Earthquake capex to boost Chile’s water spend

Chile will have to spend an extra $100 million over the next ten years to repair and replace water infrastructure damaged by the 2010 earthquakes. The impact on tariffs will be negligible.


Superintendencia de Servicios Sanitarios (SISS), the Chilean water regulator which is 20 years old this year, has published its annual report card for the country’s water sector in 2009.

It shows that Chile’s major water utilities invested $304 million last year, up from $214 million in 2008, although wastewater treatment only accounted for 16% of the investment, with ...

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