The Undersecretary of Environment, Gerardo Amarilla, revealed details of the plan that goes through the first stages of analysis prior to the effective start of the tasks.
The undersecretary of Atmosphere, Gerardo Amarillareported on the current status of two major water and sanitation works that are going through their first stages of completion in Uruguay: On the one hand, the project Arazati and, on the other, sanitation initiatives in 61 locations in the country.
Regarding the Arazatí project,The official maintained that the technical studies stage of the prior environmental impact assessment is still in progress, as indicated by law; so we will have to wait a little longer to have concrete news. In dialogue with Channel 5, Amarilla pointed out that the Ministry of Environment It is awaiting the additional information it requested from the consortium of companies that will carry out the work.
This includes technical details of the construction, water intake, water treatment plant, water reserve and pumping line.
In this regard, the undersecretary indicated that later it will be time to carry out the public audience, the final technical report and the corresponding ministerial resolution before actually beginning construction.
What is the status of the sanitation works?
About the plan sanitation works that will reach 61 locations, Amarilla maintained that they are still “in the process of analyzing everything that was the previous stage.”
“We believe that from an environmental point of view this construction is very important because, in addition to improving the quality of life to the people – it even improves the health status of the population, because not having sewage near the home also generates an improvement in the quality of people’s health; have a environmental effect very important: treating the water means that it will not go untreated to both groundwater and surface basins,” said the undersecretary.
At the moment, the environmental evaluation projects of the plants that require one due to their size have not yet reached the ministry, since not all works must meet this requirement, according to Amarilla.
“They are very important projects for the country, without prejudice to the fact that the ministry is going to comply with the conditions and technical requirements so that the different projects do not have environmental impacts, apparently there would be no objections for them to continue moving forward,” he stated.
Source: Ambito
