Veolia Water Technologies Delivers Process Equipment For K+S Potash Canada's Legacy Project

The major process equipment for K+S Potash Canada’s Legacy Project has been delivered to the job site located in the Province of Saskatchewan. This process equipment, HPD Crystallization Technology from Veolia, will purify and produce up to 2 million tonnes annually of high-quality potassium chloride from solution-mined potash at the Legacy facility when completed in 2017. Overall the Legacy mine will produce up to 2.86 million tonnes annually.

The individual vessels that make up the crystallization system range in size up to 30 meters in length, a diameter of nearly 10 meters, and weigh up to 180 metric tons. Mainly fabricated and assembled in the United States and Canada over a period of more than a year, these vessels were shipped 200 kilometers to the Legacy job site for installation from the Saskatoon area.

Shipment of the vessels required detailed planning, an approved route plan, and real-time communication with the cooperation of municipalities and utilities potentially impacted by these activities. As part of a project-specific plan, this ensures the safety of motorists and residents along the trek to the job site.

These vessels are among the largest shipments ever made in the Province of Saskatchewan. Veolia has a history of successful execution of complex, large-scale projects in Canada for the pulp & paper, chemical processing, and oil & gas industries for more than fifty years.

About Veolia
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource management. With over 187,000 employees^* worldwide, the Group designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and to replenish them.

In 2013, the Veolia group supplied 94 million people with drinking water and 62 million people with wastewater service, produced 54 million megawatt hours of energy and converted 38 million metric tons of waste into new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €23.4B^* in 2013. For more information, visit www.veolia.com

^(*) 2013 pro-forma unaudited figures, including Dalkia International (100%) and excluding Dalkia France. Excluding Transdev employees and revenue currently under divestment.