projects - water + sanitation
| project name | Urban Sanitation And Potable Water For The Town Of Caaguazú |
| owner | Corposana (today ESSAP), Asunción (Paraguay) |
| contractor/client | Consortium OBRASAN, Asunción (Paraguay) |
| location | Caaguazú (Paraguay) |
| project duration | begin march 2000 |
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The former state owned water purveyor Corposana received IADB funding for development of several urban sanitation and potable water projects. The Consortium OBRASAN has been awarded for the works for the city of Caaguzú of approximately 35,000 urban inhabitants.
sewage treatment: grit chamber (l), pond discharge (r)
responsibilities
project management, procurement and commissioning for the consortium:
- potable water system: network DN600-50 (24”-2”), pumping station, incl. power supply, semi buried water reservoir (7,500 m³/2 MMgal), water tower (500 m³/133 Mgal)
- sewage: collectors DN400 (14”), 2 pumping stations, incl. power supply, pressure mains, 3 facultative sewerage ponds (13.5 hectare (33.4 acre)), sewage treatment plant structures
electromechanical shop drawings, alternative design:
- potable water pumping station
- 2 sanitary sewer pumping stations and pressure mains
sewage treatment ponds ©corpoasana
wastewater pumping station (l), potable water pumping station (r)
potable water distribution center
wastewater treatment plant, aerial view