베올리아의 자회사 베올리아 페루(Veolia Peru)는 페루의 광산회사인 Compania Minera Milpo로부터 3년간의 Cerro Lindo 광산의 담수화 플랜트 운영·유지(O&M)계약을 수주했다.

이번 계약은 원수 유입 및 RO를 통한 담수 생산에 대한 것으로 플랜트는 Cerro Lindo의 수요를 충족하기 위해 1초당 48L 생산용량의 산업공정을 확보했다. 2016년 운영이 시작되면 생산용량은 기존 운영능력 대비 20% 향상된 1초당 60L로 늘어날 계획이다. 한편 Cerro Lindo 광산은 Lima의 남쪽에 위치한 광산이다.

 

 

 

Peruvian company Compania Minera Milpo has awarded Veolia subsidiary Veolia Peru a three-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for the desalination plant at the Cerro Lindo mine.

 

The contract covers water intake and the production of desalinated water by reverse osmosis.

 

The desalination plant has an industrial process water production capacity of 48 liters/second of water to meet the Cerro Lindo site’s needs. Starting in 2016, the output will be raised to 60 liters/second - a 20% improvement in the plant’s performance from its current level.

 

Cerro Lindo is a mine located south of Lima, in the Ica region, on the edge of the Topara River ravine.

 

The river water is used by the local Chavin communities and downstream in the Topara Valley. Passing through an arid and desert region, the river’s low flow rate is a real challenge for developing the region’s agriculture.

 

In 2007, Cerro Lindo became the first mining site in Peru to stop using river water for its mining operations. Its desalination plant now supplies the site with industrial process water.

 

The seawater intake is on the Peruvian coast. The water is desalinated by Veolia before being transported 40 km away at the Cerro Lindo site, which is at an altitude of 1,850 meters.

 

Ramon Rebuelta, director Latin America Zone, Veolia, said: “Seawater desalination for process water is a rapidly expanding activity in areas of Latin America suffering from water stress.”

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 11월 30일]