Colombia to employ water PPP for parched Santa Marta
Colombia will launch a tender on February 22 for a contract to carry out designs and engineering studies to build a water system in the city of Santa Marta (Magdalena department), where the project will be implemented as a public-private partnership.
The project, which aims to provide a long-term solution to water shortages in the city, considers taking water from Colombia's Magdalena River, said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in a release from the government of Magdalena department.
Magdalena has been one of Colombia's hardest-hit areas during the current widespread drought, the country's national planning department recently revealed.
"The current El Niño phenomenon is the worst ever to hit Colombia. We've never had a drought like the one we have experienced in these last few months," Santos said.
A tender will also be launched on March 18 for a project to build water intake infrastructure on the Toribio and Córdoba rivers, which will supply Santa Marta's existing water system. The project, which falls under medium-term solutions for the city, should be completed in 18 months.
Moreover, works are underway to drill some 45 wells to add supply to the water system. Four of them were inaugurated during Santos' official trip to Santa Marta this week. The well program comprises short-term solutions to address the water shortages.
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