Water demands have increased by 160% thanks to the great magnitude of agricultural, mining and urban expansion.

Currently, agriculture continues to be the largest consumer of water in Chile, with more than 70 percent of uses, followed by manufacturing industry (12 percent), mining (9 percent) and, lastly, sanitary consumption. As a consequence of this exponential productive growth, each year new basins are added that present serious water scarcity problems, with hundreds of […]