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KPMG selected the Aqueduct II project,
built by Aqualia in Querétaro, Mexico, as
one of the 100 most relevant projects of the
year. The audit firm included the project in
its yearbook presented in Singapore at the
World Cities Summit.
This publication, a reference in water, re-
newable energies, transport, and school in-
frastructures selects the best projects. An
independent panel of judges chooses the
best projects among the hundreds of en-
tries submitted each year from all parts of
the world. Among the aspects considered,
they assess the project’s size, complexity,
innovation, and impact on the community.
In the previous edition, KPMG included pro-
jects such as the enlargement of the Pana-
ma Canal, King Abdullah Science and Te-
chnology University in Saudi Arabia, a new
refinery in South Africa, and the high-speed
railways in Brazil.
The Aqueduct II project in Querétaro is the
largest infrastructure built in this country
since 1738. The construction and 20-year
management concession for this project, in
which FCC, Aqualia, and Aqualia Infrastruc-
turas participated, delivers water supply to
a population of more than 700,000 in the
metropolitan area of Querétaro.
The complex project collects water from
the “El Infiernillo” springs in the Montezuma
river at the northeast border of the states of
Querétaro and Hidalgo. It also includes the
following: the construction of a 16,000 m
3
capacity dam, 11 meters tall, 80 metres at
the crown; two pumping plants to even out
the 1,250 metres difference in height over
a distance of 27 kilometres; a 2,840 metre
long tunnel across a mountainous stretch; a
potable water treatment plant with a nomi-
nal capacity of 1,500 l/second; and a 101
metre long duct leading down to 5 storage
tanks and delivering a volume of 50,000m
3
of water.
The largest water
infrastructure in Mexico
since 1738, supplying
drinking water to a
population of more than
700,000
u s i n e s s