## We now live in times of water scarcity, everywhere. It is time to invest in water security. 

Veolia’s Stakeholders Assembly is launching its call to action, to unlock the economic and strategic potential of [water reuse](https://en/solutions/wastewater-reuse "Wastewater reuse").



 

 

 



 

 

   ![Thumbnail image from the cover of Veolia's white paper on water security](/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/styles/default/public/image/2026/06/water-security-waster-reuse-220x281.jpg.webp?itok=9guVNnnS)   



***Browse the***   
[***digital version***](#water)   
***of our White Paper***  
*below.*



 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





## <a class="ck-anchor" id="water"></a>Water bankruptcy is here

Water stress is becoming the norm, driven by climate change and competing uses, even in areas that were considered safe from droughts.  
  
Governments and corporations all over the world are bracing themselves for the human, social and economic costs of water stress.

[Read more](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/07/water-security-water-reuse-060426.pdf#page=3)

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 





 

 

    ![Decorative image](/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2026/06/ere-faillite-hydrique-1600x1100_0.jpg.webp?h=c2a53baf&itok=FOVY31iC)   





 

 

 

 

 





## Our collective call for action

Veolia masters technical solutions, including water reuse. But no company can achieve systemic change alone. Starting from World Environment Day on June 5, 2026, Veolia’s Stakeholders Assembly is calling for collective action on four fronts: social acceptability; regulation; economic models and financing ; and deployment at large scale.

[Read more](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/07/water-security-water-reuse-060426.pdf#page=5)

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 





 

 

    ![Glass of water](/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2026/06/appel-action-1600x1067_0.jpg.webp?h=b05f319f&itok=UJB030l_)   





 

 

 

 

 





## Veolia’s 10 commitments

Veolia will amplify this collective Call for action at all levels, from local advocacy forums to international events, leading to the United Nations Water Conference in December 2026.   
It is also committing to action, including the creation of a methodological guide on the “Cost of no water”.

[Read the commitments](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/07/water-security-water-reuse-060426.pdf#page=19)

 



 

 

 



Water reuse is not expensive: what is expensive is inaction.

[**Estelle Brachlianoff**](/en/veolia-group/governance/executive-committee/estelle-brachlianoff-biography#biography-estelle-brachlianoff)**, CEO of Veolia**



 

 

 



 

 

   ![Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia](/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/styles/default/public/image/2026/06/estelle-brachlianoff-dg-veolia-rond-292x300.png.webp?itok=uZwOL61-)   





 

 

 



 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





## The pioneers of wastewater reuse

Water reuse is not a new technology. Major projects have already been implemented in areas where water scarcity is a daily reality.   
Each of them was tailored to a particular environment and societal, economic, political context, as part of a carefully crafted water mix. The leaders of these projects shared their experience with the Assembly: what led to success and the lessons they learned.

[Read more](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/07/water-security-water-reuse-060426.pdf#page=10)

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 





 

 

    ![Water reuse](/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2026/06/reutilisation-eaux-1600x1069_0.jpg.webp?h=836fb8d3&itok=SUzkq87p)   





 

 

 

 

 





Without water, there’s no life, there’s no economy, there’s no international trade. So water needs to be shared. All local users need to sit around the table and talk about water: how much they need, how they can adapt to scarcity, about tariffs and prices that reflect the value of water.

**Esther Crauser-Delbourg, water economist**



 

 

 



 

 

 

 





## A unique Stakeholders Assembly 

Veolia has [a long history of stakeholders dialogue](/en/veolia-group/our-purpose-in-motion/approach-shared-progress-with-and-for-our-stakeholders "An approach of shared progress with and for our stakeholders"). But the Assembly that gathered for the first time in April 2026 was unlike any other. Each of the 34 representatives was carefully selected as a pioneer and expert of environmental security and water reuse, to challenge Veolia’s top management on these issues. And so they did, breaking new ground through open dialogue.

[Read more](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/07/water-security-water-reuse-060426.pdf#page=14)

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 





 

 

    ![Stakeholders](/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2026/06/assemblee-parties-prenantes-1600x1065_0.jpg.webp?h=ca09258c&itok=oGKKZao-)   





 

 

 

 

 






### Also discover:

- [Veolia’s stakeholders Assembly pledge](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/05/veolia-stakeholders-assembly-pledge.pdf) signed by all its members
- [The Assembly’s first edition](/en/our-media/news/veolias-stakeholders-assembly-takes-stand-environmental-security "Veolia’s Stakeholders Assembly takes a stand for environmental security") in April 2026
- [Columbia and HEC-Paris' note](https://www.veolia.com/sites/g/files/dvc4206/files/document/2026/06/columbia-hec-concept-note-veolia-environmental-security-110326.pdf)



 

 

 



 

 

 

 






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