Embark with us on a journey around the world to learn more about the water cycle

March 22^nd is World Water Day. We invite you to a week-long journey around the world, punctuated each day with discoveries on a step of the water cycle in a region or a continent. From the production of drinking water to its distribution, through its decontamination before its return to the natural environment: follow with us the water's path and let's work together to preserve this precious resource!

Producing drinking water

First step in Australia with sea water desalination

Let’s start at the beginning of the water cycle. Did you know that we can drink the sea? Desalination through reverse osmosis is one of SUEZ’ solution to make the water drinkable while protecting the resources. Follow Sophie Bertrand, our lead expert in desalination.

#FollowTheWater in Australia

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Second step in Mali with UCD mobile units

In Africa, in Mali, we installed mobile units for drinking water production. Water being essential to to ensure health, hygiene and nutrition, we reinforce its accessibility by installing, according to the situation and the needs, treatment units in cases of a galloping urbanization, in isolated areas or when natural disasters occur.

#FollowTheWater in Africa

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Stormwater management

Third step in China, where cities are transformed into sponges

The city of Chongqing is part of the "Sponge City" program. To improve the resilience of cities to the risk of flooding and to reuse 70% of the rainwater that represents here 1000mm/year. The "Sponge Cities" program aims to recover water during heavy rainfall events to avoid flooding in cities. 20 cities, including Barcelona and Singapore are also part of this program.

SUEZ - #FollowTheWater in China

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Connected water management

4th step in Europe where digital solutions save water and energy

Discover how digital technology enables continuous and remote water management to help our customers in reducing their environmental footprint.

Recycling wastewater

5th step in the USA where wastewater have a second life

At the West Basin plant, in southern California, we recycle water & produce 5 different types of waters for a variety of uses:

supplying nitrified water to refineries cooling towers;
recharging the aquifer with advanced treated water through groundwater injection;
supplying low and high pressure boiler feed water to refineries;
supplying tertiary disinfected water for irrigation uses.

Imagine the potential if we reuse all the world’s wastewater!

#FollowTheWater in America

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Rehabilitating lagoons

6th step in Qatar where biodiversity returns

400 ha of lagoons, located in the Al Rayyan region, south-west of Doha, were rehabilitated with state-of-the-art depollution technologies. The lagoons are now a wildlife habitat for birds and fishes.