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Aqualia, through Aqualia New Europe, a
joint company created with the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD), has signed a contract with RAJA,
Aguas de Constanta, the Romanian public
water management company.
The objective of this new company is to
increase Aqualia’s presence in the Eastern
European water management industry,
mainly Romania, Bulgaria and Moldavia,
a market with a population of 32.5 million
people and where RAJA, providing servi-
ces to around 2.5 million people, is one of
the leading players. Expected to genera-
te around 8 billion Euros over the coming
years, this market currently offers enor-
mous upside and requires companies with
expertise in management of water resour-
ces and European funds.
with Romania’s state water company
RAJA
to undertake projects in
Eastern Europe
From left to right, Miguel Jurado,
Aqualia’s Deputy General Manager of
Development and International; Fernando
Moreno, Managing Director of Aqualia;
Felix Stroe, Managing Director of RAJA;
Jean Patrick Marquet, EBRD Director
of Municipal and Environmental Infras-
tructure; and Dana Craciunescu, EBRD
Director in Romania and Moldavia.
The company is one of the first ones to
be created that includes a leading mul-
tinational in the sector, such as Aqualia,
the EBRD plus one of the leading regio-
nal public water management companies.
This alliance will improve the supply and
sewage systems and the water distribution
Aqualia
signs agreement
network, enabling the achievement of the
environmental targets contemplated in the
European Water Framework Directive whe-
re the experience of both companies will be
essential. In addition, the new company
contemplates the participation in water
management concessions through direct
investments in infrastructures or by having
shareholdings in companies involved in ma-
naging these services.
A new contract obtained in the Middle East evidences FCC’s commitment to inter-
nationalisation. The contract is to manage the sewage and water treatment system
in eastern Abu Dhabi. A consortium led by Aqualia (FCC’s water management sub-
sidiary) and local company Mace has been chosen as the top bidder by the State-
run Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company. The seven-year contract is worth 76.3
million Euros.
This is the first water management contract to go to a Spanish company in the United
Arab Emirates, and it includes the operation and maintenance of more than 2,400 km
of sewers, 68 wastewater pumping stations and 19 wastewater treatment plants in
the city of Al Ain (in eastern Abu Dhabi, on the border with Oman) and the surrounding
areas.
Contract in Abu Dhabi