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Stocks· July 10, 2026 at 05:00 AM

This French Water Company Doesn’t Make Bottled Water. It’s Bigger Than That.

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Onur Erkan Yıldız
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Name a French water company besides Perrier or Evian. How about Veolia Environnement a large global environmental services company that produces and distributes drinking water and treats wastewater (and has waste management and energy businesses). The company, then called Compagnie Générale des Eaux, or CGE, was founded in 1853 by Napoleon III’s imperial decree to supply France with drinking water.

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