The project, one of the most ambitious of the SAT, had been stopped since December.
After public works were paralyzed throughout the country due to the adjustment measures promoted by the president’s administration Javier Mileithe president of Sociedad Aguas del Tucumán (SAT), Marcelo Caponioassured that, “the news is very good for the province, regarding this sanitation area” and confirmed that work will resume to complete the sanitation of the San Felipe plant.
In an interview given to “Buen Día”, the LG Play news program, the official explained that he held meetings with the administration of the National Water and Sanitation Works Entity (Enhosa) and that “we did an analysis of the works that the SAT has pending. and, mainly, the San Felipe plant, which is one of the largest in South America. “We are in the recovery stage and it is a work that has been tendered and awarded, which has been stopped since December, when the new national government took office.”
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The new director of the Tucuman state company also stressed that “the manager of the company in charge of sanitation was present and we have agreed to continue the work, with the commitment of the Nation to complete all pending payments and move forward in that direction,” in addition to commenting which is projected to “continue within an approximate period of between 12 and 18 months, contemplated in the new work plan.”
Caponio also maintained that “the Vipos aqueduct is pending in Enhosa, which is tendered, pre-awarded and with all the antecedents in the IDB”, in a negotiation that “the governor must resolve with the Nation.”
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In the list of pending works in the province, the official listed that “the continuity of the work on the Alderetes and La Banda sewers was proposed, in addition to the San Andrés treatment plant, which is under construction. In addition to the treatment plant in Concepción and the Famaillá sewage network. It is a complex situation, but there is a political decision to continue, like the Aguilares treatment plant, which has been awarded.”
