Liebherr LRB 355 Handling Deep Foundation Work at El Salitre
1,879 Foundation Piles Being Drilled, Totaling 62,000 Meters
Liebherr’s LRB 355 is executing the deep foundation work as part of an ongoing project to upgrading of the El Salitre waste water treatment plant in Bogotá, Colombia. The goal of the project pursues an environmental concept: to reduce the pollution of the Río Bogotá and sensibly reuse the treated water.
The project, dubbed “PTAR Salitre,” is guided by the mantra “no life without water,” recognizing that, though two thirds of Earth consists of water, it is necessary to utilize this most precious resource carefully. Through the expansion El Salitre, the desired outcome is to reduce contamination of the Río Bogotá through the treatment of waste water. The river’s waterfall, Salto del Tequendema, has become a famous attraction, spectacularly plunging 150 meters. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most contaminated rivers in South America.