatment plants
• 2,056 wastewater treatment plants

Veolia Eau is the leading water company in France.
Working in partnership with more than 8,000 local authorities, Veolia Eau provides customers with a flexible and local organizational structure and is able to guarantee customers an optimal quality service. Divided into eleven regional areas, they co-ordinate human resources, expertise and repair and maintenance work, and are always working with customers to improve service levels.On a more local level, 136 offices and 11 customer service centers provide assistance to customers. "Générale des Eaux Direct" provides easy access for customers for all information concerning their water bills or the quality of the water supply.

Veolia Water provides integrated high technology solutions for industrial customers in a number of sectors (automotive, food and beverages, pulp and paper etc.) which ranges from providing equipment to outsourced management systems for water treatment facilities.

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies designs and builds water treatment works for municipalities and industry. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies offers a complete range of technological solutions based on in-house processes and including equipment, modular systems and associated services that meet the water treatment requirements of its municipal and industrial clients.

Sade is one of the most important players in France and around the world for the design, build and maintenance of systems and related facilities.
From abstraction through to releasing water back into the natural environment, Sade is involved in all stages of the water cycle using its expertise to assist its municipal and industrial customers.