PROVISUR plant visited by Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti
The Provisión de Servicios de Saneamiento para los Distritos del Sur de Lima – Sanitation Service Provision for the Districts of South Lima, PROVISUR – plant, located in the region of Santa María del Mar in southern Lima, was visited yesterday by the President of the Republic of Peru, Francisco Sagasti. Accompanying the president were the Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Solangel Fernández, the Vice-Minister of Construction and Sanitation, Javier Hernández, and representatives from SEDAPAL (Servicio de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Lima) and Tedagua.
This project was a first approach to seawater desalination as a source of drinking water in Peru, serving approximately 100,000 people in the districts of Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo and Santa Maria del Mar, located in southern Lima.
The works that are part of Project PROVISUR include infrastructure for the improvement and expansion of the drinking water supply service and sanitation sewerage. It consists of a reverse osmosis desalination plant with a drinking water production capacity of 34,560 m3/day, a new wastewater treatment plant with a yield of 15,552 m3/day and reuse, and the reconditioning of two other existing ones. The new networks add 214 km of drinking water pipes and 134 km of sewers.
The President and his entourage were able to see first-hand the technical and technological advances of the plant during the visit throughout the facility.
The Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Solangel Fernández, highlighted that the public-private collaboration furthered the construction of new water and sanitation infrastructure to enable the advancement of the country's development.
President Francisco Sagasti highly valued the plant's ability to generate the necessary water supply for the inhabitants of the region during all times of year -especially during the summer, when the population increases up to five times. He further highlighted the technological and environmental advancement implied by having a plant that is capable of generating drinking water and treating wastewater in one same lot.
The photographs contained in this article are courtesy of Presidencia de Perú.