11-14 April 2011 A P A V I T A L (Iai – Romania) general overview U.S. Civil Water and Wastewater Industry Program in Romania & Moldova - BUCHAREST

Iasi, Romania, Europe

Iasi County  Population:  Total: 836,751 inhabitants (3.8% of Romania’s population)  Rural: 4 86, 018 inhabitants  Urban: 350,733 inhabitants  Administration:  2 cities: Iasi and Pascani  3 towns: Targu Frumos, Harlau and Podu Iloaiei  98 rural centres  420 villages  Area: 5,469 sq km

Iasi County  Iasi International Airport links Iasi with 9 destinations in Italy; 3 destinations in Germany; One destination in Austria and Hungary.  Under local authorities administration 209,512 Students 1,051 Educational Units Teaching staff  9 Higher Education Units and Universities (2 nd largest academic center in Romania), over 60,000 students;  49 touristic units with 3,366 places and about 150,000 tourists/year

Watersupply area Water supply area

Mainobjective Main objective  Water & industrial water supply; waste water collection and treatment in Iaşi County for 339, 593 inhabitants and 3, 424 industries. Operational Area Population supplied Population connected to sewage Industries supplied Industries connected to sewage Total APAVITAL 345,701291,4583,5492,841 Iasi Metropolitan Area 289,063264,2072,6792,378 Iasi County 56,63827,  The total water supply capacities may serve more than inhabitants and more than industries

Quality system  ISO 9001:2008  APAVITAL is ISO 9001:2001 recertified (Certificate No. 1228/2 July 2008 issued by SRAC and RO- 1228/2 July 2008 issued by IQNET).  ISO 14001:2005  This certification pursuant to Environment Management System standard SR EN ISO 14001:2005 recertified on 21 July 2008, thus certifying that APAVITAL complies with the requirements of an adequate environment management.  OHSAS 18001:2007  This certification pursuant to the Health and Labour Safety standard OH SAS 18001:2007 was recertified on 21 July  ISO/IEC 27001:2005  This certification pursuant to the an information Security Management System standard ISO/IEC 27001:2005 was awarded on 21 July  Class I Operation Licence  In 2011, APAVITAL Iasi was awarded the Class I Operation License for public water and sewage services issued by ANRSC (National Regulatory Authority of Communal Services).

Quality system  GIS Application in Management  GIS application is a coherent assembly of IT equipments and software, data, persons, operational methods and rules, all enabling the preparation, definition, construction, updating and operation of geo-topographic maps associated with descriptive information, operated in 3+1 dimensions.

Quality system  Management Integrated System (MIS)  APAVITAL has implemented a last generation Management Integrated System on Oracle platform satisfying all the safety levels in force as well as access restriction to databases, depending on user competence.  Round-the-clock integrated CALL CENTER  Since October 2005 APAVITAL Iasi runs an integrated Call Center, supplying its clients with the following services : Contract signing; Communication of water meter readings; Asking for a repair; Request of new connections; Information regarding invoices, contracts; Obtaining approvals/endorsements; Dealing with any type of claims; Advice regarding water consumption conservation

Company managed capacities APAVITAL makes a permanent effort to guarantee the continuous water supply and to increase water quality standard. The capacities managed are:  water & industrial water: 8 WTP l/s  pipelines and supply network: 2094,8km  storage tanks: 116 pcs mc  mechanical & biological treatment of domestic & industrial waste water: 13 WWTP4.554,2 l/s

 Water and industrial water: 2 WTP 1900 l/s  Pipelines: 91.9 km  Supply networks: 747.4km  Storage tanks: 43pcs. 103,260 mc  Wastewater treatment: 1 WWTP; 4200 l/s  Water and industrial water: 6 WTP 186 l/s  Pipelines: 544,714ml  Supply networks: 695,886ml  Storage tanks: 73pcs. 29,808 mc  Wastewater treatment: 12 WWTP; 354,2 l/s IASI Metropolitan Area IASI County Area Capacities managed

Waterbilling Water billing Metropolitan Area Iai 86,3% County 9,06% Tg. Frumos 3,17% Hârlău 1,47%

FINANCIAL ASPECTS Incomes Operational income Operational income Financial income Total income Costs Operational costs Financial costs Total costs Profit Rough profit Net profit EUR 1 Eur = 1,3247 $

Human Resources

Investments  MUDP  € 14,000,000  KfW+budget  € 22,200,000  ISPA  € 51,700,000  APAVITAL sources  € 15,375,000  APAVITAL sources 2005  € 8,488,000  APAVITAL sources 2006  € 8,763,000  APAVITAL sources 2007  € 6,900,000  APAVITAL sources 2008  € 9,800,000  APAVITAL sources 2009  € 1,224,000  APAVITAL sources 2010  € 2,638,000  Grants  € 150,000  Project funded by EVD (Holland)  € 1,200,000  TOTAL  € 142,438,000  SOP Environment  € 136,109,000 1 Eur = 1,3247 $

Investments Demand year Euro

ISPA programme  Total price: euro 51,7 million  Financing: euro 38,5 million - EU grant (75%) euro 13,2 million - EBRD loan (25%)  The project includes: Rehabilitation of Iasi WWTP - line II water and sludge line Rehabilitation of Chirita Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation of Chirita Water Pumping Station + New reservoir+3 km main pipe; Upgrading of Pacurari, Aurora & Mijlociu pumping plants; technical Assistance for ISPA Project

Iasi WWTW under ISPA Accepted contract price under ISPA24,095,768 EuroAccepted contract price under ISPA24,095,768 Euro Contract period under ISPA:36 months Contract period under ISPA:36 months Contractor under ISPA:Linde KCA Dresden/Strabag Contractor under ISPA:Linde KCA Dresden/Strabag Contract starting date (ISPA):15 March 2005 Contract starting date (ISPA):15 March 2005 Upgrading also includes the implementation of digestion and de-watering steps of the sludge generated on both lines of Iasi WWTP, as well as working out environment problems regarding sludge storage. The capacity of Iasi WWTP shall have a total amount of l/s waste water processed pursuant to EU standards (the current l/s plus l/s) The final objective is integral use of the sludge in agriculture, using discharge on ground only in emergencies (sludge contamination).

Cohesion fund  Master Plan identified 5 agglomerations within county:  Iasi (incl. 3 rd stage in Iasi WWTP)  Pascani  Targu Frumos  Harlau  Podu Iloaiei 136 mil euro  Project’s Stage I includes the investments for , that is a total of cca 136 mil euro

Ranking of investments Total investments, water supply: 710 mil euro Harlau Pascani Targu Frumos Podu Iloaiei Iasi 250,000 Investment in 1000 € 1 Eur = 1,3247 $

Ranking of investments Total investments, wastewater: 518 mil euro Harlau Pascani Targu Frumos Podu Iloaiei Iasi 1 Eur = 1,3247 $

water water Catchments50pcsupgrading Chlorination plant1Pcs Water supply5Km Pumping stations2Pcs Tanks7PcsUpgradings+ new constructions Distrib, network115kmUpgradings+extensions sewerage WWTPs4Pcs Main collectors12.1KmUpgradings+ new constructions Pumping stations9Pcs sewers179kmUpgradings+extensions Investments via SOP environment Iasi County

Procurement Plan under SOP Work Contract no 9 12,521,300 Upgrading of wastewater treatment plants in Iasi Agglomeration 100%yellow Work Contract no 10 14,216,400 Upgrading of wastewater treatment plants in Tg.Frumos, Podu Iloaiei, Harlau 100%yellow Work Contract no 11 8,240,574 Upgrading of water and sewerage systems in Tg.Frumos Percentage Yellow in Red: 5% Work Contract no 12 2,805,948 Upgrading of sewers in Harlau Percentage Yellow in Red: 13% Work Contract no 13 6,213,708 Upgrading of water and sewerage systems in Podu Iloaiei Yellow in Red: 13% Work Contract no 14 6,341,375 Extension of sewers in Iasi Metropolitan Area Percentage Yellow in Red: 7% Work Contract 15 7,597,633 Extension of sewers in Iasi Metropolitan Area Percentage Yellow in Red: 4% Service contract 8,000,300 Technical Assistance 100% white book Work Contract no 8 7,254,469 Extension of sewers in Iasi City 100% red Work Contract no 7 5,236,251 Upgrading of sewers in Iasi City 100% red Work Contract no 6 8,525,706 Upgrading of water supply systems in Iasi City (asbestos- cement and distrib networks) 100%red Work Contract no 5 6,915,663 Upgrading of water and sewage systems in Holboca Percentage Yellow in Red: 34% Work Contract no 4 2,872,760 Upgrading of Timisesti catchment fields (Verseni and Zvoranesti) 100%yellow Work Contract no 3 12,871,927 Upgrading of sewers in Iasi City (main collectors) 100%red Work Contract no 2 3,426,500 Upgrading of water supply systems in Iasi City (Sorogari tanks) 100%yellow Work Contract no 1 4,578,888 Upgrading of water supply systems in Iasi City (main pipes) 100%yellow

Options for sludge  The strategy developed in 2000 (Halcrow) Increasing of Iasi WWTP’s processing capacity New location Agricultural use National Development Policy Management sludge by SOP Enviromental / 6 / AT / I (consortium Mott MacDonald – ISPE – UTCB – BIOTEHNOL)  MP –Tomesti storage area for dehydrated sludge  Study concerning the agricultural use of sludge –Agricultural Research Institute of Podu Iloaiei – since 2002, as regards the WWTP sludge, studies are performed on various types of crops

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