New main drain in Bogotá

11 May 2010 - Projects update and handover - Colombia

In Bogotá (Colombia), CSM Bessac and Soletanche Bachy Cimas, two subsidiaries of Soletanche Freyssinet (, have just handed over the Interceptor Río Bogotá Fucha Tunjuelo. This new drain will provide three million residents with an efficient wastewater collection system, and enable the Fucha, Tunjuelo and Bogotá rivers to be cleaned up and protected. Work on the drain (length: 9.4 km; inside diameter: 3.75 m), dug at a depth of between 8 and 14 m, had started in May 2007.