Our Operations

For the catchment process, we have the rivers Maipo and Mapocho in the Metropolitan Region, important sources for catching raw water flowing down from the Andes. In the south of the country, our sources are surface water catchments, together with groundwater aquifers. We hold the legal title to the water usage rights for all our sources.

In the center of the country, we have important water reserves to ensure the necessary supplies when source water is scarce. The three most important reserves in the Santiago Basin are: El Yeso reservoir, with a maximum capacity of 220 million m³; Laguna Negra, with 600 million m³, and Laguna Lo Encañado, with 7 million m³ ; and Estanques de Pirque, with 1.500 million of liters.

For the transport and distribution of water, we have regulation tanks and an extensive underground network that carries the water to its customers, ensuring the correct pressure and continuous supply. Aguas Andinas has around 313 tanks in Greater Santiago with a total capacity of over a million two hundred cubic meters, which provides the system with strengthened autonomy.

In the Metropolitan Region, our distribution network is 13,433 kilometers in length, which implies a full coverage for drinking water customers.