Success down to the employees’ know-how
For 25 years now, REMONDIS Aqua’s subsidiary Lausitzer Wasser GmbH & Co. KG (LWG) has been supplying high quality drinking water, treating the region’s wastewater using reliable and environmentally sound processes and making the most of its water know-how to help out in other areas as well, such as redeveloping mining landscapes. 172 dedicated employees help deliver these specialist services – always to the satisfaction of their customers.
Donations collected for regional projects
100 guests were invited to Cottbus-Sachsendorf waterworks on 22 June to help celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary. The two managing directors, Reinhard Beer and Marten Eger, accepted their congratulations on behalf of all their staff. Rather than be given gifts, LWG collected donations on behalf of a regional project that helps families from the Lausitz region with children suffering from a serious illness. Moreover, they also donated a generous sum of money to the Cottbus community foundation to support their efforts to build a water playground.
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During the first few years, LWG succeeded in carrying out difficult restructuring work, ensuring LWG has developed into a reliable drinking water supplier.
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In 1995, LWG concluded the first water generation contract with the City of Cottbus and the 15th Cottbus primary school. Since then, the company has been producing teaching materials that explain how waterworks and sewage treatment plants work and how drinking water can be handled responsibly.
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Since 2006, the company has managed to keep drinking water prices at a stable level benefiting the local inhabitants.
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One of LWG’s biggest projects to date was building a biogas plant at the Große Spreewehr sewage treatment plant, which is acting as a pilot project for the whole of the region.
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Its project to build a sewer pipe for wastewater and rainwater under the forecourt of the civic centre and the post office car park is also considered to be one of LWG’s biggest successes to date.
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LWG developed a method to sustainably improve the quality of the water in the mining lakes together with BRAIN Brandenburg Innovation GmbH, a fully owned LWG subsidiary.
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LWG operates electric vehicles – helping to protect the environment in the region and underlining the company’s belief in a circular economy.
The biogas stored at its own plant provides the electricity needed to run
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340 young people have already completed an apprenticeship at LWG to become a plant mechanic since 1993. The modern training workshop in Cottbus, which also holds examinations on behalf of the Cottbus Chamber of Commerce, provides everything the apprentices need. This well-known training company has won a number of awards and also trains specialists for many of the neighbouring water associations, utility companies and local businesses.
Congratulations from Holger Kelch, Mayor of Cottbus
“Lausitz and LWG have been working together for 25 years and are now celebrating their silver anniversary. Over this period, LWG and its public and private sector shareholders have built up an extraordinarily good reputation – which can be put down to it being so reliable and innovative. This company is important for the region offering apprenticeships and jobs in and around Cottbus. LWG provides 172 people with a career and livelihood, it takes on its apprentices when they finish their course and our local residents appreciate the modern technology used by the firm and its stable prices. We can all count on LWG – in every sense of the word – and look forward the next 25 years and more. Many thanks to all those who have helped contribute towards this success.”
Source: Lausitzer Wasser Zeitung
Congratulations from Dr Dietmar Woidke, Minister President of the German State of Brandenburg
“Water is life – this is the motto of the photo contest launched by LWG Lausitzer Wasser GmbH & Co. KG to celebrate its anniversary. A motto that also sums up the phil-osophy of LWG, one of the largest and most respected water companies in Brandenburg.
The City of Cottbus and 20 neighbouring districts benefit from the in-depth expertise of LWG’s employees no matter whether it has to do with sustainable, high quality drinking water supply or environmentally friendly wastewater treatment. And this expertise is no accident: LWG has been one of the best training companies in Brandenburg for many years now – winning many awards and acting as a role model for others. So please accept my thanks here! The confidence that both the customers and the partners have in these water specialists is hugely important to be able to overcome the challenges that the water sector must face, such as climate change, environmental issues and demographic change. May I wish all those working at LWG every success in the future!”
To find out more about LWG and its services, go to
> lausitzer-wasser.de
Image credits: Image 1: iStock, 163529785, Urheber: subman, Image 2: © klossmedia, Cottbus
