{"id":6151,"date":"2016-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/news\/ferrovial-at-the-5th-latin-american-congress-on-desalination-and-water-reuse\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T22:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:39:36","slug":"ferrovial-at-the-5th-latin-american-congress-on-desalination-and-water-reuse","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/en\/news\/ferrovial-at-the-5th-latin-american-congress-on-desalination-and-water-reuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrovial at the 5th Latin American Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Desal 2016 Congress<\/a> was held in Santiago de Chile<\/strong> from the 5th<\/sup> \u00a0to 7th<\/sup> October, and its purpose was the seawater desalination and water reuse as alternatives for new water supply; Ferrovial was present through Ferrovial Agroman<\/a> and Cadagua<\/a> companies.<\/p>\n

This international forum has received more than 270 attendees<\/strong>, 55 technical presentations by authors from 16 countries<\/strong> and 5 plenary sessions<\/strong> and has been a great networking opportunity between public and private sectors.
\nThe Congress arose as a result of the water shortage due to climate change, that has made mining companies to explore new alternatives for the supply of this valuable and scarced resource; one of them is seawater desalination. In Desal2016 Congress issues such as the design and construction of desalination plants, wastewater reuse, environmental aspects of desalination, new desalination technologies and systems of water transport over long distances and height, are among others dealt with.<\/p>\n

Participation of Ferrovial in Desal Congress 2016 Edition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ferrovial, through Ferrovial Agroman and Cadagua, exhibited at their booth their most important projects<\/strong> executed in this field of specialization. It also offered presentations:<\/p>\n