Veolia Wins Public Contract to Operate Ovilléo, the New-Generation Wastewater Treatment Plant for Métropole Européenne De ...
16 Octobre 2017 - 8:45AM
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Regulatory News:
Following a call for tenders, Métropole Européenne de Lille
(MEL) granted Veolia (Paris:VIE), through its subsidiary OTV
Exploitation, the five-year public contract to operate Ovilléo,
Marquette-lez-Lille wastewater treatment plant, (France), for
around €40 million. With a treatment capacity of 620,000 population
equivalent, Ovilléo is the largest new-generation wastewater
treatment plant in Northern France.
With its treatment capacity of 620,000 population equivalent,
the largest wastewater treatment plant in Northern France
accumulates many challenges. In wet weather, for example, its
hourly inflow can be as much as the equivalent to 11 Olympic
swimming pools.
Ovilléo has two separate treatment lines, one treating
wastewater (flow rate of 2.8 m3/s), and the other storm water
(maximum flow rate of 5.3 m3/s) from MEL’s 37 constituent
municipalities. The wastewater treatment complies with high
standards for parameters such as nitrogen and phosphates, in order
to protect the water quality in the river where the treated water
is discharged.
The plant is particularly remarkable for its production of
biogas stored in gasometers, which covers approximately 94% of the
plant’s heat energy needs; the remaining 6% is supplied by natural
gas.
This biogas is used to fire the various boilers and cogeneration
engines.
The methane produced is also used in a cogeneration plant which
converts the gas into electricity, in a quantity sufficient for the
annual consumption of the equivalent of 800 households.
The Marquette-lez-Lille plant’s location in a built-up urban
area meant particular attention had to be paid to odor treatment:
OTV, a Veolia subsidiary and leader of the consortium that built
the plant, also added permanent control of emission sources and
their treatment. These measures are designed to minimize any odor
and noise problems for the neighboring communities.
In order to meet MEL’s expectations, Veolia has created a
specific team for Ovilléo and a 24/24 information sharing service
that operates completely transparently with MEL’s municipal
services. A comprehensive dashboard for the elected officials,
Urban Board, will include, for example, technical information and
social network feeds. This is a more systematic smart-city approach
guaranteeing performance of urban services.
On a technical level, this team will also be able to call on
Veolia Group experts to conduct ambitious action plans aimed at
improving performance, especially energy performance.
“Ovilléo is truly a 21st-century plant. We are proud to have
been selected by Métropole Européenne de Lille for its operation,”
says Frédéric Van Heems, Chief Executive Officer of Water for
Veolia in France. “Perfectly integrated into its region, this
new-generation plant is an extraordinary concentrate of
environmental and technological innovation. Marquette is now ahead
of the curve for wastewater treatment.”
Veolia group is the global leader in optimised resource
management. With over 163,000 employees worldwide, the Group
designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions
that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and
industries. Through its three complementary business activities,
Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available
resources, and to replenish them. In 2016, the Veolia group
supplied 100 million people with drinking water and 61 million
people with wastewater service, produced 54 million megawatt hours
of energy and converted 30 million metric tonnes of waste into new
materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris
Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €24.39 billion in
2016. www.veolia.com
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