Carmarthenshire cleantech venture Hydro Industries has confirmed three major new contracts in the Republic of Ecuador with one valued at around £55m.
Collectively the contracts represent the largest in value for a Ƶ company operating in the South American state. Deployed across three municipalities, Hydro will deliver environmental and societal benefits through the clean up of contaminated wastewater and provision of clean drinking water.
One of the new assignments is an agreement with EMGIRS, a public company that manages solid waste for the metropolitan district of Quito, to treat landfill leachate.
Last year, as part of a driven by the mayor of Quito, Pabel Muñoz López, the Llangennech headquartered business installed a leachate treatment plant to prevent toxic waste entering the Inga River. Since then Hydro has produced a total of 208 million litres of clean water.
Now Hydro, working with EMGIRS, will increase the recovery of clean water at the El Inga treatment plant - with the aim of both preserving the ecosystem of the Inga River basin and the creating additional clean water for the population of Quito.
The project will also see Hydro making further investment in the region to provide technology upgrades to meet EMGIRS’ targets.
Hydro has also struck an agreement with the municipality of Manta to enter into a public-private partnership that will see it delivering its waste water treatment technologies to meet the needs of the region. With the legal process under way construction work is expected to start in the city of Manta in the second quarter of 2026.
Hydro has also confirmed it is entering into a new 10-year strategic partnership to provide drinking water to the citizens of Rocafuerte, alongside clean water to its industrial and agricultural sectors. Hydro will deploy its water treatment plants across Rocafuerte. This initial contract is valued at around £55m.
Mayor of Quito, Mr López, said: “The protection of the environment and the provision of safe, clean drinking water to our people is a mission that drives us. It touches all of us, from young to old, from rich to poor. It is our responsibility and our legacy”.
Wayne Preece, chief executive of Hydro Industries, said: “As a cleantech company with global ambitions we have found in Ecuador, through the leadership of the mayor of Quito and other regional mayors, an ambition that matches our own. We will work together, at pace, to create a cleaner and safer Ecaudor, one drop at a time.”
Standing down Ƶ ambassador to Ecuador, Chris Campbell, said: "I am delighted that my final announcement is to highlight ever increasing ties between the Ƶ and Ecuador that will result in better health and a cleaner environment for generations to come."
