SDG 6

Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

At GeoPark we are committed to promoting access to drinking water and basic sanitation in the communities in our areas of influence.

In Villanueva, Casanare we completed maintenance and repairs for village water supplies to improve water access conditions through infrastructure,

In 2020 we started preparing studies and designs for water access solutions in neighboring communities in the rural area of Puerto Asis, Putumayo (Colombia), which, due to its remote location, faces serious difficulties in accessing water. This project will benefit project wil benefit 170 families from the villages of Zamora, Chufiya, Belen, Comandante and Buen Samaritano.

In 2020 we implemented actions to treat residual drilling fluid through a reverse osmosis process that allows for water to be reused in preparing drilling muds. We implemented this process in the drilling of 17 wells, which allowed 4% of the total fresh water withdrawn in Colombian operations to be reused.

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residents of Villanueva, Casanare (Colombia) by performing maintenance and repairs of village aqueducts.

We benefited

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families in Puerto Asis, Putumayo (Colombia) by making studies and designs on providing access to water.

We used reverse osmosis drilling in

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wells, allowing 4% of fresh water withdrawn in Colombian operations to be re-used.