Currently, our country has 3,363 sites with contaminated soils, the vast majority of which are located in the Antofagasta and Araucan\u00eda regions, followed by Tarapac\u00e1 and Los R\u00edos. To be precise, Antofagasta has 651 Sites with Potential Presence of Contaminants (SPPC), and 56 of them correspond to Abandoned Soils with Potential Presence of Contaminants (SAPPC) such as hydrocarbons, arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To face this reality, MMA\nhas made progress in recent years in studies of contamination of\nsoils at the national level, establishing different Policies and Guides to govern\nSAPPC Management. However, and to\ndespite the fact that at the international level they recognize Chile's effort in\nimprovements in available environmental information, we still have a long way to go\ntravel, since currently there is no existing Framework Law on Soils in our country.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a country we have the challenge of strengthening\nthe environmental institutional framework for the creation of a Soil Framework Law that\nregulate and supervise the SPPC, and this is where joint work is required\nbetween the public-private sector in order not to repeat this type of inheritance in\ngenerations to come \u201d, highlights Luis Briones, Development Engineer of\nHidronor Chile's businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The good news is that to support\nthe evolution of this panorama and contribute to the sustainability and care of the\nenvironment of our country, there are companies, such as Hidronor, dedicated to\noffer solutions to this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor more than 15 years that as a company\nWe participate in projects ranging from preliminary stages associated with\nsoil treatment, up to subsequent extraction processes,\ntransportation and treatment of contaminated soils \u201d, Briones comments. Due to the\nHidronor's experience in this area, the company expresses its interest in a\nsafe and sustainable management in the treatment of contaminated soils of the\nnorthern part of the country, and supports future sanitation plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full article at Hidronor Chile's vision to achieve a safe and sustainable management in the treatment of contaminated soils. <\/a><\/p>\n