Sedapal

completed

The project consists on the construction of a Potable Water Treatment Facility (PWTF), including the Huachipa water intake (Rimac River) and treatment plant (north network and complementary works) in the District of Lurigancho – Chosica towards the eastern boundary of the Lima province. Thirty four percent of construction has been completed to date and the rest is expected to be finalized by December 2010. The Huachipa Consortium led by the Brazilian firm Construcoes e Comercio Camargo Correa is implementing the project, and the Nippon Koei Cesel Oist Consortium acts as the supervision engineer. The Huachipa project consists of three components: (i) water intake installations from the Rimac River, located at Huachipa in the District of Lurigancho-Chosica, at the eastern boundary of the Lima province; (ii) a water treatment plant at Huachipa, to be constructed in stages, with a nominal capacity of 10 m3/s (the first stage capacity being 5 m3/s) on the bank of the Rimac River upstream of the Atarjea plant at Huachipa, located at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level; and (iii) water conveyance pipeline installations 27 km long from Huachipa to the north zone of Lima (Ramal Norte), constructing a main water transmission pipeline, 27 km long and 5 water storage tanks, which will convey by gravity the water treated at the Huachipa plant to the north zone of Lima and will distribute it by gravity to most of the population in the north zone. Some complementary works will connect the water storage tanks constructed under Ramal Norte to the existing water distribution network, mainly to the existing 65 water tanks in the north zone. The project will benefit the population of Lurgiancho-Chosica, San Juan de Lurigancho, Independencia, Comas, Carabayllo, Puente Piedra, San Martín de Porres, Los Olivos and part of Callao, by improving water availability per day and adding new connections to the networks. Total project cost is approximately US$360 million, financed with a long-term concessional loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and by Sedapal´s own resources. Sedapal asked for a short-term facility (up to 1-year tenor) from IFC for up to $65 million to overcome short-term liquidity constraints due to the accelerated timetable of the Huachipa project.The expected project’s development impact are: i) improved water and sanitation services for over 2 million people, most of them low income in underserved area with little to no water service, and ii) increased potable water supply to the growing metropolitan area of Lima ensuring improved water service in the poor areas where potable water is currently available only for part of the day, iii) reduction of infant mortality in the area benefitted by the project.