Strategic partnerships Opportunity with Veolia North America to expand joint ventures and co-develop projects in Port Arthur and other refineries, leveraging their recent May 2026 TotalEnergies collaboration to pursue expanded water, waste, and resource recovery services.

Water utility expansion Veolia Water Milwaukee LLC is actively involved in workforce initiatives and youth recruitment, signaling potential for collaborations on water treatment upgrades, labor force training programs, and workforce development services for large municipal or industrial water projects.

Competitive positioning Veolia and Jacobs Technology are named as top private sewer operators, indicating a competitive landscape where Veolia can differentiate through sustainability offerings, digital monitoring, and asset integrity programs to win city and utility contracts.

Technology enablement Existing tech stack includes AWS Lambda, Google Cloud, ClearSCADA and data/legal tooling, presenting cross-sell opportunities for advanced analytics, IoT/SCADA modernization, and cloud-based environmental compliance platforms.

Talent and skills Significant emphasis on building talent pipelines in water and wastewater, with partnerships and drone technology initiatives; potential to offer training services, certification programs, and vocational partnerships to support large-scale project deployments.