Abengoa is awarded several water sanitation and supply projects in Uruguay

April 20, 2017

• Sanitation works to be deployed in the towns of Aceguá and Ciudad de la Costa.
• Abengoa will also undertake a project in Montevideo to improve the drinking water supply facilities.

April 20,  2017 – Abengoa (MCE: ABG/P:SM), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been awarded several water sanitation and supply projects for Uruguay’s state owned Administración nacional de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado (National Administration for State Sanitation Works), that will be undertaken in Aceguá, Ciudad de la Costa and Montevideo.

The first of these works involves developing the executive project and the construction of the sanitation network, wastewater treatment plant, and pumping well in the city of Aceguá, which is in the Cerro Largo Department in northeast Uruguay. This sanitation network will be 9 km in length and will provide coverage for 100% of the homes in the city. Work is planned to begin this year in May.

In addition, Abengoa will be responsible for carrying out the sanitation program in the metropolitan area of the B3 Zone in Ciudad de la Costa, which is located in southern Uruguay in the Canelones District. The company was awarded this contract in a public tender at national level, and it involves the construction of more than 40 km of sanitation network with its pumping systems.

Moving to the country’s capital city, Abengoa has been awarded a contract to make improvements to the water supply network in several parts of the capital, with the goal of reducing water losses in the drinking water supply process. The project includes the development of more than 200 km of network and more than 20,000 house connections, thereby contributing to the completion of one of the strategic objectives of the Administration for State Sanitation Works, within the framework of a more efficient management of drinking water supply networks.   

Alongside these projects, the company is responsible for the cleaning and maintenance service of the sewage network in the northern area of Montevideo. This service, awarded by the Montevideo Municipal Government, includes a comprehensive diagnosis of the network and cleaning services, in addition to any necessary repairs that are required in order to optimize the operation and upkeep of the network.

These newly awarded contracts help to consolidate the major role that Abengoa has in Uruguay’s water sector, where it has already completed projects that total more than 1,200 km of network pipeline and 25 treatment plants throughout the country, such as the 6th inline pumping and renovation work at the Aguas Corrientes plant.

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