A scroll around the world

The event

Year 3 at St Joseph's School at Tranmere in Adelaide, South Australia, greeted the arrival of the Scroll with great excitement. They watched the unrolling of the scroll in hushed tones, and were fascinated by the drawings from the countries the scroll had so far visited.

Gabrielle, Jade, Bess and Jessica were the appointed scribes and worked tirelessly most of the day. Reserve scribe Gabriella lent a hand to make sure it was finished on time.

The State Minister for the environment the Hon. John Hill dropped in to encourage the children with their drawings, and to talk to them about what they were doing in their own lives to protect the environment. Mr Hill met all of the 24 children who had contributed their ideas to the final drawing and the whole school saw his visit as a great honour.

Every child in the school shared in the excitement and educational value of the scroll, with each class visiting to see their own school's drawings, and the pictures from China, Thailand, Singapore and New Caledonia.

The event, including the Minister's visit, was shown on the evening television news.

The highlight for the children was seeing what children in other countries had drawn, interpreting their environmental messages - and so discovering what children in other countries are thinking and feeling about their environment.

The poster from Adelaide

Veolia Environnement's Activities in Australia

In Australia and New Zealand, Veolia Water provides services to more than two million domestic consumers and 1,800 industrial consumers.

It operates across three divisions - Operations (Veolia Water Australia and the United Water joint venture), Projects and Services (Veolia Water Systems) and Research and Development.

Recent projects include winning tenders to Build-Own-Operate and Design-Build-Operate wastewater treatment and reclamation plants for industrial and municipal customers.

Veolia Water is also the only company in Australia which can supply a full range of design, build, operational and service capabilities for water management solutions.

It has these capabilities right across the country, through established offices in each state, backed by the support and strength of the world's largest environmental services group.

Its strong technology focus has seen Veolia Water clock up a number of firsts in Australia, including:

• The first major ozone/Biological Activated Carbon (BAC) plant in Noosa, Queensland (45 ML/d).
• The world's largest submerged membrane drinking water plant in Bendigo, Australia (126 ML/d) at the time of commissioning.
• Australia's largest wastewater to industry reuse plant in Wollongong, NSW (20 ML/d).
• The most advanced wastewater treatment plant in Australia featuring advanced biological nutrient removal, membranes, ozone/ Biological Activated Carbon (BAC) and ultraviolet disinfection in Gerringong, NSW.

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In Adelaide, United Water is a joint venture of Veolia Water (47%), Thames Water (47.5%) and KBR (5%).

United Water manages, maintains and operates Adelaide's water and wastewater systems on behalf of the South Australian Government, providing services to over one million people.
With sustainability at the core of its operations, United Water is a world-leader in research into re-use of treated wastewater, and in particular, ASR (Aquifer Storage and Recovery).