The Government of the province of Buenos Aires anticipated that in the coming weeks work on the water purification plant will resume for The Silver, Berisso and Cove which had been stopped at the beginning of the year due to the devaluation that skyrocketed construction prices throughout the country.
In dialogue with 221Radioan official of Axel Kicillof He confirmed that the details are being finalized so that it can restart as soon as possible. The work had to be stopped after the 118% devaluation applied by the national government, which forced prices to be redetermined and the work that had started in 2022 to be stopped.
IMG_20221020_120256852_2 – Axel Kicillof Mario Secco water treatment plant
The new water treatment plant will provide service to La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada
“It is a very important work for La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada, because of what the water supply means. In the coming weeks you will have the news that this work will be carried out at a very good pace to meet the objective,” he said. Gabriel KatopodisMinister of Infrastructure.
He explained that “issues of the executive project had to be rearranged and things adjusted with the water intake,” but that they are already in the final details. “Surely in the coming weeks we will be restarting the work,” she added.
What will the new water treatment plant be like?
The work, promoted by the provincial Undersecretariat of Water Resources through the Provincial Directorate of Water and Sewers (DIPAC), began in October 2022, with an investment of around 11,000 million pesos financed by the Development Bank of America Latina (CAF). At that time, Kicillof led the opening ceremony of the plant that seeks to benefit 1,125,000 residents of the municipalities of La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada, within the framework of a project that also includes the implementation of a directed aqueduct towards Parque San Martín.
Located in the town of Punta Larathe plant will replace the Donato Gerardiwhich will remain as a reinforcement and will produce 10 million liters per hour, significantly improving the running water service in the capital region.
New water purification plant, Punta Lara
The project includes the construction of an aqueduct from the site of the new Water Treatment Plant to the intersection of 32nd Avenue and 120th Street, where it will be linked to the aqueduct that supplies the northern area of La Plata and the Usina Bosques Station. In this way, in the Parque San Martín area, underground water will be replaced with surface water of better quality.
The plan also complements a second stage that includes the treated water aqueduct to Parque San Martín; the Estadio Único Cistern and Pumping Station; the San Lorenzo Cistern (Los Hornos); the Western Secondary Aqueduct; and repowering of Bosques, Saavedra and San Martín Pumping Stations and a third related to the replacement of obsolete pipes and mesh closures for the region.
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