Work began in early July with an estimated delivery next November. To date, the excavations of the site for the new pond are executed by 100%.
Under Secretary for Public Works, Loreto Silva, along with the mayor of the Metropolitan Region, Fernando Echeverria, and the president of Aguas Andinas, Joaquín Villarino, inspected the work where they built the first tank half buried in rural drinking water after earthquake and replacing the towers collapsed in the village of Hospital.
After the earthquake, the height of metal tanks and Hospital were Champa destroyed, while large concrete tank Las Acacias suffered structural damage that led to the demolition.
As final settlement, the MOP in conjunction with Andean Waters decided to centralize the supply of potable water through a single site in the town of Las Acacias. In this sector, installed a new pond partially buried concrete type, which have a volume of cubic meters. The initiative is an investment cost of about $ 482 million.
benefits system currently about nine thousand inhabitants. With this new work is projected to supply a demand of four thousand additional people by 2030.
"The technology for this type of project had not previously applied, not to be available systems that regulate energy consumption, the complexity of system operation and a possible increase in energy consumption of the beneficiaries. However, technological advances in this area have improved the profitability of its use and can be incorporated into future and existing rural water systems, "said Under Secretary Silva.
ministerial authority explained that, while partially buried tanks are safer in case of earthquakes, the factors to choose to use systems height or do not reside in the topography, that help or hinder the minimum pressure for an adequate water supply.
Loreto Silva praised the public-private effort and Paine community to address these reconstruction. "This work is in line of work we raised the President Sebastián Piñera from the first minute of government, to rebuild not based on as before, if not better," said the secretary.
As , Mayor of the Metropolitan Region, Fernando Echeverria, said that "after the earthquake, one of the systems was damaged more was the distribution of potable water, especially in rural areas. That's why the work being done here, Hospital, to build the first water tank is so important because they allow the residents have, since its delivery in November, with a stable water supply and ongoing. "
regional authority, which had already been in place since the collapse of the towers, added that "we commend the initiative and dedication he has put into this project the company Aguas Andinas, since it is the first time that builds a pool of its kind in our country with advanced technology that will partially buried, allowing the replacement of old water storage towers that collapsed in the earthquake. "
In parallel, the undersecretary Silva also referred to the progress of the works of national emergency, to report that to date all services are supplied damaged water and they have a physical progress of an average 61 percent.
be recalled that the Directorate of Hydraulic Works MOP identified 422 rural drinking water services to different types of damage after the earthquake, mainly ponds and towers collapse, a situation that affected an estimated population of 500 thousand people.
Of the affected systems, 29 is identical to the Region of Valparaíso, O'Higgins 81, 92, Maule, Bio Bio 120 a, 61 and 39 in the Araucanía Region Metropolitana.
repair damaged services an investment of approximately 26 billion pesos.
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