Industrial Water

The production costs of water for the purpose of drinking, boiler, process, cooling and washing water, as well as effluent treatment and recycling, accounts for up to 5% of an industrial site's costs.
For existing facilities, Veolia Water can take responsibility of the management of the assets, with the possibility of retaining personnel and upgrading their skills in water management.
For new facilities, we offer comprehensive design-build-operate solutions. In all cases, we guarantee quality service performance and improvement in the overall costs of treatment systems.
We work in a variety of industrial sectors: oil and gas exploration, refining, organic and mineral chemicals, food and beverage, iron and steel, pulp and paper, microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, automotive, energy, textiles, glass, etc.

Our clients include international corporations including Girassol, Shell Stanlow, Gepeif, GPN, Bunge, Arcelor Mittal, Millikosky, Hynix, Oril, PSA, LG/Lotte Petrochemical, and more.

Veolia Water offers:

• Custom technical solutions for the design, construction and operation of industrial water treatment systems
• A wide range of customized services at various levels of operations
• The know-how and expertise of local service providers, reinforced by an international network of operations experts, researchers and scientists
• Guaranteed performance on outsourcing contracts
• Multidisciplinary expertise covering financial, social and legal aspects
  

EXAMPLE: Sinopec/BYPC, Beijing Yanshan, CHINA

Sinopec Corp. is the first company in China with integrated oil & gas upstream and downstream operations and a complete marketing network.
Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (BYPC) is the largest petrochemical subsidiary of Sinopec in China, offering 94 kinds and 411 grades of petrochemicals. It is also one of the largest oil refinery producing 8.5 millions metric tons/y of oil and 710,000 metric tons/y of ethylene.
In 2006, this long-term JV operated by Veolia Water allowed Sinopec to:

• focus on its core business
• rely on the support of recognized technical expertise in water
• control costs 
• upgrade reclamation facilities

The challenge

BYPC wanted to evaluate the possibility of establishing a Joint Venture (JV) company to manage and operate wastewater collection, treatment, reuse and disposal facilities at the Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical industrial site in Yanshan. Effluents on the petrochemical complex came from three chemical plants, a power plant, a refinery, a rubber plant and residential areas.
Therefore, the company was looking for a partner with experience in the treatment of multiple sources of effluents (industrials and municipal) in order to improve operation and maintenance of the global wastewater system and to increase the capacity and efficiency of reclamation units.

Veolia Water's solutions :

• bringing expertise to improve treated wastewater quality and optimize the process
• improving management of operational risks 
• ensuring stability and continuity of service 
• optimizing the operation on the wastewater treatment facilities through optimized maintenance procedures and continuous monitoring of water quality throughout the process
• taking over the existing staff and bringing in Veolia Water employees in order to benefit from shared experiences
• optimizing and upgrading (with financing) the two reclamation units through sate of the art asset management practices