Société des Eaux de Marseille is a French water distribution company in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

and sixty districts throughout

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...

. It is a subsidiary of

Veolia Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. It pr ...

History

On October 28, 1938, a department store on the

Canebière La Canebière is a historic high street in the old quarter of Marseille, France. Location About a kilometre long, it runs from the ''Old Port of Marseille'' to the ''Réformés'' quarter.Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, ''Provence'', New Holland Publ ...

caught fire.World Water Council: Société des Eaux de Marseille – France - SEM
Official website: History
/ref> When firefighters did not have access to sufficient amounts of water to stop the fire and two hundred casualties died, and the mayor,

Henri Tasso Henri Tasso (8 October 1882 – 12 February 1944) was a French Socialist politician. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939. He also served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938, and of the Senate from 1938 to 1945 ...

, was dismissed and plans to buy new water pipes were made. The Société d'Etudes des Eaux de Marseille was then established. Three years later, in 1941, the Société des Eaux de Marseille was established, and the City of Marseille signed a contract giving it water rights two years later, on March 1, 1943. In 1960, the contract was extended, making it more encompassing. It later became a subsidiary of

.AFP & Reuters
Veolia conserve le marché de l'eau à Marseille
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Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

'', 04.10.2013 It has served Marseille and 60 districts in Provence for sixty years. It is a member of the

World Water Council The World Water Council (WWC), also known as the Conseil Mondial de l'Eau (CME), is an international think tank. It was founded in 1996, with its headquarters in Marseille, France. It has 358 members (as of February 2020) which encompass organisa ...

. It is headquartered at 25 rue Edouard Delanglade in Marseille.Bloomberg BusinessWeek
/ref> Its president is Loic Fauchon.L’inamovible patron de la Société des eaux de Marseille
''Capital'', 30/01/2014

References

External links

Official website
Water companies of France Companies based in Marseille Veolia {{France-company-stub