Presentation of IBW - Estonian Delegation - 29th October 2015 Baudouin le HARDY de BEAULIEU, General Manager

IBW at a glance  Incorporated in 1966  SCRL (Limited Liability Cooperative Company): purely an intermunicipal public utility company  Shareholders: Province of Walloon Brabant and its 27 Boroughs (‘communes’) (Boroughs before the mergers made between 1975 and 1983 = 109)  ± 390,000 inhabitants  3 business lines: economic expansion & regional development waste management wastewater treatment

 ISO and EMAS environmental certification since 2002  Total number of employees / workers= 295  For wastewater treatment: investment department = 18 operating department = 81 + general services = 18  Amount spent on work carried out for wastewater collection + treatment plants (2000 to 2014) = € 366 million  + drainage (2003 to 2014) = € 68 million  Costs to run operating department = € 12 million per year

IBW structure  General meetings (held twice a year): bring together IBW’s associate members: the Province of Walloon Brabant is represented by 5 delegates the 27 Boroughs of Walloon Brabant are each represented by five delegates  Board of Directors (meetings held at least twice a year): made up of 25 Borough delegates + 5 provincial delegates representing the socioeconomic fabric of Walloon Brabant  Executive Board (weekly meetings): made up of 12 members who ensure the proper running of IBW’s day- to-day business, quickly and efficiently

General Management Water treatment department Waste department General services Economics department - Business services -Energy recovery unit - Operating department - Investment department - Infrastructure and assets department -Recycling department - Legal - Finance - HR - Communication - EMAS - IT

 Study and implementation of wastewater works (drains, collectors, treatment plants)  Operation of treatment plants  Supervision of municipal drainage works (design, monitoring + coordination for health and safety)  Operation of pumping stations  Recommendations on permits to discharge wastewater into the drains  Checks on the placement of individual treatment systems  Endoscopy, cleaning, mapping and land registration of drain networks  Plus: monitoring of flood prevention studies and works (Temporary Immersion Zones, Street Expansion Zones, rainwater collectors, etc.) The work we carry out on treating wastewater

All investments made in the Walloon Region are funded by the SPGE – Public Water Management Company

Walloon Government Management contract Finance Principal contractor Water treatment and collection service Contracting authority Delegated contractor Operator of treatment plants and collectors Collaboration agreements 27 Boroughs in Walloon Brabant (operation of drains) Drainage contract

27 Boroughs Principal contractor Agreements for assistance or the delegation of contracting works in the fight against flooding

Overview of the situation in Walloon Brabant  Treatment plants operated by IBW = 40 capacity = 626,000 population equivalents equipment level WB = 97% equipment level WR= 89%  Collectors existing in WB = 290 km collection level = 80%  Drains existing in WB = more than 2,000 km drainage level = 85% to 90% (depending on the borough)

IBW collectors and treatment plants We are here: Vallée du Hain plant

Vallée de la Dyle Vallée du Hain Vallée de la Lasne Nivelles Our main wastewater treatment plants

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