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SEDAPAL
The Lima Drinking Water and Sewer Service (), also known by its acronym SEDAPAL, is a Peruvian state-owned enterprise created in 1962. It manages the drinking water supply of the Lima metropolitan area, metropolitan area of Lima and Callao. The water it supplies is treated in La Atarjea Water Treatment Plant, La Atarjea in El Agustino, and supplies more than nine million inhabitants of Lima. History Early years On December 21, 1578, water reached the fountain in the Plaza Mayor, Lima, Plaza Mayor for the first time. From then on, the waters of the La Atarjea Water Treatment Plant, La Atarjea springs were used. The population of Lima was supplied with pylons. In 1855, a group of Peruvian businessmen, with the support of President Ramón Castilla, organized a commercial entity that changed clay pipes for cast iron pipes in Lima. Later, this entity was transformed into the Drinking Water Company (), which administered the service until 1913. That year, the Superior Council of Drinkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Atarjea Water Treatment Plant
La Atarjea is a water treatment plant located in El Agustino, a district of Lima, Peru. Originally a Spring (hydrology), spring, it serves the headquarters of SEDAPAL, the city's water treatment company that also services Callao. History La Atarjea was originally a Spring (hydrology), spring located in the eastern outskirts of the city of Lima, behind Presbítero Maestro Cemetery. People from Lima drank their water straight from the Rímac River until 1552, when local authorities began looking for alternate sources. An Aqueduct (water supply), aqueduct was built in 1563 to supply the Fountain of the Plaza Mayor, Lima, fountain at the Plaza Mayor, Lima, Plaza Mayor and the city's convents. On December 24, 1953, a freight train of the Ferrocarril Central Andino headed for Lima Derailment, derailed next to the area, killing seven people. In 1955, the government of Manuel A. Odría signed a contract with Degrémont in order to construct a proper treatment plant in an 11-month period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |