The Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (Environment Ministry) in Chile has apparently rejected the environmental impact study (EIS) produced by Suez subsidiary Agbar Chile for an 86,000 m³/d desalination plant in Northern Region III.
A report in BNAmericas on 31 August 2011 quotes a ministry source as saying the EIS had not properly addressed the impact on landscape and tourism as a result of the plant’s location.
The reverse-osmosis plant was to have been the first joint-venture desalination project in Chile, with Agbar (Aguas de Barcelona) providing the expertise and mining companies sharing the cost.