Chile has a privileged opportunity to make a contribution with one of the most promising technologies for large-scale water supply, both for agriculture and mining, as well as for human consumption.
The maritime works were designed to support at least a future production of 163,350 m3/day of desalinated water, equivalent to 1,890 l/s. At the same time, the plant would have the particularity of producing water in steps of up to 840 l/s, reaching a production of 2,177,280 m3/month.
The desalination plant, which will use desalinated water for 100% of the mining process, will use reverse osmosis technology and will have a capacity of approximately 1,000 l/s of water and will require 154 km of water pipeline from the plant to the Spence mine operation.
