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Following a call for tenders, Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) granted Veolia, through its subsidiary OTV Exploitation, the five-year public contract to operate Ovilléo, Marquette-lez-Lille [wastewater treatment plant](/en/solutions/recovering-sewage-sludge "Recovering sewage sludge into green energy"), (France), for around €40 million. With a treatment capacity of 620,000 population equivalent, Ovilléo is the largest new-generation [wastewater treatment plant](/en/planetlive/wastewater-treatment-plants-keys-sustainable-wastewater-management "Wastewater treatment plants: the keys to sustainable wastewater management") in Northern France.