Las Esclusas wastewater treatment plant

Description: The Las Esclusas wastewater treatment project seeks to improve the environmental and ecological conditions of the Guayaquil Guayas and Estero Salado rivers. It will be located on a 24-hectare site and will treat wastewater generated in the southern area of Guayaquil. The plant will use a chemically enhanced primary treatment (CPT) process, with solids stabilization and biogas reuse facilities. It will have preliminary treatment facilities, chemical assisted primary treatment, and water disinfection systems. It is fed by two large pumping stations: Pradera and Guasmo. The project will help preserve the Guayas River. In addition, it has its own power generation mechanism, allowing the plant to take advantage of waste to generate 35% of the power it needs to operate. The treatment plant also contemplates the total automation of the work, including the treatment of fats and oils, the production of industrial water, a fire-fighting system, water for irrigation of green areas, automated security systems, quality, and physical control. chemical, biological analyzes of the water delivered to the river, etc. The project will be built in the south of the city of Guayaquil, benefiting more than one million inhabitants of the center, south and southwest.