Severn Trent

Severn Trent is the UK’s second biggest water company. It serves 4.4m homes and business customers in England and Wales. Its region stretches from mid-Wales to Rutland and from north and mid-Wales south to the Bristol Channel and east to the Humber. The company delivers almost two billion litres of water every day through 49,000km of pipes. A further 94,000km of sewer pipes take waste water away to more than 1,000 sewage treatment works.

Website: www.stwater.co.uk Twitter: @stwater.

Hunter Water

Hunter Water provides drinking water, wastewater, recycled water and some stormwater services to a population of 600,000 people in homes and businesses across the city of Newcastle and the broader Lower Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Hunter Water aims to embody innovation, and aspires to being valued by our partners for the part we play in delivering the aspirations for our region. We welcome the opportunity to participate alongside our peers in the Global Innovation Adoption Fund, furthering innovation and collaboration across our sector.

Yarra Valley Water

Yarra Valley Water is Australia’s third largest water utility, and the largest in the state of Victoria where it operates. We deliver essential water and sanitation services to almost two million people in the City of Melbourne’s northern and eastern suburbs. Melbourne is one of Australia’s fastest growing cities - by 2036 we will be serving an additional 500,000 people, approximately a quarter of our current customer base.

We manage nearly $5 billion worth of assets across 4,000 square kilometres. We buy water from the bulk supplier, Melbourne Water, for distribution to our customers and remove and treat sewage, most of which is transferred to Melbourne Water Treatment Plants. The rest is treated at our ten regional plants, several of which recycle water for use in homes, sports fields and public spaces.

We currently generate around a quarter of our own energy needs at our ReWaste facility, and plan to expand our renewable power generation activities to meet our goal of producing 100 per cent of our energy from renewable sources by 2025. We were the first water company in the world to join the United Nations Global Compact and sign up to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – living into our commitment to help create a fairer and more sustainable world.

LADWP

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest municipal water and power utility in the US, was established more than 100 years ago to deliver reliable, safe water and electricity to 4 million residents and businesses in Los Angeles.

LADWP provides its 681,000 water customers and 1.4 million electric customers with quality service at competitive prices.

greater western water

On 1 July 2021, Greater Western Water (GWW), was launched to deliver better water services to 1.2 million people from Melbourne’s inner city to the fast-growing western region.

Greater Western Water was formed by bringing together Western Water and City West Water.

DC WATER

DC Water distributes drinking water and collects and treats wastewater for more than 672,000 residents and 17.8 million annual visitors in the District of Columbia. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.6 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We are proud to provide these vital, safe, and high-quality services to our customers while also protecting and enhancing our environment.

mELBOURNE WATER

We’re a statutory authority owned by the Victorian Government. It is our role to manage and protect Melbourne’s major water resources on behalf of the community.  

It is an important role – one we take very seriously.

Our ‘enhancing life and liveability’ strategic vision and rigorous research and water data informs our services, guaranteeing the supply of affordable, high-quality water, reliable sewerage, healthy waterways, integrated drainage and flood management.

South east water

Our role is to bring water to you and adapt it to meet your needs. That means providing a reliable supply of quality water for home and business. It means fixing problems quickly. It means providing efficient and reliable sewerage and trade waste services. It means innovating in areas such as recycling and in the ways that we can solve your water and sewerage related needs.

In a world of uncertainty, our role is also to help you make the right choices about your water and adapt to the new reality of water supply.

We manage and maintain the water and sewerage networks – the pipes, pumping stations, valves and some treatment plants that bring water to you and take waste away.

Aegea

Aegea manage sanitation assets through its dealerships in several states of the country, still counting, with the support of Aegea Engineering, a company established for the purpose of servicing and administration in general. The company acts as manager of public concessions operating in all processes of the full cycle of water – supply, collection and sewage treatment.

The Aegea has high operational performance through the use of synergies and the segregation of activities by type of activity, capturing any return to its shareholder. With the entry in the service sector the company can take advantage of a market that encompasses 93% of Brazilian municipalities that are operated by state companies sanitation (CESB) and Local Authorities, and has a low level of capital investment required.

pub

PUB is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE). It is the national water agency, which manages Singapore’s water supply, water catchment, and used water in an integrated way. From April 2020, PUB also took on the responsibility of protecting Singapore’s coastline from sea-level rise as the national coastal protection agency.

PUB has ensured a diversified and sustainable supply of water for Singapore with the Four National Taps (local catchment water, imported water, NEWater, desalinated water). PUB leads and coordinates whole-of-government efforts to protect Singapore from the threat of rising seas and the holistic management of inland and coastal flood risks.

global omnium

Global Omnium is a national and international benchmark, its work and line of development, always hand in hand with innovation and the latest technologies, have marked a before and after not only in the territories where it works, but also in the treatment sector, water supply and recovery.

Currently, it manages all aspects related to the collection, treatment and distribution of drinking water in numerous Spanish cities in Andalusia, Cantabria, La Rioja, the Basque Country, Navarra, Castilla La Mancha and Castilla León and their metropolitan areas. To do this, it operates water treatment plants that are supplied with surface water from different rivers, plants such as La Presa de Manises, El Realón de Picassent, the water treatment plant in Teruel or Ull de Bou de Gandía.

sydney water

Sydney Water supplies water, wastewater, recycled water and some stormwater services to more than five million people in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains.

At Sydney Water, the role and responsibility is broad. From the health of the city and its people, to managing the environment and the health of their waterways to help ensure the overall liveability of their city.

Their value lies far beyond water supply, pipes and wastewater services. Water is not just a commodity – water gives life to nature, and is the defining force of Greater Sydney and the Illawarra.

umgeni water

Umgeni Water, a state-owned entity, is one of Africa’s most successful organisations involved in water management and is the largest supplier of bulk potable water in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The organisation was established in 1974, to provide water services – water supply and sanitation services – to other water services institutions in its service area.

AQUALIA

Aqualia is the fourth largest water management company in Europe and the ninth in the world in terms of population served, according to the latest Global Water Intelligence ranking (March 2021). It currently serves nearly 30 million people in 17 countries.

Aqualia is a benchmark in the sector and stands at the vanguard as a specialised, transparent and innovative entity. They have reached this position thanks to the commitment and extensive experience of their team of professionals who are constantly striving to improve efficiency in production processes and optimise resources, while placing citizens clearly at the core of their actions and policies.