Water Security and Efficiency for the Economic and Social Development of Latin America
The transformation of water management has ceased to be a purely operational matter and has become an essential driver of industrial and social development in Latin America. Today, water security and efficiency determine the continuity and advancement of strategic sectors such as agriculture, clean energy generation, mining, and the production of food, goods, and services.
The ALADYR CHILE 2026 Congress is centered on water as a cross-cutting enabler of economic growth in Latin America. No industry can plan its expansion without a secure and efficient water supply. Mitigating the impact of climate extremes on regional GDP requires us to break with traditional paradigms: it is time to massively integrate desalination, advanced water reuse, and process digitalization.
Against this backdrop, Chile, as a regional leader in water treatment and a pioneer in industrial desalination, will serve as the technical HUB where water management leaders will reshape the future of our continental competitiveness.
Key Themes
1. Climate Change and Water Security – Challenges for the Latin American Economy
A macroeconomic assessment providing an overview of how climate extremes impact regional GDP. Discussion of public policies, stable regulatory frameworks, and streamlined permitting processes to attract investment in resilient water infrastructure.
2. Water Efficiency in Large Extractive Industries (Mining and Lithium)
The water–mining nexus as a financial driver for the Southern Cone. Solutions involving the use of seawater (raw and desalinated), highly energy-efficient pumping systems, and technologies for lithium mining that avoid impacts on inland watersheds.
3. Global Responses, New Sources and Matrix Diversification – Water Security
Transfer of experiences from countries that have succeeded in decoupling their development from rainfall-dependent water resources. Multi-purpose models in which large-scale industry and urban systems share infrastructure to reduce costs and expand access.
4. The Social Impact of Water: Sanitation, Agriculture and Social License
How wastewater treatment and reuse technologies enable export-oriented agriculture while ensuring water supply for rural and Indigenous communities. Communication strategies to overcome misconceptions and build trust in water reuse and desalination.
5. Corporate Water Management and Compensation Strategies – Water Efficiency
Success stories from end users across various sectors (food and beverages, pulp and paper, oil, water and sanitation, chemicals, etc.) that are achieving higher production while consuming less water. How global companies must create value within watersheds, generating sustainable long-term value.
6. Innovation, Future Technologies and Energy – Water at the Cutting Edge
State-of-the-art technical presentations covering process digitalization, artificial intelligence applied to membrane optimization, energy efficiency in SWRO plants, and the water challenge associated with the production of Green Hydrogen (GH2).
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