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SAARA & ProAgrollanos:  Integrated Water Management Project

SAARA (formerly Agrocascada)

  • SAARA reverse osmosis water treatment facility.

  • SAARA’s nameplate capacity is 1,000 mbwdp. The plant will help solve and take advantage of the availability of production water from the Quifa and Rubiales fields.

  • SAARA treats produced water from the Quifa and Rubiales fields, providing irrigation source water for the ~3,000 Ha ProAgrollanos palm project located in the Municipality of Puerto Gaitan, Colombia.

ProAgrollanos

  • African Palm planting project in the Municipality of Puerto Gaitán, department of Meta. It currently has ~3,000 Ha in production, with a productivity close to 8 tons/ha, .

  • Treated water provided by SAARA will increase irrigation and may improve palm crop productivity from 9 tons per Ha/year to 20-25 tons per Ha/year