Presentation of IBW
Estonian Delegation
29th October 2015
Baudouin le HARDY de BEAULIEU, General Manager
IBW at a glance
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Incorporated in 1966
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SCRL (Limited Liability Cooperative Company): purely an
intermunicipal public utility company
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Shareholders: Province of Walloon Brabant and its 27 Boroughs
(‘communes’) (Boroughs before the mergers made between 1975
and 1983 = 109)
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± 390,000 inhabitants
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3 business lines:
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economic expansion & regional development
waste management
wastewater treatment
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ISO 14.001 and EMAS environmental certification since 2002
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Total number of employees / workers= 295
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For wastewater treatment:
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investment department = 18
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operating department = 81
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+ general services = 18
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Amount spent on work carried out for wastewater collection + treatment
plants (2000 to 2014) = € 366 million
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+ drainage (2003 to 2014) = € 68 million
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Costs to run operating department = € 12 million per year
IBW structure
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General meetings (held twice a year):
bring together IBW’s associate members:
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the Province of Walloon Brabant is represented by 5 delegates
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the 27 Boroughs of Walloon Brabant are each represented by five
delegates
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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
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Executive Board (weekly meetings):
made up of 12 members who ensure the proper running of IBW’s dayto-day business, quickly and efficiently
General Management
Economics
department
Waste
department
- Business services
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Recycling
department
- Investment
department
- Infrastructure and
assets department
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Energy recovery
unit
- Operating
department
General
services
Water treatment
department
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Legal
Finance
HR
Communication
EMAS
IT
The work we carry out on treating wastewater
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Study and implementation of wastewater works (drains, collectors,
treatment plants)
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Operation of treatment plants
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Supervision of municipal drainage works (design, monitoring +
coordination for health and safety)
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Operation of pumping stations
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Recommendations on permits to discharge wastewater into the drains
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Checks on the placement of individual treatment systems
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Endoscopy, cleaning, mapping and land registration of drain networks
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Plus: monitoring of flood prevention studies and works (Temporary
Immersion Zones, Street Expansion Zones, rainwater collectors, etc.)
All investments made in the Walloon Region are funded by the
SPGE – Public Water Management Company
Walloon Government
Management
contract
Finance
Principal contractor
Water treatment and
collection service
Contracting authority
Delegated contractor
Operator of treatment plants
and collectors
Drainage
contract
Collaboration
agreements
27 Boroughs in Walloon
Brabant (operation of drains)
27 Boroughs
Principal contractor
Agreements for assistance
or the delegation of contracting works in the fight
against flooding
Overview of the situation in Walloon Brabant
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Treatment plants
operated by IBW = 40
capacity = 626,000 population equivalents
equipment level WB = 97%
equipment level WR= 89%
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Collectors
existing in WB = 290 km
collection level = 80%
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Drains
existing in WB = more than 2,000 km
drainage level = 85% to 90% (depending on the borough)
IBW collectors and treatment plants
We are here:
Vallée du Hain plant
Our main wastewater treatment plants
Vallée de la Dyle
Vallée du Hain
Vallée de la Lasne
Nivelles
Thank you for your attention!
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