Yokogawa Wins a Control System Order for the Provisur Seawater Desalination Project in Peru – Peru – South America Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that the Peru branch of Yokogawa América do Sul (a Yokogawa Electric Corporation subsidiary) has received a control system order from Técnicas de Desalinización de Aguas, S.A. (Tedagua) for a water desalination plant and associated facilities that it is building for Servicio de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Lima S.A. (SEDAPAL) in the Santa Maria district of Lima, the capital of Peru. With the Provisur seawater desalination project, Peru’s first reverse osmosis desalination plant is being constructed to supply 35,000 m3 of […] Yokogawa Wins a Control System Order for the Provisur Seawater Desalination Project in Peru – Peru – South AmericaHIWI042019-01-29T12:58:06+01:00
A desalination plant in La Guajira sparks hopes of solving crippling water crisis – La Guajir – Colombia – South America On the arid plains of Colombia’s northeastern peninsula, the mostly indigenous communities are lucky if it rains twice a year. Some years, it doesn’t rain at all. Brutal droughts, caused by El Niño, have taken a heavy on toll on Colombia’s largest indigenous group – the Wayuu people – 400,000 of which inhabit the Department of Guajira. Rivers and tributaries have run dry, leaving scarce water for human consumption, agriculture and basic sanitation. Many communities have to travel several hours on foot to buy expensive water delivered by government-contracted […] A desalination plant in La Guajira sparks hopes of solving crippling water crisis – La Guajir – Colombia – South AmericaHIWI042018-09-19T17:22:16+02:00