Projects | November 30, 2022

Desalination Plant and Water Supply Cerro Colorado

Chile

  • Country: Chile
  • Industry: Water & Desalination
  • Location: Tamarugal, Region of Tarapacá
  • Property: BHP – Cerro Colorado
  • Volume: 562 l/s
  • Investment: 190 million
  • Term: 2024
  • Bidding: Private
  • Status: Environmental Assessment process

Description:

The objective of the project is to supply water resources for the continuity of the Cerro Colorado mining site through the installation of a seawater collection, conduction and desalination system. Currently, the Environmental Court of Santiago approved the environmental assessment process for the project. On January 7th 2020 the status of the environmental processing of the Cerro Colorado Water Supply Environmental Impact Study was consulted, but there is still no concrete response.