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Public-Private Partnerships
Maintaining positive and productive relationships with government and other partners is core to our delivery of sustainable solutions. We partner with government authorities on public-private partnership-run projects.
Under the public-private partnership model, public authorities retain ownership of the service infrastructure and remain the decision-makers as far as user policies are concerned. Private operators manage and operate the infrastructure and take on some of the risks involved. The public authority responsible for each project can re-tender operations at the end of each contract period or can elect to take over management itself.
Long-term contract periods allow the private sector company to establish itself as a partner that can foster and maintain customer satisfaction and manage the service to meet the quality objectives set by the public authority. An example of this approach can be seen in our management of Sydney's desalination plant.
Case Study
Veolia Water delivers public-private partnership success in Sydney
Veolia Water, in a joint venture with John Holland, demonstrated a highly successful public-private partnership with client Sydney Water to deliver Sydney’s desalination plant.
Through a public-private partnership, Veolia Water was able to provide Sydney Water with increased specialist expertise and world’s best practice.
This project was also significant for its scale, size, complexity of objectives and risk allocation shared across private and public entities.
Through this model, the project was delivered on time, on budget and met all quality objectives.
The $1.8 billion desalination plant is a key part of the New South Wales Government’s plan to provide a secure water supply for Sydney, Australia’s largest city. The plant, located in the southern Sydney suburb of Kurnell, is capable of supplying up to 15 per cent of the city’s drinking water needs and can be doubled in size and capacity if needed.
Veolia Water established operations for this plant in 2009 and the plant will commence operations in 2010.
