6th and 1st Pumping lines - Montevideo
The supply of drinking water to the city of Montevideo, as well as to the major cities and towns in the Canelones Department (Canelones, Pando, Toledo, Suarez, Progress, Cerrillos, La Paz, Las Piedras, Ciudad de la Costa and Costa de Oro to Salina, Cap. Juan A. Artigas, etc.) is done from the Water Treatment Plant located in the town of Aguas Corrientes, near the city of Canelones and distant about 50 km from the city of Montevideo.
This drinking water system, called "MONTEVIDEO SYSTEM" serves more than 1:700.000 inhabitants, i.e. more than half of the population of Uruguay.