Colombia Plans Wastewater Project

The Colombian city of Cali is to invest $100m in improving and expanding the Canaveralejo wastewater treatment plant.

The city will add a secondary treatment facility to the existing primary treatment facility, which will improve the plant’s environmental standards.

The project will expand the capacity of the water treatment plant to 7.04m³ per second from 5.65m³ per second, helping the city treat 50% of its wastewater.

The project is part of the Cali river basin’s clean-up plan and the contract is to be tendered in 2011, according to bnamericas.com.