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  • Where is a desalination plant located in Chile?
  • For the first time, a desalination plant, Nuevosur, has also been installed in the south of Chile, in Iloca, 288 kilometers from Santiago. The investment totaled 2.5 million dollars and the plant seeks to “increase the availability of water and cover the rising demand that occurs mainly in the (southern hemisphere) summer,” the company told IPS.
  • Why is the desalination industry important in Chile?
  • Based on the aforementioned antecedents, the desali-nation industry is playing a fundamental role to face the problem of water scarcity in the northern regions of Chile. Most of the desalination plants supply water to the Chilean mining sector.
  • Does Chile need desalination?
  • Water demand is growing in the Chilean regions suffer-ing from water scarcity and desalination is seen as the best option to meet these requirements. Chile has the largest desalination system operating in South America.
  • How many desalination plants are in Chile?
  • Mining companies in Chile plan to increase their eight desalination plants currently in operation to 15 by 2028. Miguel Barraza, secretary of the Chigualoco fishermen’s union, which operates the desalination plant they use in that cove in the northern Chilean municipality of Los Vilos.