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The announcement puts an end to several months of media and legal battle between these two French groups present in water and waste. Veolia and Suez announced on Monday April 12 that they had reached an agreement with a view to a merger:

Suez et Veolia parviennent à un accord de principe en vue de leur rapprochement

Technology

In summer, cyanobacteria colonize the water bodies of the Allier and make them unsuitable for swimming. The small town of Pierrefitte-sur-Loire has found an innovative solution: an ultrasound-based treatment:

Contre les cyanobactéries et pour rouvrir la baignade, cette commune de l’Allier mise sur les ultrasons

Regulation

The reuse of treated industrial effluents is gaining ground… especially outside France. The technologies are available, the rest is a matter of regulatory, economic or vision context:

Réutilisation des effluents industriels : ce n’est pas la technologie qui bloque…

Financing

An ambitious project has been launched to monitor bacteria in Oxford’s rivers – alongside live alerts of sewage discharges from six popular bathing spots and a £ 26million retrofit for waterways. city wastewater:

Ambitious river health project launched in Oxford

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