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May 17, 2013 - Water

Veolia Water Partners with Sport Fishermen

Veolia Water has been developing projects and partnerships with fishermen for three years now. The goal is to pool strengths to better protect rivers and their ecosystems.

May 15, 2013 - Water

Brazil - Veolia Water builds three units for the treatment of raw water and wastewater for pulp and paper producer CMPC

Veolia Water, via its subsidiary Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded a contract for €130 million to build three units for the treatment of raw water and wastewater for the Chilean CMPC Group, a world leader in pulp and paper production.

May 14, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

Combined Shareholders' Meeting, May 14, 2013

The Combined Shareholders' Meeting of Veolia Environnement took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, under the chairmanship of Mr. Antoine Frérot, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. All of the résolutions submitted to the Combined Shareholders' Meeting were carried by wide majorities.

May 3, 2013 - Finance

Key figures for the three months ended March 31, 2013 (unaudited IFRS figures)

Good resilience in a difficult environment - Adjusted operating income -1.5% to €405 million - New step in the group's transformation - Launch of a new organizational structure project - Increasing the 2015 cost reduction objective to €750 million

April 29, 2013 - Energy services

Slovakia - Dalkia renews contract in Bratislava worth over one billion euros

Dalkia announced that it has renewed its contract to manage heat generation and distribution in Bratislava's Petržalka district. The 20-year contract extends the partnership with the city of Bratislava until 2039, with the goal of applying a proactive approach of energy efficiency and sustainable development to the neighborhood. Cumulative revenue will amount to over €1.1 billion.

April 23, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

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Veolia Environnement and Veolia Water confirm that the European Commission has announced its intention to close the case opened in 2010 concerning suspicions of a cartel and abuse of a dominant position in the delegated water distribution and sanitation services sector in France.

April 15, 2013 - Water

Australia - Veolia Water wins €650 million coal gas contract

QGC, a 100% subsidiary of BG Group, has just signed a 20-year contract with Veolia Water to manage the three water treatment plants at its coal gas production sites in the Surat Basin, southeast Queensland (Australia).

April 12, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement and Total inaugurate Osilub recycling plant in Normandy (France) that regenerates used oil into high-grade lubricants

55 million euros invested, of which 35% outsourced to local companies; 45 direct jobs created, 120 people employed during the construction; Treatment capacity of 120,000 metric tons of oil a year, or nearly 50% of the volume of used oil generated in France each year; A recycling yield of around 75%, the best rate achieved anywhere in the world.

April 5, 2013 - Energy services

Dalkia signs strategic partnership with Hungarian government

Dalkia today announced it had signed a strategic partnership with the Hungarian government. This agreement is part of a program implemented by Hungary to improve the competitiveness of the country's economy by leveraging the expertise and knowledge of international corporations. For Dalkia, sixteenth company entering this program, it stress its expertise in energy efficiency and biomass.

April 4, 2013 - Water

Vienne Water and Wastewater Authority (SIVEER) - Les Trois Moutiers and future Center Parcs treatment plant to use Organica system

Provided by MSE, a Veolia Water subsidiary, the Organica system will be used for the wastewater treatment plant for the town of Les Trois Moutiers and the future Vienne Center Parcs holiday village. This completely ecological water treatment process is scheduled to come on stream in 2015.

March 29, 2013 - Water

Poland - Veolia Water inaugurates new Warsaw wastewater treatment plant

After four years' construction, upgrade and extension work by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, the city of Warsaw has just inaugurated its new wastewater treatment plant.

March 28, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement sells its water and wastewater activities in Portugal for €95 million

Veolia Environnement has signed an agreement with Beijing Enterprises Water Group to sell its subsidiary Veolia Water in Portugal (CGEP - Compagnie Générale des Eaux du Portugal - Consultadoria e Engenharia) for €95 million. This amount will be fully allocated to the Group's debt reduction program in 2013.

March 25, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement and bioMérieux initiate a research partnership to develop an innovative monitoring system for drinking water quality

At BIOVISION, the world life sciences forum, Veolia Environnement, global leader in water services and expert in environmental services, and bioMérieux, global player in in vitro diagnostic solutions and world leader in industrial microbiology, announced today they have signed an agreement to undertake a research partnership. This partnership aims at developing an innovative technology for the continuous monitoring of the microbiological quality of drinking water. A preliminary step will be a study to assess the project's technical and economic feasibility.

March 21, 2013 - Water

A Significant Industrial Contract for Veolia Water: K+S Potash Canada GP chooses HPD® evaporation and crystallization solutions for its upcoming potash production plant

Veolia Water signed a significant contract with K+S Potash Canada GP to provide the basic and detailed engineering of the new potash production plant in Saskatchewan, a province in western Canada. Veolia Water will supply the HPD evaporation and crystallization technologies, thus providing important infrastructure that will enable the company to produce nearly 3 million metric tons per year of potash by 2023.

March 14, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

Board of Directors of Veolia Environnement

At today's meeting of the Board of Directors of Veolia Environnement chaired by Mr. Antoine Frérot, the Board decided to propose the following resolutions to the Shareholders' Meeting.

March 8, 2013 - Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement sells its concession contracts in Morocco

Veolia Environnement has signed an agreement, via its holding company Veolia Services à l'Environnement Maroc, with global investment fund Actis to sell its Moroccan water, wastewater and electricity services, operated by concession companies Redal and Amendis.

February 28, 2013 - Finance

2012 Annual Results

First year of transformation ahead of objectives: Debt reduction target for the end of 2013 already exceeded and raised; Operational improvement throughout the second half of 2012; Net income of €394 million.

February 19, 2013 - Energy services

Dalkia starts construction of biomass boiler at the Toulouse University Hospital - Purpan site

Dalkia has started construction of the future biomass boiler that will supply the Purpan site, the new Pierre-Paul Riquet Hospital and the new emergency - resuscitation - general medicine and psychiatry buildings at the Toulouse University Hospital - Purpan.

February 15, 2013 - Energy services

Agreement reached on financing of Dalkia's international operations

Dalkia has announced that an agreement regarding the financing of its subsidiary Dalkia International has been reached with Veolia Environnement and EDF.

February 7, 2013 - Energy services

The Veolia Environnement Foundation announces the winners of the "Sustainable Energy for All" competition

In a world where 20% of the population has no access to electricity and where more than one out of every four people in Europe is confronted with energy poverty, the Veolia Environnement Foundation and Dalkia are supporting energy initiatives to combat poverty, improve health and foster economic growth while at the same time protecting the environment.

February 4, 2013 - Environmental Services

Orbite Aluminae Inc. and Veolia Environmental Services create partnership to recycle and remediate red mud generated by alumina

Orbite Aluminae Inc. ("Orbite") and Veolia Environmental Services ("Veolia") signed an exclusive worldwide collaborative agreement for the treatment and recycling of red mud generated by industrial alumina production using the Bayer process. The terms of the partnership include the construction of the first plant to treat red mud using Orbite's patented process.

January 31, 2013 - Water

Veolia Water awarded management of the water and wastewater systems of Rialto, California

The city of Rialto and Rialto Water Services (RWS) have awarded Veolia Water North America, a Veolia Water subsidiary, a contract to manage the city's water and wastewater systems. The 30-year contract is valued at approximately $300 million in revenues for Veolia Water.

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