At the Evian G7 summit, Saur is calling for water sovereignty to be made a strategic priority.

Water stress, structural droughts, pressure on groundwater resources, and growing competition for access to freshwater: water tensions are no longer just an environmental issue. They directly condition state stability, food security, the continuity of healthcare services, and the capacity of economies to function.

For Saur, water has become a global strategic resource. The infrastructure that enables its withdrawal, treatment, transport, reuse, and distribution now constitutes critical infrastructure, the resilience of which requires massive investment, a long-term vision, and a sustained commitment from states.

Mastering this infrastructure has become a direct issue of water sovereignty.

Aquapod: a concrete response to pressure on water resources

Showcased at the Saur booth, the Group’s Aquapod solution enables the reuse of greywater in buildings to cover up to 45% of non-potable water uses, without major modifications to existing infrastructure. By reducing pressure on the resource at the source, it primarily targets regions facing growing water stress.

The Aquapod illustrates one of the three pillars of the Group’s MissionWater2030 roadmap: water circularity, reducing pressure on the resource, and the water sovereignty of territories.

A field operator in the most demanding environments

Operating across the entire water cycle, Saur supports local authorities and industrial clients in designing, operating, and securing essential infrastructure in some of the world’s most challenging water environments.

This expertise is notably demonstrated by managing the drinking water supply for 400,000 residents in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, through a model relying entirely on desalination for over thirty years. In the United States, the Group also develops water treatment and reuse solutions integrated into the infrastructure of major technology companies, for whom securing the resource has become a strategic business continuity issue.

Saur also operates in Cyprus, one of the European countries most exposed to chronic water stress, where the reuse of treated wastewater has now become a strategic resource. The solutions deployed by the Group contribute to one of the highest treated water reuse rates in the world, with between 85% and 90% of treated wastewater being reused, primarily for agricultural irrigation and groundwater recharge.

Beyond these flagship operations, Saur supports public and industrial stakeholders internationally in modernizing critical water infrastructure, with a constant demand for resilience, operational performance, and continuity of service.

In 2024, the Group became the first global player in the sector to issue blue bonds to finance infrastructure that contributes to the water transition and territorial resilience.