AMERICA WATER IN BRIEF
- From: Vol 12, Issue 9 (September 2011)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Americas
- Country: Brazil, Canada, Chile and United States
- Related Companies: Aquapolo Ambiental S.A., Essal, Fitch, Fyfe Group, Insituform, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District and United Water
* A bill paving the way for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) to sell recycled water on the open market was passed into law on 6th September by California governor Jerry Brown. Assembly Bill 134 means the SRCSD can apply for a permit to sell approximately 180,000 acre feet per year (608,300m3/d) of highly treated recycled effluent to downstream users, thus obviating the need for massive rate hikes.
The cost of implementing statemandated upgrades to SRCSD’s existing treatment facilities is estimated at up to $2.1 billion, of which an estimated $500 million could be covered by recycled water sales over a ten-year period.
* The Chilean ministry of finance is examining proposals which, if signed into law, would obligate the government to retain minimum stakes in its ...
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