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Micr’eau and Aguas Antofagasta : a promising partnership for arsenic treatment and drinking water in Chile

Micr’eau and Aguas Antofagasta : a promising partnership for arsenic treatment and drinking water in Chile

Micr’eau has just completed a detailed feasibility study to install an adsorption filtration finishing treatment in the world’s largest arsenic treatment plant. The plant is located in Salar de Carmen in Chile, close to the lithium production sites of SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) and Albemarle.

These technical services commissioned by Aguas Antofagasta, the water concession holder in Chile’s second region and a subsidiary of the Colombian group EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín), should result in a drinking water treatment plant that will be operational in the coming months.

Supply of filtering media for water treatment

Supply of filtering media for water treatment

Micr’Eau has delivered several tens of tons of filtering media to its French and international customers over the past two months, such as:

  • 20 T of GEH to treat arsenic in Chile
  • 4T of Bayoxide E33 to eliminate arsenic for an agri-food manufacturer in France
  • 10 T of Mangagran to treat iron and manganese in Tunisia
  • 10 T of activated alumina at the  SAURgroup in France for its drinking water units.
Above storage of GEH of the group near Valparaiso in Chile.
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Micr’Eau supplies 28 T of GEH at one of Chile’s largest arsenic treatment plants

Micr’Eau supplies 28 T of GEH at one of Chile’s largest arsenic treatment plants

Micr’Eau has won with the water operator ESVAL (Valparaiso region) a public call for the supply of filtering media for arsenic treatment and the associated service (removal of the saturated media Bayoxide; installation of the new GEH and the filter underlay).

This contract will be executed during the November-December period with the support of our two Chilean subsidiaries AEC and ABM, dedicated to construction and environmental services.

The Punta Piedra station treats 7200m3/d of drinking water to supply the Serena and Coquimbo, two cities located 500 km north of Santiago de Chile.

Micr’Eau, leader in France on specialty filtering media

Micr’Eau, leader in France on specialty filtering media

The Micr’Eau group wins three interesting filter media contracts in France in the fluoridated and arséniées water sector in the Auvergne Rhone Alpes region, the Grand Est region and Occitanie.

Each in 3 different areas: hospital waters, municipal waters and mineral waters. In total about thirty tons of media GEH (iron oxide) and Actiguard (activated alumina) delivered this summer.