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| Acciona Agua will build and operate a desalination plant in Chile  Acciona has won a contract from the CAP group to build and operate for 20 years a plant for the group's mining operations in the Copiapo Valley (Atacama Region III).The plant will have an initial capacity of 200 liters per second (17 million liters a day) which could be stepped up to a maximum 600 l/s (52 million liters/day). Acciona Agua has been selected by Grupo CAP to design, build, bring into service and operate for 20 years a seawater desalination plant in the Copiapó Valley in Chile's Atacama Region III. The project represents an investment of US$63.5 million (around 45 million euros) and the plant will have an initial capacity of 200 liters/second (17 million liters/day) which could be increased to a maximum 600 l/sec (52 million l/day). The project is slated for completion in early 2013. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |