Water utilities

As water demand grows across Latin America, securing this resource for all becomes a bigger and bigger challenge. Water infrastructure struggles to keep pace with fast-growing cities, many rural regions still lack services and, in some cases, industries are finding they must invest large sums to ensure supply. This report examines the situation of water operators in Mexico, miners in Chile, frackers in Argentina and big hydro in Brazil, as well as the movement toward desalination in the region. More

Despite government efforts to reduce water consumption, utilities don’t have incentives to lower demand, and also have to deal with poor infrastructure and a lack of options for new water sources. More