A process of selling the larger enterprises in the country began in 1998. At the present time, 78 per cent
of the population receives the drinking water and sewerage services from private operators. At the same time,
the privatized companies have made sizable investments in treatment facilities. In the metropolitan area of
Santiago, the Aguas Andinas S.A. Company has built two treatment plants, one at a cost of US$ 150 million in
2001, and another for US$ 315 million in 2003. This last plant, Farfana, is the largest in Latin America and one
of the five largest in the world. An even larger plant remains to be built (and 13 in peripheral areas of the
region).
The important aspect of the model adopted in Chile is that those benefiting from these investments are
not only the company’s customers. Other beneficiaries include farmers, who can now irrigate their farms with
clean water, increasing the value of their produce, and improving their options to exploit the opportunities
offered by the recently signed free trade agreements with the European Union and the United States. Needless
to say, the environment as a whole also benefits from the treatment in place.
A process of selling the larger enterprises in the country began in 1998. At the present time, 78 per centof the population receives the drinking water and sewerage services from private operators. At the same time,the privatized companies have made sizable investments in treatment facilities. In the metropolitan area ofSantiago, the Aguas Andinas S.A. Company has built two treatment plants, one at a cost of US$ 150 million in2001, and another for US$ 315 million in 2003. This last plant, Farfana, is the largest in Latin America and oneof the five largest in the world. An even larger plant remains to be built (and 13 in peripheral areas of theregion).The important aspect of the model adopted in Chile is that those benefiting from these investments arenot only the company’s customers. Other beneficiaries include farmers, who can now irrigate their farms withclean water, increasing the value of their produce, and improving their options to exploit the opportunitiesoffered by the recently signed free trade agreements with the European Union and the United States. Needlessto say, the environment as a whole also benefits from the treatment in place.
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