In Australasia, Suez Environnement has established a strong presence in the waste and water treatment Industries. Every day, its subsidiaries Degrémont and SITA Environmental Solutions rise to the challenge of protecting natural resources across Australia and New Zealand. http://www.degremont.com.au

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SUEZ
ENVIRONNEMENT
HOW A GLOBAL WATER TREATMENT AND
WASTE PROCESSING SPECIALIST IS HELPING
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND PROTECT
THE ENVIRONMENT
WASTE AND ADVANCED RESOURCE RECOVERY
SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA
SITA ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS (SITA) IS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST ADVANCED RESOURCE
RECOVERY, RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. OPERATING IN ALL MAINLAND STATES
INCLUDING THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, WE PROVIDE COLLECTION AND WASTE LOGISTICS
SERVICES TO MORE THAN 43,000 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS, AND MORE THAN 3.7
MILLION RESIDENTS EACH WEEK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR INTEGRATED SERVICES INCLUDE
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLECTION, RESOURCE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING
OPTIONS, MEDICAL AND CLINICAL WASTE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING, AUTOCLAVING, PRODUCT
DESTRUCTION, WASTE GENERATION AUDITS, ORGANICS COLLECTION AND RESOURCE RECOVERY THROUGH
COMPOSTING, PRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR USE AS GREEN ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY
FACILITIES, TRANSFER FACILITIES AND ENGINEERED LANDFILLS.
COLLECTION SERVICES
• SITA provides commercial and
industrial (C&I), construction
and demolition (C&D), and
residential waste collection
services – SITA is the largest
operator in the C&I collection
sector.
• SITA trucks are fitted with our
unique RAPID and SWIFT
technologies which ensure fast
and efficient service, monitor
customers’ costs and identify
new opportunities for recycling
and resource recovery.
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING PROGRAMS
• Education is a key element in
the successful implementation
of any waste management
system. SITA offers
comprehensive, customised
education and training
packages relevant to
customers’ requirements.
REPORTING AND
BENCHMARKING
• SITA provides detailed
information on waste collected
from each site by type, location,
volume, cost and weight,
providing customers with a
management tool for
INTERESTING FACTS
3.7MILLION
residents receiving waste management
services weekly.
43THOUSAND
commercial and industrial customers make use
of our full range of collection and recycling services.
850collection vehicles operating from 68 branches and sites.
7advanced resource recovery facilities in Cairns (QLD), Port Stephens
(NSW), Kemps Creek (NSW), Spring Farm (NSW), Mindarie (WA),
Kwinana (WA), and Adelaide (SA).
11resource recovery and/or treatment facilities in NSW, VIC, SA and WA.
7organic resource recovery facilities in Ryde (NSW),Chullora (NSW),
Lucas Heights (NSW), Eastern Creek (NSW), Epping (VIC)
and Ballan (VIC).
16transfer stations in NSW, VIC, SA and WA.
8engineered landfills in Hallam Road (VIC),
Taylors Road (VIC), South Cardup (WA),
Elizabeth Drive (NSW) and Port Stephens
(NSW).
benchmarking, cost control and
environmental reporting.
• SITA offers significant savings in
time and money by reducing
actual levels of waste being
generated and sent to landfill.
RECYCLING SERVICES
Commercial & Industrial
Services
• SITA offers the full range of
recycling services including:
paper and cardboard,
confidential paper destruction,
timber, plastics, glass, steel,
aluminium, food and garden
organics (solid and liquid),
fluorescent tubes, batteries,
printer cartridges, electronics
and whitegoods.
• Specialist recycling services are
provided for liquid, quarantine,
medical and hazardous waste.
Construction & Demolition
Services
• C&D waste contributes up to
40% of all solid waste disposed
of in Australia, with the majority
going to landfill. SITA provides
Builders’ Bins, Compactor and
Roll-on/Roll-off bin systems for
resource recovery and product
reuse of C&D materials
including: bricks, concrete,
timber, tiles, plastics and
metals.
Residential Services
• SITA offers waste collection,
recycling and advanced
resource recovery services to
many councils. This includes
MSW and/or source-separated
organics streams (garden or
food organics), as well as
recyclables such as paper and
cardboard, plastic and glass,
plus council clean-up
collections.
ADVANCED RESOURCE
RECOVERY
• It’s a source of pride that we
blend the best available
international advanced
resource recovery technologies
with local skills.
• SITA is the leading Advanced
Resource Recovery company in
Australia, and owns and
operates 7 facilities including
Australia’s first dedicated
process engineered fuels (PEF)
facility. This represents over
50% of all commercially
operated advanced resource
recovery facilities in Australia.
• Through the operation of
specialist technologies, these
facilities are designed to
minimise the disposal of
residual waste to landfill and
recycle and recover valuable
resources back into the
economy. Organics embedded
in the waste can be composted
and further processed into
marketable products.
• The $50 million SAWT Advanced
Resource Recovery Facility in
Kemps Creek, Sydney, NSW is
the future of sustainable
organics management and
resource recovery in Australia.
It diverts over 60% of MSW and
94% of source-separated
organics from landfill reducing
Australia’s greenhouse gas
emissions by up to 90,000
tonnes per year. The facility
recycles its own water
requirements, and produces
50,000 tonnes of compost
destined for a range of soil
applications.
• The $80 million BioVision
Advanced Resource Recovery
Facility in Neerabup, Perth, WA
services 7 metropolitan
councils in the Mindarie
Regional Council area including
the City of Perth. It retrieves
and processes over 60% of
input material back into the
productive economy, with the
organic products destined for
the local horticultural and
agricultural markets.
• SITA’s Advanced Resource
Recovery Facility in Cairns, QLD
offers recycling and composting
solutions to more than 130,000
residents in the council areas of
Cairns, Port Douglas and
Mareeba. Compost produced at
this plant is distributed to
banana growers and local cane
farms, achieving a 25%
improvement in sugar cane
yields.
• In 1999, the Port Stephens
Council was the first council in
NSW to adopt an advanced
controlled resource recovery
process for its domestic waste,
and SITA has successfully
operated the facility since early
2007.
• Setting a benchmark for
organics recycling in Australia is
SITA’s BioWise Advanced
Resource Recovery Facility in
Kwinana, WA. This facility uses
a static aerated pile composting
technology to transform source
separated C&I solid organics,
garden organics, and grease
trap waste into high grade
compost that is then sold to the
home garden, parks and
sporting fields of Perth.
• The SITA-ResourceCo Advanced
Recovery Facility in Adelaide,
SA is the first of its kind in
Australia and has a processing
capacity of up to 350,000
tonnes of combustible
commercial and construction
waste. It produces a PEF
product (also known as RDF)
that is used as a fuel substitute
for coal and gas in high
combustion facilities.
ENGINEERED LANDFILLS
• SITA owns and operates 16
transfer stations and 8 landfills
in Australia. These landfills
operate to the highest
Australian standards including
engineered liners, leachate
recirculation systems, gas
extraction and exacting
management practices.

2. AS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION,
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
ARE COMMITTED TO THE DAILY CHALLENGE OF
PROTECTING THE WORLD’S RESOURCES, BY
PROVIDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO
INDUSTRIES AND TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. SUEZ
ENVIRONNEMENT SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER TO
91 MILLION PEOPLE, PROVIDES WASTEWATER
TREATMENT SERVICES FOR 61 MILLION PEOPLE
AND COLLECTS THE WASTE PRODUCED BY MORE
THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE.
In the water sector, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT’s operations include:
• the catchment, treatment and distribution of drinking water
• the collection and purification of domestic and industrial wastewater
• the development of biological and energy solutions for sludge disposal and reuse
In the recycling and waste management sector, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT’s operations
include:
• the collection, sorting and processing of recyclables that can be re-used
• operating a range of environmentally responsible technologies to recover valuable
materials from waste streams, including compost from organic material
• disposing of waste to landfill.
With over 79,000 employees and a worldwide presence, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT is a
world leader dedicated to water and waste management services. SUEZ
ENVIRONNEMENT is a 35.4% affiliate of GDF SUEZ.
IN AUSTRALASIA, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT HAS ESTABLISHED A STRONG PRESENCE IN
THE WASTE AND WATER TREATMENT INDUSTRIES. EVERY DAY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES
DEGRÉMONT AND SITA ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF
PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Water
Degrémont
Ondeo Industrial Solutions
Lyonnaise des Eaux
Waste
SITA Environmental Solutions
WATER SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA
AND NEW ZEALAND
DEGRÉMONT HAS HAD AN AUSTRALIAN MARKET PRESENCE SINCE THE 1970’S, INITIALLY AS AN
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER. IT ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN 1991 UNDER THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS
NAME ‘AUSTRALIAN WATER SERVICES’ (AWS). AS A WORLD LEADER IN WATER TREATMENT AND WATER
TECHNOLOGIES, DEGRÉMONT PRODUCES HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER, PROVIDES DESALINATION
SOLUTIONS FOR SEA AND BRACKISH WATER, TREATS AND RECYCLES WASTE WATER AND DEVELOPS
INNOVATIVE REUSE SOLUTIONS. DEGRÉMONT DESIGNS, BUILDS, OPERATES AND PROVIDES EQUIPMENT
SOLUTIONS FOR WATER SYSTEMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL
CUSTOMERS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
capacity of 450 MLD as well as
an 85 km water transfer
pipeline.
• Over time, the plant’s drinking
water production capacity
could be increased to 600 MLD
• The project aims to preserve
the natural environment by
creating an ecological space
through an ambitious
revegetation program. As in
Perth the desalination plant
energy requirements will be
met by wind power to minimise
the project’s carbon footprint.
WASTE AND
RECYCLED WATER
• Degrémont has extensive
experience in the design, build
and operations of 5 advanced
wastewater treatment plants in
Australia and New Zealand.
• In Cronulla the plant was
designed and built on behalf of
Sydney Water and serves the
communities of the Cronulla
Sutherland Peninsula. It treats
wastewater from 210,000
people and has the capacity to
treat 52.7 MLD.
• In Noosa Degrémont
developed, built and has a 25-
year contract, to operate the
plant for Noosa council (now
known as Unitywater). With a
daily capacity of 12 ML, it treats
wastewater from 45,000
residents.
• In Hutt Valley near Wellington
New Zealand, Degrémont as a
member of the Hutt Valley
Wastewater Services JV
designed, built and has a 20-
year contract to operate a plant
serving 160,000 residents for
the Lower and Upper Hutt city
councils. This includes the
operation and maintenance of
102 kilometres of bulk sewer
networks and 19 pump
stations. All sludge is dried to
>90% and pelletised.
• The Mangere wastewater
treatment plant serves
approximately 1 million
residents in Auckland and was
designed and built on behalf of
Watercare Services as part of a
consortium which included
New Zealand Water Services (a
subsidiary of Degrémont).
• In Pimpama, Degrémont
participated in an alliance to
design and build an advanced
wastewater treatment and
recycling plant for Gold Coast
Water (now known as
Allconnex Water). The plant
receives a daily average 17 ML
of wastewater which
undergoes comprehensive
physical, chemical and
biological treatment. Of these
17 million litres, 9 million litres
are treated to grade A+
standard using an ultra filtration
membrane and UV disinfection
process and are distributed for
urban uses such as cleaning
and watering.
WATER AND
WASTEWATER NETWORKS
• In February 2011, SUEZ
ENVIRONNEMENT, Degrémont
and partner Transfield Services
(as part of The Allwater
Alliance) were awarded by SA
Water a 10 year contract to
supply water and wastewater
services to the city of Adelaide,
South Australia.
• This project involves the
operation and maintenance of
six water treatment plants, six
wastewater treatment plants, a
16,000km water network, as
well as recycled water schemes
and minor capital works to over
one million inhabitants in the
city of Adelaide.
• South Australia is the driest
state in Australia and the
delivery of water and
wastewater services to
Adelaide provides an exciting
challenge for the SUEZ
ENVIRONNEMENT GROUP to
demonstrate its capabilities and
expertise.
• The project will provide safe,
reliable and secure water
services to ensure the growth
and future development of
Adelaide.
SLUDGE TREATMENT,
ENERGY RECOVERY AND
AGRICULTURAL USE
• Sludge is the final product
produced by water and
wastewater treatment.
Degrémont has the experience
and expertise and a wide range
of technologies to solve what
has become a major economic
and environment challenge for
local authorities.
• Solutions range from
Degrémont’s own proprietary
technologies such as the
Innoplana® dryer and the
Thermylis® incinerator, to
licensed technologies such as
the Heliantis® solar dryer and
includes: recovery of energy
from dried sludge for use as an
alternative fuel to fossil energy;
use of sludge for agricultural
purpose, and recycling of
biogas into fuel.
EQUIPMENT AND
INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS
• Through its equipment business
line Degrémont Technologies,
Degrémont is able to address
the needs for water treatment
equipment in general, and the
specific requirements of our
industrial customers. Relevant
industry sectors include oil and
gas, mining, coal seam gas and
process industries.
• Our separation, disinfection and
sludge treatment equipment,
individually supplied or pre-
assembled on skids, is of
particular interest to industries
as well as municipalities.
• For more complex industrial
treatment processes, we draw
from the expertise of our North
American and European sister
companies, including Ondeo
Industrial Solutions.
DRINKING WATER
• The Prospect water filtration
plant commenced production in
November 1996 and can
provide up to 80% of Sydney’s
clean, safe, drinking water.
• The contract to build, own and
operate was signed with
Sydney Water for a term of 25
years.
• The plant has a maximum daily
capacity of 3,000 million litres
per day (MLD) and supplies 3.5
million people.
• It is recognised as one of the
world’s largest water filtration
plants.
DESALINATION
• In Australia the Perth seawater
desalination plant is an
outstanding example of
Degrémont’s DESALINATION
expertise.
• The plant uses reverse osmosis
technology and was the first of
its kind in Australia to provide
desalinated water for large-
scale public consumption.
• Operating since November
2006, it supplies 140 MLD of
drinking water to an estimated
1.5 million people.
• In July 2009 the State of
Victoria awarded SUEZ
ENVIRONNEMENT and
Degrémont (as part of the
AquaSure consortium) the
world’s largest public-private
desalination project. This
project includes the financing,
design, construction and the 27
year operation of a
DESALINATION plant with a
INTERESTING FACTS
121YEARS
experience of water treatment
contributed by SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
to the operation of water utilities in Australia
and New Zealand.
$100MILLION
committed to research and development every year
(AUD), giving Degrémont in Australia access to the results
of one of the largest water-related budgets of any private
organisation in the world.
10THOUSAND
installations supplied with equipment from Degremont
Technologies worldwide, through their major brands: Ozonia,
Infilco, Aquasource, Innoplana, Anderson - WPT and Triogen.
2SQUARE MILES
of polluted ocean harbour restored to coastal marine environment
and improved water quality in the Manukau Harbour during the Mangere
wastewater project in New Zealand.
9MILLION LITRES
of recycled water a day, produced by the Pimpama wastewater treatment
and recycling plant, feeds dual reticulated homes and businesses in the
Pimpama Coomera region, one of the world’s most water sustainable
communities located in northern Gold Coast.
36MONTHS
taken to construct, ahead of target, the 3000 MLD Prospect
water filtration plant.
18MONTHS
taken to complete the Perth seawater desalination plant,
on time and on budget.
4MILLION
or approximately 20% of Australia’s
population provided with drinking water
processed by Degrémont‘s facilities
on a daily basis.
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