Acciona to Build Desalination Plant in Chile

CAP Group has awarded a contract to Acciona to build and operate a seawater desalination plant in Capiapo Valley, Atacana Desert, Chile.

Under the $63.5m contract, Acciona will design and build the desalination plant, and operate it for 20 years.

The plant will have an initial capacity of 17 million litres a day, which may be increased to 52 million litres a day.

The plant, which will be built near the Port of Punta Totoralillo, will use reverse osmosis technology and serve the water requirements of mining operations in the surrounding areas.

The project is scheduled to be complete by early 2013.