북미개발은행이 2천200만 달러의 대출금을 대한민국의 GS Inima Environment사에 제공했다. GS 이니마는 현재 멕시코 엔세나다 지역에 하루 28.5Ml 규모의 역삼투 담수화 플랜트를 4천800만 달러 규모로 시공하고 있다.

이 플랜트는 물 부족으로 계속해서 고통받아온 도시의 중요한 새로운 수자원이 될 것으로 전망된다. 엔세나다 지역은 콜로라도 강에서 물을 공급받지 못하는, 바자 캘리포니아에서 유일한 지자체이다.

 

 

 

The North American Development Bank has provided a U$ 22 million loan to South Korean company GS Inima Environment which is building a US$ 48 million, 28.5 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination plant in Ensenada, Mexico.

 

The plant will be an important new source of water for the city, whose residents have been struggling with water shortages. Ensenada is the only municipality in Baja California that is not supplied by the Colorado River, and receives most of its water from four aquifers that supply 79 Ml/d. The future plant would provide an additional 28.5 Ml/d. Baja California authorities have estimated that the plant would be completed in 2016.

 

The North American Development Bank was created by the USA and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement to finance projects that enhance the environment and quality of life in border communities. The Ensenada plant was the first time that the bank has provided financing for a desalination plant, according to a statement last week.

 

To build the plant, the Baja California state government has contracted with a private company, Aguas de Ensenada, owned by GS Inima Environment.

 

Mexico's federal government has provided US$ 14 million for the plant's construction through its National Infrastructure fund.

The Ensenada plant would be the second utility-scale desalination plant in Mexico. It will have more than one-tenth the capacity of the desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 12월 30일]