# Hydro's Alunorte refinery starts new water treatment system in Brazil

Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery in Barcarena, Brazil, began operation of a new water treatment station, part of a BRL 675 million ($160 million) modernization project. The system can treat 14,500 cubic meters of water per hour.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-01-24
- Where: Barcarena, Pará, Brazil
- Value: $160.0M
- Jobs: 32
- Starts operating: 24 Jan 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 14,500 cubic meters per hour
- Products: water treatment
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hydro Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/1478.md)

## Sources

- [hydro.com](https://www.hydro.com/en/global/media/news/2020/new-water-treatment-system-starts-operations-in-alunorte/), 2020-01-24: "This investment is in line with the company's goal of making Alunorte a global reference in efficiency, safety and quality for the aluminum sector."

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