Demographic growth, urban development and new forms of production and consumption generate more wastewater, which poses a major challenge for public health and the environment. Untreated or poorly treated wastewater pollutes natural environments, harms biodiversity and affects the quality of water resources.
To ensure sustainable, responsible and efficient management of water resources, we develop innovative solutions to optimise the treatment of drinking water and wastewater from the sewage network, protect water quality and manage flood risk.
We use efficient and sustainable treatment methods and are working permanently on identifying ways of reducing emissions.
We encourage wastewater recycling by means of a suitable biological treatment process to remove contaminants and make the water safe to reuse (for example, in farming).
We are working with the authorities in Nice on the Côte d’Azur on the plan to transform the Haliotis treatment plant, one of the biggest in Europe. Haliotis 2 will be able to treat and reuse wastewater from 26 towns in the Nice area, equivalent to 680,000 people, remove 90% of microplastics from the effluent and provide new renewable energy sources.