# Veolia to upgrade and expand Maéra wastewater treatment plant in Lattes

Veolia Water Technologies, through a nine-year contract with OTV and Veolia Eau France, is upgrading the Maéra wastewater treatment plant in Lattes, France, to increase capacity to 210,000 m³ per day and make it the world's first plant to produce twice the energy it consumes.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-11-21
- Where: Lattes, Montpellier region, France
- Value: $230.0M
- Starts operating: 2031
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 210,000 m³ per day
- Products: wastewater treatment, biomethane, heat, electricity
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Veolia Water Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/291.md)
- [OTV](https://endata.com/companies/22208.md) (partner)
- [Veolia Eau France](https://endata.com/companies/66786.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [esemag.com](https://esemag.com/wastewater/french-wwtp-produce-double-the-energy-it-consumes/), 2022-11-21: "The extension of the treatment capacity combined with the proposed improvements will allow us to face the future more serenely and to offer a structure that is better integrated with an overall strategy for limiting noise and odours."

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