Colombia to Tender Wastewater Treatment Project

Colombia is to launch a $400m tender in 2011 to expand the El Salitre wastewater treatment plant.

The project includes the expansion of the plant’s treatment capacity to 8m³ per second from 4m³ per second, as well as building a secondary treatment system at the facility, which features only a primary treatment system.

The Colombian Government plans to invest $1.1bn by 2030 to clean up the Bogota River basin and the plant is expected to help clean the Juan Amarillo River, which flows into the contaminated Bogota River basin.

The expansion of the wastewater plant is scheduled for completion in 2014, according to bnamericas.com.