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How do we combat water stress by desalinating seawater? 💧 Powered by local renewable energies such as wind and solar, #seawater #desalination is becoming a sustainable low-carbon solution. It is an alternative to provide access to fresh water in arid regions. The water is separated from the salt and impurities using two main technologies: 🔹 Thermal desalination, which transforms the water into salt-free steam, 🔹 and reverse osmosis, which retains the salt from water by membrane filtration. Digital innovation and AI are revolutionizing performance in desalination plants. They make predictive maintenance of installations possible, and improve the energy efficiency of seawater desalination systems. Desalination stands as a vital solution in the fight against #water scarcity, particularly for coastal regions! Learn more about how Veolia leads the way toward sustainable desalination worldwide: https://lnkd.in/ec6uyP3B

Is #desalination in the Middle East a sustainable answer to water scarcity? The answer is yes! At a time when the Middle East is having to adapt to the consequences of #ClimateChange, Veolia offers comprehensive support for the #water cycle to meet the growing demand for drinking water in an arid region. ➡ 15 million people supplied with desalinated water by Veolia in the Middle East ➡ #Desalination represents 21% of Veolia's revenues in the Middle East ➡ 5 million m3 of desalination capacity built in the Middle East, representing 15% of the region’s installed capacity Veolia has made Middle East a strategic zone and a geographic growth booster for its #GreenUp strategic program. Since entering the Middle East market in 1970, the Group has shown remarkable growth, increasing revenue from €0.6 billion in 2019 to €1.2 billion in 2024, targeting a 50% rise in revenue in the region by 2030. A key role in driving a #EcologicalTransformation that combines innovation with #energy efficiency and environmental protection! 🔗 Learn more on our new Planet magazine focusing on sustainable desalination: https://lnkd.in/eyg7USt8

50% of the world's population is already facing #water scarcity, while global water demand is projected to increase by more than 50% by 2050. 💧 Faced with these challenges, #desalination is an essential solution in the face of water scarcity: 🔹 more reliable, when alternatives already deployed are insufficient 🔹 more relevant, as 80% of the world's population lives near the sea 🔹 more affordable thanks to innovation - the price of desalination has gone from $5/m3 in 1970 to less than $0.5/m3 in 2024 🔹 more sustainable, with energy consumption cut by a factor of 5 and minimal impact on biodiversity As a global leader in water services and technologies, Veolia is a major player in sustainable seawater desalination with 50+ years of experience and a new generation of plants at the cutting edge of energy efficiency. In the Middle East, Veolia operates efficient and sustainable desalination plants such as: 👉 Mirfa 2, one of the world's largest energy-efficient desalination plants in Abu Dhabi. This reverse osmosis desalination plant will supply drinking water to around 210,000 households.  👉 Hassyan, the second largest reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination plant in the world built south of #Dubai will supply drinking water to 2 million inhabitants. This confirms our leading position in water technologies and our commitment to leveraging our expertise and our capacity for innovation to deliver reliable, affordable and sustainable water access solutions. 🔗 Discover how Veolia leads the way toward sustainable desalination: https://lnkd.in/ec6uyP3B #EcologicalTransformation

📢 With more than 50 years of continuous effort, Veolia has become the champion of #sustainable #desalination, driving major breakthroughs and innovation in the market: 🔸 Energy consumption divided by almost 7 since 1970 🔸 Increasingly compact and efficient units, thanks to solutions such as the Barrel™ technology and Intelligent Reverse osmosis processes integrating AI 🔸 Minimisation of the environmental footprint of the facilities, by reducing chemicals usage and more renewable decarbonized power supply 🔸 Respect of the marine environment, particularly when it comes to brine management. Already a leader in the desalination sector, with 18% of the world's installed desalination capacity built using its technologies, Veolia is set to consolidate its market leadership, while doubling its operated capacity from 1.4 million m³ per day by 2030. 💧 🔗 Read our press release: https://lnkd.in/egqg6Frg #EcologicalTransformation

As some regions of the world are becoming increasingly arid, ensuring access and availability of freshwater is crucial to protect populations and support industries in the face of climate change and resource scarcity. 💧 Global #water demand is projected to increase by more than 50% by 2050, while half of the world's population already faces water scarcity. More than ever, the need for a key actor in sustainable solutions including sustainable #desalination is needed. With 50+ years of experience and 2,300+ plants worldwide, Veolia leads sustainable desalination #solutions to address global water scarcity through innovative #technology and environmental stewardship. 25% of the regions most exposed to extreme drought have access to the sea. Desalination is now a solution for the #future. Today, desalination is: ▪ Affordable, ▪ Less energy-intensive, ▪ And more respectful of ecosystems. Desalination can now be #sustainable! ➡ Follow the live presentation “Sustainable Desalination - Oman”: https://lnkd.in/eYU9k7xu #EcologicalTransformation

At Veolia, #safety is our priority. We are committed every day to a safer future by ensuring a safe workplace for all employees, customers and partners. And it's all thanks to the dedication of our teams! 🦺 Last week saw the #AlwaysSafe Awards 2024 ceremony, which rewarded the teams who have proposed the most innovative safety initiatives. This ceremony embodies the Group’s values and ambitions to adopt best practices in daily life and at international level to promote health and safety in the workplace. 🥇 Water Technologies Saudi Arabia : Fall detection Monitoring and control of lone workers Ibrahim Ghosn (VWTS Middle East CEO), Ghassan EL Tawil Legrand (VWT ME Techno Products & Services Director), Carsten Rex Mortensen (Head of Health & Safety), Hadi El Cheikh (ME Strategy, Performance & QHSE Manager) 🥈 France & Special Waste Europe (VIGS) : Electric test bench Thomas Watrin (CEO VIGS), Christophe Regorsek (Regional Director), Vincent GARRY (QHSE Director), Nicolas BREZAC (HSEQ Director) 🥉 South Korea : installation of smart alert system Hoiyoung Yoo (H&S Manager), Gyeongyun Kim (HSEQ Manager), Dalila Vilches (Project Manager) 🥉 Chile : High Risk Management Standard Platform and APP and Digital Checklist Lists. José Sarabia Gutiérrez 🌎 (Project Engineer), Nelson Carrera (OHS), Lorena Bastidas (H&S Latam Director), Nicolas MATHON (Director OHS Training) 👏 Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the sponsors: Sébastien Daziano and Hervé Peneau for the #SouthKorea team, Sandra Elena Cortese, Felipe Larraín and Daniel Tugues Andres for the #Chile team, Laure Girodet and Jean-François NOGRETTE for the #France & Special Waste #Europe team and Nuno M., Isabelle Quainon with Anne LE GUENNEC for the Water Technologies #SaudiArabia team. #BecauseWeCare

🤝 More than 500 executive managers of Veolia gathered this week at our headquarters in Aubervilliers for the Inspiration Days! This event was a demonstration of our collective energy, determination and passion: a unique mindset that drives all the teams to always look to the future. Our strength lies in this collective power and our team spirit, because we’re better #together. Our mission is clear for this year: what Veolia is really seeking is #environmental #security. We are committed to protect human health from pollutants, to enhance the quality of life, to preserve resources and to ensure industrial sustainability. By combining our #water, #waste, and #energy expertise and merging our knowledge across geographies, we have all the #solutions to act now! #EcologicalTransformation

♻ #Wastewater management represents both a crucial challenge and an opportunity for cities: as a local partner, Veolia can respond effectively to people's needs by combining our #innovation and expertise with the strategic vision of local authorities. In Boulogne-sur-mer in northern #France, the wastewater treatment plant named 'Séliane' is a state-of-the-art facility capable of treating the wastewater of the equivalent of 200,000 inhabitants. This plant is a perfect example of Veolia's commitment to the circular economy. Its sludge incinerator recycles wastewater by converting it into green #energy (biogas): this biological process is called anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. The biogas is used to supply the local district heating grid, providing 500 homes. Long viewed as simply a nuisance, sewage sludge is actually a resource and energy source.⚡ This virtuous approach demonstrates Veolia's ability to combine technical performance with environmental responsibility! 🔗 Learn more about wastewater management: https://lnkd.in/ez8tkpU3

[SAVE THE DATE] Join us for an exclusive conference on #desalination presented by Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia, Anne LE GUENNEC, Senior Executive VP, Water Technologies zone and Adrien de Saint Germain, CEO desalination expertise, from #Oman. You will have the opportunity to discover Veolia's global ambitions and perspectives in desalination and how the solutions currently in operation in Oman can be adapted in other regions facing similar challenges. 🗓 Tuesday, April 8 at 10 a.m. GST 🔗 Register for the live presentation “Sustainable Desalination - Oman”: https://lnkd.in/eYU9k7xu Faced with the consequences of climate change and the shortage of water resources, desalination is a solution that has already proven its effectiveness. While the market is set to grow over the next 5 years, driven primarily by the Middle East, Pacific Asia and some countries in Europe, Veolia has made Water Technologies one of the growth “boosters” of its #GreenUp strategic program. As a global leader in #Water #Technologies, Veolia is also a leader in desalination in terms of installed capacities. A position that has been strengthened in 2024 with the successive announcements of key strategic contract wins in Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. #EcologicalTransformation

With the challenges of climate change, #cities are facing major climate challenges that have a direct impact on #water #management: scarcity of the resource, increased risk of flooding during heavy rainfall, coastal erosion phenomena,threat of rising sea levels… 💧 To meet these challenges, Veolia is working alongside cities around the world in the search for tomorrow's #solutions to guarantee a sustainable, accessible and resilient water resource. 🇫🇷 Zoom in on Boulogne-sur-Mer, a city in northern France that Veolia has been working with for over 140 years on sustainable water management! In Boulogne-sur-Mer, this collaboration is making it possible to better anticipate the effects of climate change through concrete actions such as: 🔷 Diversification of resources, 🔷 Ongoing network modernization, 🔷 Key infrastructures such as the Seliane wastewater treatment plant as well as a 13,000 m³ storage basin designed to prevent flooding and reduce wastewater discharges into the natural environment, 🔷 Exploring innovations such as REUT and the reduction of industrial consumption. A region at the forefront of #EcologicalTransformation! 🤝 Veolia is positioned as a local partner, engaged in constant dialogue with local elected representatives and local players to provide solutions that combine the preservation of public health, control of purchasing power and territorial resilience. Ville de Boulogne-sur-Mer