B u s i n e s s
The 37 million
euros contract bolsters
the company’s presence
in the region where it is
currently developing
projects worth
1,500 million euros
With this new contract in Uruguay, FCC
Aqualia gains a foothold in a new coun-
try within a geographical region as stra-
tegic as Latin America where the com-
pany is developing water projects worth
1,500 million euros.
The company is currently building some
of the most important infrastructures
in Mexico: the II aqueduct system, the
Realito water supply system, the Cutza-
mala potable water system, the waste
water treatment plant in Salamanca, and
the Caracol pumping station.
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Activities in the continent
FCC Aqualia is also currently executing a
project involving two desalination plants
for the Chilean mining industry. One is
at Copiapó (Atacama`s province) with
45.000 m
3
/day of capacity which is al-
ready in the transient operations phase.
The other 9,000 m
3
/day capacity plant,
located in the region of Antofagasta, is
currently in the execution phase.
In its growth in this region, considered of
strategic interest, FCC Aqualia has sub-
mitted bid for projects put out to tender
in Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Re-
public, and Trinidad and Tobago and it
is also studying investment possibilities
in Brazil.
