In 2022, Punta del Cobre S.A. (PUCOBRE) in conjunction with Aguas del Valle (ADV) requested BRASS to develop a feasibility engineering study for a project complementary to the “base case” of the El Espino Project’s Integrated Water Management System (SIAM), which aims to divert a portion of the flow transported by SIAM to a facility where ADV plans to produce drinking water for the communities of Canela. This complementary project, encompassed within a variant of the ‘base case’ layout, covers the area of Canela Alta, and involves the incorporation of an intermediate pumping station in this locality, as well as the adaptation of the layout in a section around Canela Alta, primarily utilizing a parallel road model as the basis of the design concept.

For this feasibility study, two stages are defined:
1. Provision of information for the permitting process of the new alternative.
2. The development of a basic engineering project to determine the CAPEX and OPEX of the proposed system.

Fluid type

Water

Pipe lenght

62 km

Diameter

14″