ORNE AVAL

What ORNE AVAL does

Orne Aval (legal name: Syndicat des eaux Orne-aval) is a French public intercommunal water and sanitation syndicate established in 1999, headquartered in Joeuf (Meurthe-et-Moselle). It provides drinking water distribution and municipal wastewater collection and treatment services to residential subscribers across 10 member communes spanning the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle departments in the Lorraine region: Auboué, Hatrize, Homécourt, Joeuf, Moineville, Montois-la-Montagne, Moutiers, Roncourt, Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes, and Valleroy.

The organization's core technical infrastructure includes a sewer network, the Ravenne wastewater pumping station (equipped with two Archimedes screws handling approximately 23,500 population-equivalent of the system's 34,000 EH total capacity), the Moyeuvre-Grande wastewater treatment plant (Station d'Épuration), and a dedicated hydro-cleansing tanker truck for network maintenance. Orne Aval applies specialized rehabilitation techniques including continuous cured-in-place pipe lining (chemisage, conforming to NF-EN 13566-4) to renew aging sewer sections without excavation, and conducts storm water overflow construction to manage hydraulic loads. The organization is governed by a President (Lionel GERARD) and operates under the supervision of French prefectural authorities as a public territorial entity, with no private shareholders.

Revenue is generated through recurring water supply and sanitation tariffs billed to subscribers via the online subscriber portal (portail-abonnes.orne-aval.fr), a phone-supported customer service operation, and on-site field services for meter reading, meter replacement, and emergency interventions. Capital projects are delivered through tenders managed via public procurement platforms and executed by external construction and engineering partners (SADE, TELEREP EST, WH, BEREST LORRAINE, LGA CONCEPT).

Name

ORNE AVAL

Legal name

Syndicat des eaux Orne-aval

Website

https://orne-aval.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH)

Keywords

• Public water utility
• Wastewater treatment services
• Municipal sanitation networks
• Drinking water distribution
• Intercommunal water syndicate

Headquarters

HQ city

Joeuf

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Water Supply and Sanitation Fees: Orne Aval operates as a public syndicate (régie) providing water distribution and sanitation services to residents of 10 member communes. Revenue is generated through water supply tariffs and sanitation charges billed to individual subscribers, consistent with French public water utility models. The organization also notes that costs are passed through to subscriber invoices.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Orne Aval is a French public intercommunal water syndicate that manages the complete drinking water distribution and municipal wastewater (sanitation) services for 10 member communes in the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle departments. It operates the water supply network, wastewater collection sewers, a wastewater treatment plant (STEP), pumping stations, and provides meter reading, meter replacement, billing, and hydro-jetting maintenance services to residential subscribers.

Product overview

ORNE AVAL is a public intercommunal water and sanitation syndicate managing water distribution and wastewater treatment services for 10 communes in the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle departments of France. The organization operates as a single unified service offering (not a modular platform) comprising water management services (distribution, quality monitoring, pipe network maintenance), sanitation services (wastewater collection, treatment plant operations, sewer network), and subscriber services (online portal access, billing). Key infrastructure includes pumping stations, storm water overflow structures, and specialized equipment for network maintenance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Wastewater treatment capacity of 23,500 equivalent inhabitants (out of 34,000 EH total)

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• SADE (Entreprise travaux)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 April 2012SADE was the construction company engaged for the rehabilitation of the Ravenne pumping station in Joeuf (April–December 2012, project amount €215,233.20 incl. VAT).
• BEREST LORRAINE (Maître d'œuvre)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBEREST LORRAINE served as the engineering/project management firm for the Ravenne pumping station rehabilitation project (April–December 2012). Also acted as maître d'œuvre for the stormwater overflow creation project in Homécourt.
• TELEREP EST (Entreprise travaux)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTELEREP EST was the construction company for the parasitic clear water elimination project in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes via chemisage technique (December 2012–February 2013, project amount €159,000).
• LGA CONCEPT (Maître d'œuvre)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLGA CONCEPT acted as the engineering/project management firm for the Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes chemisage project.
• WH (Entreprise travaux)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWH was the construction company for the stormwater overflow (déversoir d'orage) creation on the ZAC du Haut des Tappes in Homécourt (October 2012–March 2013, project amount €225,745 incl. VAT).
• BEREST LORRAINE (Maître d'œuvre)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBEREST LORRAINE served as the engineering/project management firm for the Homécourt stormwater overflow construction project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Regional players

• Eau de Paris: Paris municipal water utility operating a public service model with integrated water distribution and quality management, comparable in regulatory regime but serving a metropolitan territory.
• Régie des Eaux de Marseille: Marseille municipal water utility operating as a public régie, comparable to Orne Aval as a public service operator managing water distribution and subscriber billing within a defined geographic territory.
• SIAAP: Interdepartmental sanitation syndicate for the Paris conurbation, the most directly comparable large-scale public wastewater treatment syndicate in France.
• Régie Eau d'Azur: Public water utility serving the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolitan area with integrated water distribution and customer service functions, operating under the same French public utility regulatory framework.

Broad incumbents

• SAUR: French water and wastewater services operator serving municipalities and industrial customers through delegated public service contracts, directly competing for the same commune-level mandates.
• Lyonnaise des Eaux: Suez group subsidiary operating regional water service concessions across France, providing municipal water distribution and wastewater services with comparable scope to Orne Aval but at private-operator scale.
• Veolia Eau France: Largest private water and wastewater services operator in France, providing overlapping municipal water management capabilities at national scale through delegated contracts and concessions.
• Suez Eau France: Major French water utility operator competing for municipal water and wastewater service contracts, offering the same integrated utility services as Orne Aval but at national scale.

Direct peers

• SEDIF (Syndicat des Eaux d'Île-de-France): France's largest intercommunal drinking water syndicate, serving 4M+ residents across Île-de-France communes through a directly comparable public syndicate governance model.
• SDEA Alsace-Moselle: Intercommunal water and sanitation syndicate operating across Alsace-Moselle communes with a directly analogous scope of water distribution, wastewater treatment, and network maintenance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orne-aval

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Investors

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Investments

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