New raw water pumping station increases drinking water production in PanamaProblem:As Panama has grown there has been an increasing need for safe drinking water. In 2018, the National Aqueducts and Sewerage Institute made the decision to build a new raw water pumping station to increase drinking water production at the water treatment plant that serves about 60,000 inhabitants of Changuinola, Guabito, El Silencio and El Empalme.
Solution:The goal was to increase the reliability of the system, which was important to residents given the deterioration of the existing raw water station. The new raw water pumping station was designed to extract and filter
