Mexico’s Durango state water commission (CAED) will spend 640mn pesos (US$52.5mn) on its Agua Futura water plan for Durango city during 2010, CAED director Miguel Calderуn told BNamericas.

Planned works include construction of a potable water plant with an initial capacity to treat 1,100l/s, a pipeline connecting the plant to the Guadalupe Victoria reservoir and five water storage tanks, Calderуn said.

The Agua Futura plan began in 2007 and will cost 1.66bn pesos in total. Some 900mn pesos have been invested so far, according to national water authority Conagua.

The initiative aims to improve the city’s water quality, ensure a more efficient administration of potable water services and recharge aquifers in the area.

“The project is going full-steam ahead,” said Calderуn, adding that some of the project’s components have been brought forward by almost a year.

“We hope that it will provide a solution to Durango city’s potable water supply for the next 50 years,” Calderуn added.

CAED expects to complete the program in 2012.

Durango, which has a population of 600,000, currently uses water from the Valle del Guadiana aquifer. Studies have shown that the water is polluted and the aquifer is suffering from overuse.

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