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 14.001 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

FinancePrincipal contractor

Water treatment and collection service

Contracting authorityDelegated contractor

Operator of treatment plantsand collectors

Collaboration agreements

27 Boroughs in Walloon Brabant (operation of drains)

Drainage contract

27 BoroughsPrincipal contractor

Agreements for assistanceor the delegation of contracting works in the fight

against flooding

Overview of the situation in Walloon Brabant

Treatment plantsoperated by IBW = 40 capacity = 626,000 population equivalentsequipment level WB = 97%equipment level WR= 89%

Collectorsexisting in WB = 290 kmcollection level = 80%

Drainsexisting in WB = more than 2,000 kmdrainage 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

Thank you for your attention!

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