Chile Plans $120m Desalination Plant

Chilean water utility Aguas Antofagasta is to build a $120m desalination plant in the Chilean city of Antofagasta.

The project includes the construction of a desalination plant in the southern part of the city, a 7.7m-high, 10m-diameter intake 20m below sea level to capture seawater, and a 830m pipeline to transfer water to the intake building.

The project also includes a 1.2km pipeline to transfer water to the reverse osmosis plant, which will produce 1,000l a second of potable water, according to bnamericas.com.

The plant will have the capacity to store 5,000m³ of treated water.

Construction is expected to begin in August and will be completed by November 2013.