Water resources management

Promising partnerships

The trend in industrial water management is towards contracting

The more complex water supply and wastewater treatment requirements are, the more sensible it is to outsource this work to professional partners. For this reason, more and more companies from all sectors of the economy are relying on tailor-made contracting. Intelligent plant and management concepts are considered to be the best way to set up high-performance infrastructures and push forward operative business in a sustainable way.
 

Whether it is due to extended production facilities, stricter environmental laws or general pressure to reduce costs – there are many reasons why businesses look to improve the wastewater treatment facilities in their plants. A number of obstacles, however, need to be overcome if the best possible system is to be set up and operated. Contracting the work to professionals helps here to reduce the time and money needed to be invested as well as to guarantee top levels of safety.

Concentrating on the customers’ individual needs
REMONDIS Aqua is Germany’s leading supplier of industrial water management applications. The specialists from Lünen are active in both contracting fields: they offer facility management models which concentrate exclusively on established facilities as well as operator models, i.e. a contracting model that also involves new investments and the possible financing of such investments. A hallmark of all projects is that they involve long-term cooperation work.

In practice, REMONDIS only implements individual contracting projects which are adapted to the exact needs of the company involved. With new investments, all the data and framework conditions needed to construct the facility are put together with the customer. Using this information, REMONDIS Aqua then draws up a technical concept that offers the best solution from both a cost efficient and technical point of view. When the project begins, the experts take over the planning and construction of the facility and, if requested, the financing.

Process risks clearly reduced
The pressure on a company is clearly reduced in many different ways if it contracts out such projects. It needs, for example, fewer personnel and management staff and the finances it has available can continue to be used for the production processes. “Contracting gives a company more scope which, in turn, has an immediate and positive effect on the company’s core business,” explained Dr. Lars Meierling, who has developed this business division at REMONDIS Aqua over the last ten years. “Furthermore, it means the customer is able to plan better and contracting offers high levels of security.” This is, above all, achieved by the fixed prices that are involved and the fact that any incalculable risks are borne by the contractor. Quality and availability are guaranteed throughout the whole of the contract term. REMONDIS bears the technical and organizational risks. If the facility were to be purchased and operated by the customer himself, then the guarantee period would be considerably shorter and any damage or downtime would involve additional unforeseeable costs.

Success thanks to specialist knowledge and creditworthiness
When it comes to water management, success is, for the most part, brought about by the combination of different facilities and processes. This is especially true when additional benefits are created from the process, for example generating energy or creating secondary products. Companies, therefore, that use REMONDIS Aqua’s specialist knowledge have many advantages. REMONDIS Aqua has implemented numerous projects both in Germany and abroad for municipal and industrial partners. The experience it has gathered from such projects is united with its comprehensive technological expertise giving it a clear edge over its competitors when it comes to the question of know-how. On top of this is its clear financial strength. This is important not only for the financing of projects but also importantly for the long-term cooperation work. As the contractor bears any operational risks, the size and creditworthiness of the contractor are decisive factors.It is foreseeable that the importance of contracting will increase in the future. “After all, the need for companies to act and invest will continue to grow,” Lars Meierling said. “And at the moment there is no better way to fulfil the ecological, technological and business requirements.”

Being an essential part of the production process, water management plays an important role in a business’ success. Reliability and problem-free connections to the other production processes must be guaranteed.