French water giant Suez Corp has built a 50/50 joint venture with the Chongqing government to treat wastewater in the southwestern municipality.

The joint venture will invest 60 million euros (US$72 million) to build a wastewater treatment plant that can treat 300,000 cubic metres of wastewater a day.

The joint venture will offer wastewater services for Jiangbei and Yubei districts in northern Chongqing over a period of 25 years.

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