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Veolia North America announced today that it has entered into a contract to assume operations and management responsibilities for wastewater services in 13 tributary communities in Wayne County, Mich.
Veolia North America announced today that it has acquired from American Water Works Company, Inc., the rights to 23 of its water treatment and energy service contracts.
Veolia announced that it has entered, through its subsidiary Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC, into an agreement to upgrade, operate and maintain the utilities infrastructure at the DuPont Spruance manufacturing facility in Virginia, United States. Utility best practices and efficiencies will help reduce costs and improve reliability for DuPont manufacturing site.
Veolia has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award. The PQS award recognizes companies like Veolia that Intel believes have relentlessly pursued excellence and conducted business with resolute professionalism.
Veolia North America announces a meaningful investment for a new “debottlenecking” project at its Burnside, La., sulfur regeneration facility, which provides merchant sulfuric acid regeneration services to refineries and produces various sulfur-based products. The project investment will increase spent sulfuric acid regeneration capacity by 15 percent annually and will be completed during the plant’s Fall 2018 turnaround.
Veolia is expanding its electronics and lamp recycling capabilities in Canada with a new, 5,000 square foot, state-of-the-art recycling facility located in Pickering, Ontario.
We are deploying additional management, technical and humanitarian support to assist our employees and to ensure the safety and compliance of our facilities.
Contract extension through 2038 builds on the nearly 20-year relationship between the city, county, the community and Veolia
Innovative waste-to-energy plant provides renewable solutions for poultry producers; safeguards local waterways
BOSTON, May 15, 2017 – Industrial Realty Group (IRG) has contracted Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC (Veolia) to operate and maintain its central utility plant and combined heat and power (CHP) facility in Pearl River, New York.
BOSTON, March 30, 2017 — As the city’s operations and maintenance (O&M) partner since 2009, Veolia Water North America - Northeast LLC (Veolia) was recently awarded a new eight-year contract to manage the potable water and wastewater treatment facilities serving the community of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
BOSTON, January 26, 2017 – The Kentucky Labor Cabinet has recertified Veolia’s Star status under the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) at the company’s Fort Knox, Kentucky site. The wastewater treatment facility at the military base is owned by Hardin County Water District No. 1 and operated by Veolia Water North America - South, LLC (Veolia).
BOSTON, February 15, 2017 – The city of Jackson, Mississippi has signed a 10-year operations and management agreement with Veolia Water North America - South, LLC, a part of Veolia Environnement (Veolia). Veolia, the global leader in environmental solutions and optimized resource management, will operate the area’s three wastewater treatment plants and will provide other related infrastructure services and activities.
Veolia Energy North America Holdings, Inc. (Veolia) has acquired Enovity, a San Francisco-based energy services firm. Enovity is a strategic acquisition that complements Veolia’s existing SourceOne energy services business, providing a platform for expanding the company’s geographic footprint in the building energy services sector.
BOSTON, November 21, 2016 – As a leading contributor to U.S. environmental policy, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) recently awarded the cities of Gresham, Oregon, New Orleans, and Milwaukee, Peak Performance Awards for achieving 100 percent compliance at their wastewater facilities. As a result, this honor recognizes Veolia’s operations at each of these cities, and its expertise and commitment to protecting the environment.
BOSTON, October 20, 2016 – The recent infrastructure improvements at Kendall Cogeneration Station eliminate thermal pollution to the Charles River and mark the completion of Veolia’s Boston-Cambridge “Green Steam” project – a multi-million dollar investment that has improved energy reliability and air quality, while reducing the region’s carbon footprint.
Veolia in North America through its subsidiary (Veolia ES Alaron, L.L.C.) has partnered with customer Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems (MNES), Inc. to build a training facility at Veolia’s Alaron Nuclear Services site in Wampum, Pa. MNES will conduct hands-on training and qualification of the Mitsubishi Water Jet Peening (WJP) process in the facility’s radiological controlled environment.
BOSTON, August 3, 2016 – As operator for New London’s water and wastewater system, Veolia, the global leader in environmental solutions and optimized resource management, will implement a new utility portal and billing software under a 5-year contract extension – highlighting the city’s commitment to exceptional customer service and improving access to online billing and consumption data.
Veolia has closed the acquisition of Chemours’ Sulfur Products division assets, announced last June. Chemours Sulfur Products Division is a specialist in the recovery of sulfuric acid and gases of the refining process, which are regenerated into clean acid and steam used in wide range of industrial activities. With this operation, Veolia strengthens the asset base of its Industrial regeneration business in the Oil and Gas industry in the United States.
BOSTON, June 28, 2016 — The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has extended its agreement with Veolia North America to continue managing and operating its collection and wastewater treatment system under a 10-year, $500 million contract.
The lawsuit filed by the Michigan Attorney General yesterday is outrageous. The allegations against Veolia are false, inaccurate, and unwarranted. Sadly for the citizens of Flint and throughout Michigan, the lawsuit represents the latest attempt to deflect responsibility by government officials and representatives who caused and are responsible for this situation.
Region’s Innovation and Sustainability Culture a Perfect Fit for World’s Largest Environmental Services Company
Veolia North America has signed an agreement to take over Chemours’ Sulfur Products division. This division is a specialist in the recovery of sulfuric acid and gases of the refining process, which are regenerated into clean acid and steam used in wide range of industrial activities. As a tuck-in to Veolia North America’s Industrial Business, Chemours Sulfur Products division is an excellent complement to Veolia’s existing business, and will reinforce its existing recovery and regeneration capabilities and technologies.
BOSTON, June 9, 2016 – Boston Medical Center, a 496-bed academic medical center located in Boston’s historic South End, is using Veolia’s sustainable “Green Steam” to meet its thermal energy needs, while avoiding an estimated 8,500 tons of carbon emissions annually. As a testament to the medical center’s focus on exceptional patient care and environmental sustainability, BMC recently entered into a 20-year thermal energy agreement with Veolia.
One of the longest-running wastewater public-private partnerships in North America produces savings, revenue generation
Veolia has been recognized as one of 26 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2015.
WASHINGTON DC, March 8, 2016 – A new maintenance and productivity program at Washington Aqueduct is paying dividends to drinking water customers of DC Water, Fairfax Water and Arlington County, Virginia, including increased worker productivity, cost improvements and improved maintenance and management of Washington Aqueduct’s facilities.
BOSTON, March 2, 2016 – Veolia, the global leader in environmental solutions and optimized resource management, recently completed contract renewals with four key clients in the Pacific Northwest. Cascade Water Alliance in Bellevue, Washington, the City of Cle Elum, Washington, the National Parks Service and the City of Great Falls, Montana all extended existing agreements with Veolia North America. The renewals span from a period of one year up to 10 years. In addition to renewing an existing agreement, Cle Elum furthered Veolia’s partnership with the addition of a drinking water contract.
“Pow! emPowering Opportunities in Water” selects three US-based companies to fast-track water-related innovation
World’s first-of-its-kind commercial water plant will convert wastewater from the city’s desalination process into fresh drinking water, by extracting all contaminants and transforming them into reusable mineral products
Learning Center to Serve National Network of Water and Wastewater Services Employees

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10, 2005- Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corporation (Trigen-Philadelphia) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to build, own and operate a 7,000 ton chilled water facility that will provide chilled water to a portion of the Jefferson campus in Philadelphia.
HOUSTON, Jan. 21, 2003 — Tampa Bay Water's regional surface water treatment facility, the second largest design-build-operate project for drinking water services in the United States, has won the award for the best infrastructure project from the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP). Made possible through a public-private partnership between Tampa Bay Water and USFilter Operating Services, Inc., (USFilter) the project was singled out for its originality, quality and implementation while generating savings of approximately $80 million.