Veolia Water commenced operations in Australia in 1994. It delivers and manages water and wastewater infrastructure. It now has 22 long term contracts and over 30 water and wastewater treatment plants in Australia and New Zealand.

Including its wholly owned subsidiary, United Water, Veolia Water Australia has over 600 employees and provides water and wastewater services to over two million people across Australia and New Zealand.

Veolia Water is currently involved in developing some of Australia's most significant water infrastructure projects:

- Veolia Water Australia is the Scheme Operator for Queensland's
Western Corridor Recycled Water Project currently under construction.
Assisting the Queensland Government to develop the infrastructure for what will be the largest recycled water scheme in the southern hemisphere. Upon completion later in 2008, Veolia Water Australia will operate this scheme under a long term contract.

- In a joint venture with John Holland, Veolia Water Australia is
currently delivering the Gold Coast Desalination Plant to provide 125 megalitres a day of drinkable water to south east Queensland by November 2008. Veolia Water Australia will operate and maintain this plant upon completion.

- Veolia Water Australia is also delivering the Sydney
Desalination Plant in joint venture with John Holland, called Blue Water. This plant will provide 250 megalitres per day of drinkable water to Sydney residents in 2009. Veolia Water Australia will operate and maintain this plant upon completion.

- Veolia Water Australia is also delivering the Sydney
Desalination Plant on behalf of the Sydney Water Corporation. This involves the design, build, operation and maintainance of the plant which is being delivered in a joint venture with John Holland called Blue Water. The reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant will provide 250 megalitres per day of drinkable water to Sydney residents by 2009/2010. The project's aim is to help ensure Sydney has a sustainable and secure water supply that is not dependent on rainfall. Veolia Water Australia will operate and maintain the plant for 20 years.

Key figures for Veolia Water Australia and New Zealand

* Consolidated revenue over A$399 million in 2007
* Providing water services to over 2.3 million people in Australia
and New Zealand
* Responsible for the management of $11.7 billion of water assets
* Responsible for more than 17,000 kms of water, wastewater and
stormwater networks
* Over 600 employees
* 22 long term contracts

www.veoliawater.com.au
 

Transfield Services delivers essential services to key industries in the resources and industrial, property and infrastructure sectors.

We are a leading global provider of operations, maintenance, and asset and project management services with more than 28,000 employees in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South East Asia, India, Chile and Canada. Transfield Services Limited is publicly listed in Australia and included in the S&P/ASX 100.

Transfield Services water group delivers innovative solutions to water shortages and delivery in Australia. We deliver operations and maintenance services, asset management and capital works and build-own-operate projects across the water sector

Ericsson provides the essential infrastructure for modern communications. We are a leading provider of end-to-end communications solutions across the Oceania Region - from traditional fixed line telephone services to Internet services and entire mobile networks. Our Australian subsidiary company, TUSC,  has an outstanding record for successfully delivering complex solutions to manage and control utilities' operational networks and automate their field service operations.

Together, we can improve the way utilities manage their IT, operational and communications networks.  Our combined portfolio includes:

Operational Network Management (including SCADA)
Communications
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ICT Infrastructure Management
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Our hardware, software and services are used by many of Australia's leading utilities, including SPAusnet, Alinta, United Energy, Epic Energy, Powerlink, Yarra Valley Water, SA Water, City West Water and by Asia-Pacific's biggest telecommunications carriers, including Telstra, Vodafone, Hutchison, Telecom New Zealand, iiNET, Commander, Optus and Telstra-Clear.

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