The new desalination plant supports CODELCO’s commitment to reducing water consumption from traditional sources by 60% in the next decade.
WD News: IDE Technologies has received the NTP (Notice To Proceed) of the EPC contract of the SADDN Desalination Plant by Techint E&C, the overall EPC Contractor for the entire SADDN Project.
The plant, located in the Tocopilla area in northern Chile, will have a design capacity of 840 lps (roughly 73,000 m3/day) once in operation.
As part of the SADDN project, which provides desalinated water to three mines of CODELCO’s Northern District, this desalination plant is an important addition to CODELCO’s vision to reduce its water consumption from traditional inland sources by 60% by 2030.
Developed by a consortium composed of Marubeni and Transelec, the SADDN project includes the intake and outfall systems of the desalination plant, a 160 km pipeline, and three pumping stations that will elevate the desalinated water to roughly 3,000 metres above sea level.
This is the first phase of a larger desalination plant that will ultimately reach a design capacity of 1,956 lps (roughly 170,000 m3/day).
Source: IDE Technologies
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