Key figures

Our expertise

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Smart with water

As a result of climate change, we are experiencing short-term heavy rainfall and long-term drought more and more often in Flanders. Aquafin has the knowledge and tools in house to work out scenarios offering sustainable solutions that go beyond simply adapting. We devise total concepts centred around making efficient use of every single drop of water. Our designs also focus on offering a high natural and amenity value.

Cost-efficient finance

All of the projects we carry out on behalf of the Flemish Region are also financed by us. This makes finance part of Aquafin’s core business and expertise. Thanks to an excellent credit rating and a diversified investment portfolio, we manage to raise the finance for our projects.

Project management

Every year, the Flemish Region awards us new projects for the development and optimisation of the treatment infrastructure for domestic waste water. We manage each project right through from the feasibility phase to implementation, with the necessary respect for safety, the environment and the community.

Asset management for infrastructure

The infrastructure we build and manage has to be reliable and perform well. Aquafin pursues an asset management strategy focussed on an optimal lifespan for the assets and the management of risks. We are ISO 55001 certified for the way in which we manage our assets.

Transporting and treating waste water

Every day, Aquafin treats the domestic waste water of about 5 million Flemings. Via the municipal sewers, it goes into large collector sewers which transport it to a waste water treatment plant (WWTP). It is then treated, first mechanically and then biologically, until it meets the necessary standards for it to be discharged into a watercourse.

Key figures

AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS

Operating income Profit available for appropriation Balance sheet total Capital and reserves Short-term financing Long-term financing

NUMBER 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

466,958 488,082 499,349 575,226 577,431 8,848 8,202 9,752 11,100 12,204 3,382,599 3,392,755 3,430,448 3,568,524 3,661,385 232,346 270,252 271,248 273,597 276,808 217,690 207,869 158,124 203,912 218,653 1,914,592 1,880,094 1,939,215 1,979,036 2,011,632

Aquafin employees 970 1,008 1,057 1,087 1,095 Flemish Environment Agency employees 69 63 60 56 55 Total employees 1,039 1,071 1,117 1,143 1,150

Projects in portfolio for the Flemish Region

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2019:

Delivered Tendered and awarded In design phase Total

Number of projects Value (millions of euros)

3,332 346 997 4,675 4,139.81 465.76 1,187.08 5,792.65

Municipal activities

Besides the projects Aquafin carries out for the Flemish Region, as specified in the Management Agreement, the company also uses its know-how for Flemish towns, cities and municipalities which must fulfil their environmental obligations. In this market, Aquafin competes with other sewer operators, water companies and intermunicipal partnerships. Aquafin invoices the municipality with which it has an agreement for the cost of municipal projects. In accordance with the provisions of the Management Agreement, the charges and revenues for activities for the Flemish Region and those for the municipalities are separated. Infrastructure managed on behalf of the Flemish Region as at 31 December 2019: 321 waste water treatment plants 1,852 pumping stations and storage settlement tanks 6,587 km of pipes

100% of waste water treatment plants assessed complied with all applicable standards at the end of 2019.