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12/06/2006
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A number of important companies that manage and process sewerage will be present at TEM TECMA 2006.
According to a report by the consulting company, DBK
The management and processing of sewerage grows by 8.5%, achieving a turnover of 830 million euros
We might highlight the considerable growth that has been witnessed in the Madrid Region, which has more than 140 processing plants.
Companies based on pubic capital have increased their presence within the sector, although the leading role is played by private or mixed capital enterprises.
The turnover of companies operating within the sewerage processing sector rose to 830 million euros in the year 2005, which represents growth of 8.5%. However, in the years to come, this growth-rate is expected to gradually decline, settling at around 6-7% a year. These are the conclusions of a recent report produced by the consulting company, DBK.
Representatives of the sewerage sector will attend TEM TECMA 2006, the International Town-Planning and Environment Fair, organised by IFEMA, which will stage its thirteenth edition between 13th and 16th June next at Feria de Madrid. This fair is the leading event within the sector in Spain and, so far, has confirmed the attendance of more than five hundred companies.
In the year 2004, the five leading operators within the sector in terms of revenue for processing sewerage accounted for 51.1% of the total market, a share that increased to 62.9% when taking into account the ten most important companies.
Public Capital
Water management and, in particular, sewerage processing, are activities that present a strong presence of public capital enterprises, although the tendency to subcontract means that there are an increasing number of private or mixed capital companies operating in the sector.
In this respect, we might highlight the participation of a number of subsidiaries belonging to the main construction and services groups. The majority of the companies are involved in all stages of the integral water cycle, ranging from collection and treatment to supply and even purification and reuse. There are few operators that specialize in purification.
Growing public concern at a national and Community level regarding the processing of sewerage has meant that new infrastructures have been built in recent years, whilst older infrastructures have been improved.
An increase in capacity is the main reason why the turnover of sewerage processing operators has been boosted. Furthermore, we might highlight the progressive impact that this has had on the end customer, based on a levy for purification and treatment, which forms part of the costs derived from sewerage processing.
As far as the end customer is concerned, we might highlight the rising costs that have been incurred, which has led to the introduction of a purification and treatment levy, based on the high cost of sewerage processing.
Spanish Regions
In the short and medium term, the sewerage processing business is expected to develop favourably, as a result of the introduction of various different processing and treatment schemes in many Spanish regions, with a view to fulfilling current regulations concerning sewerage treatment.
In mid-2005, the number of sewerage processing plants (EDAR) in operation came to around 2,600, 400 more than the number recorded at the end of the year 2002. Andalusia, with its 455 plants, and the Valencian region, with 400 plants, are the regions that head the table in terms of the number of processing centres, in both cases based on figures recorded at the end of 2004. In turn, we might highlight the strong growth witnessed within the Madrid Region, which had some 143 processing plants in July 2005, compared to just 83 in the year 2002.
In the Valencian Region, the Sewerage Processing Department aims to invest more than 800 million euros in processing measures and schemes designed to ensure the re-use of sewerage throughout the period 2004-2010. Murcia has designed a scheme that will encompass the period 2001-2010, based on an investment of 405 million euros in various different processing measures. Most of this amount (170 million) will be used for the construction of new processing plants.
The Regions of Madrid and Catalonia have designed new schemes for the processing and treatment sector, known as Madrid Depura and PSARU 2005, respectively.. The PSARU scheme will encompass some 1,802 measures for the period 2005-2008 in Catalonia, based on an investment of 1,068 million euros. Madrid's Depura scheme will require an investment of 600 million euros up until 2010, set aside for the creation of 21 new processing plants and the expansion of another 20 plants.
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