Chilean Environmental Authority Approves Largest Desalination Plant in Latin America
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
The environmental authority in Chile approved after more than a year of evaluation, the development of the largest desalination plant in Latin America, with an initial investment of about $500 million.
Trends Industrial’s ENAPAC project will desalinate sea water for industrial clients in the Atacama desert and mining region in the north of the country, with a maximum capacity of 2,630 liters of water per second.
The region, home to several of Chile’s largest copper deposits, also includes the Salar de Atacama, one of the world’s richest deposits of lithium, the ultra-light metal used in electric car batteries, mobile phones and lap-tops.
Treated water will be pumped 45 miles and across a height of 700 metres to a new reservoir in Copiapó, near the Tierra Amarillo mountains, where mining companies operate. The system comprises five pumping stations, one at the intake, one at the treatment plant, two on the piping route, and one at the reservoir. (Image courtesy of ENAPAC.)
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