More than $20 bln are to be invested in LATAM desalination
Chile currently has 11 plants in the operation phase with a total capacity of 6,472 l/s
25+ desalination projects in Latin America: 23 desalination projects in Chile, 6 in Peru, 2 projects in Mexico
Chile is investing more than $18 bln in current desalination projects.
Chile's copper mining industry expects its water consumption to surge 66% to 24.6m3/s by 2025
The Peruvian government recently announced that it will immediately promote the construction of 6 new seawater desalination plants to expand access to drinking water in the country.
Seawater will increase its weighting in the overall supply, accounting for 36% of water used in the mining sector in 2025, compared with 9% currently
There are more than 17,000 desalination plants globally, producing 107 million cubic meters of desalinated water every day, and globally, more than 300 million people depend on desalination
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