The Water Barons

Vivendi Universal
Company Presence: 43 Distinct Country(ies)
Financial Information: Financials for Year 1990-2002
Website: http://www.vivendiuniversal.com
Company Personnel
NameTitle
Jean-René FourtouChairman and CEO
Company Information

Vivendi Universal created Vivendi Environnement in 2000 to consolidate its water, waste, energy and transportation units under a single banner. Through its subsidiaries, Vivendi Environnement supplies water-related services to 110 million people in more than 100 countries. In June of 2002, Vivendi Universal sold off 80 percent of its stake in Vivendi Environnement and announced plans to sell of all of its holdings by 2004.

Organization Relationships
OrganizationRelationship
European Services ForumCorporate Formal
International Chamber of CommerceCorporate Informal
International Water AssociationIndividual
European Roundtable of IndustrialistsIndividual
World Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentIndividual
Major Subsidiaries
Current and Former Subsidiaries
1JVS
Acquedotto de Ferrari Galliera SpA
Acquedotto Nicolay SpA
Aguas Argentinas
Aguas Dejaen
Aguas del Aconquija
Aqua Alliance
Aqua Pribam
Berliner Wasser Betriebe
Bristol Water
CGE Portugal
CGE Utilities
Chengdu Generale des Eaux-Marubeni Waterworks
Compagnie des Eaux de Paris
Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone
Compagnie Fermiere de Services Publics
Compagnie Generale des Eaux
Compagnie Generale des Eaux Australia
Compagnie Mediterraneenne d'exploitation
Compania de Aguas
Condotta di Acque Potabili
Consumers Water Company
Eysa
Folkstone & Dover Water Services Ltd.
Genova Acque SpA
Grupo General de Aguas
Intan Utilities Berhad
Mid Kent
North Surrey Water Ltd.
Oewa Wasser und Abwasser
Omnium de Traitement et Valorisation (OTV)
Operacion y Mantenimiento de Sistemas de Agua
Prague Water CGE AW
Sanepar
SAP di Sestri Levante
Servitec KFT
Seureca Space
Severoceske Vodovody (ScVK)
Shanghai Pudong Vivendi Water Corp.
Sociedad de Gestion de Servicios Urbanos (Sogesur)
Societe d'Eau et d'Electricite du Gabon
Societe des Eaux de Guadeloupe
Societe des Eaux de Marseille
Societe des Eaux de Melun
Societe des Eaux de Trouville-Deauville
Societe des Eaux de Versailles et de Saint-Cloud
Societe des Eaux du Nord
Societe des Eaux et de l'Assainissement
Societe Francaise de Distribution d'Eau
Societe Guyanaise des Eaux
Societe Martiniquaise des Eaux
Societe Mosellane des Eaux
Societe Stephanoise des Eaux
South Staffordshire Water
Szegedi Vizmu
Tedesa
Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd.
Three Valleys Water Services PLC
Tianjin CGE Water Company
United Water International Pty Limited
Vivendi Water
Vivendi Water Ceska Republica
Vivendi Water Industrial Outsourcing Ltd.
Vivendi Water Korea Daesan
Vivendi Water Projects Ltd.
Vivendi Water Systems
Vivendi Water U.K.
Vodospol Klatovy
Wuyna Water

ICIJ researcher Daniel Politi coordinated work on this database.