Environmental Protection

Treating and conserving water are major challenges in every part of the world. The international consensus established at the Johannesburg summit in 2002 has not changed: the future of the planet depends on sustainable management of water, and hence on adequate treatment of urban wastewater.


Degremont has made this expertise a major focus for research and development. To conserve water resources and aquatic ecosystems, to reduce waste, process it and upgrade it into a usable product, to improve the human environment by building facilities that blend into their surroundings — these are all permanent requirements for Degremont’s teams.

Optimised energy management is also more than ever a top priority: the new generations of treatment plant and the coupling of different technologies are designed to reduce environmental impact. Integration and better use of renewable and alternative resources further improves the energy balance of treatment facilities.


Among other benefits, this policy has earned the french R&D centre renewal of its iso 14001 certificate. Many sites designed and operated by Degremont have also earned iso certification.

With its sound command of a wide range of technologies, Degremont is able to optimise the configuration of the solutions it proposes to address particular local economic and technical constraints. The many contracts Degremont’s teams have won recently in developing countries are helping to increase drinking water supply - and they demonstrate the versatility of the
company’s technical knowledge.

In more highly developed regions, Degremont has been collaborating for the past ten years with architectes associés pour l’environnement (AAE) to design wastewater facilities that blend smoothly into an unspoilt landscape. Showcase examples of this are Saint-Cloud in France and Liège Oupeye in Belgium.