The administration of water resources at Drummond Ltd. is one of the strategic tasks and one that is managed year after year, firstly because of the need for this resource in the communities and surrounding ecosystems, and secondly because of the demand for it in the various phases of the Company’s production process and in the environmental control measures applied.

To ensure the effectiveness of measures aimed at preserving and preventing contamination of the water resource, Drummond has implemented 182 surface and groundwater quality monitoring stations. All samples collected at these stations are analyzed by laboratories duly accredited by IDEAM.

In order to control the emission of pollutants into watercourses, mining projects implement different treatment systems (grease traps, sedimentation, facultative, oxidation and flocculation pools), where pollutants are eliminated or reduced before being released into natural watercourses.

On the other hand, one of our priorities is the maintenance of water quality in the region. Since the beginning of our operations, specifically in Puerto Drummond, we have established conditions that do not interfere with traditional fishing and we have implemented procedures to protect the safe transit of vessels in the vicinity of the coal loading dock structures.

Likewise, at Puerto Drummond facilities we have a fresh water reservoir, in an area of approximately 6,000 square meters, which is a reusable source of this resource for the work of humidifying the Port’s internal roads and controlling dust in the atmosphere. This space is today a true fauna and flora reserve where diverse populations of animals and plants coexist, many of which are bio-indicators of the quality of the water stored there.

The surroundings of this artificial lake are protected by a vegetation formation with species such as dividivi, campano, siempre viva, uvito, among others, which were planted by Drummond to favor the establishment of fauna communities.