📋 Tender Overview
The Tinajones PEOT Special Project develops actions prior to the dredging of the Limon Dam, in compliance with OEFA environmental recommendationsA key stage in the maintenance of the Limon dam and reservoir begins with the recent arrival of a fleet of trucks that transports all the specialized dredging equipment, intended for the removal of sediments deposited in this important component of the Olmos Project. These activities are carried out as part of the technical and operational management promoted by the Regional Government of Lambayeque and the PEOT to guarantee the proper functioning of the Transfer system.
The dredging service of the Limon dam reservoir this year is in charge of the Dragatec Consortium, a Chilean-German company that will carry out the planned service until July 2026, with an investment of $18 million dollars. This action is a priority and essential to preserve the useful capacity of the reservoir and guarantee the continuous transfer of water resources to the Tierras Nuevas area and the Valle Viejo de Olmos.
The intervention is part of the sediment management strategy against its progressive accumulation in the Limon reservoir caused by the deforestation of the upper basin of the Huancabamba River, in addition to other factors.
The arrival of specialized machinery from the southern city of Valdivia Chile, constitutes a milestone at the national level, as it is the first experience of dredging sediments in a reservoir with complex characteristics in its environment in Peru, which positions the Limon dam as a reference in the modern management of hydraulic infrastructures.
Prior to the start of the dredging work, the Olmos Tinajones Special Project has been developing preventive actions and inter-institutional coordination, taking into consideration the suggestions and recommendations made by the Environmental Assessment and Control Agency (OEFA). These measures are aimed at ensuring that the work is carried out under strict technical, environmental and safety criteria.
The PEOT has indicated that, as part of this process, operational procedures and specialized studies have been incorporated along 85 kilometers since the beginning of the dam, which will allow the configuration of a baseline for adequate sediment management, in strict compliance with current environmental regulations, reaffirming the institutional commitment to environmental sustainability and transparency in public management.
With the arrival of the dredging equipment, a decisive phase is consolidated to preserve the operational capacity and useful life of the Limon dam and reservoir, strategic infrastructure for water supply and productive development of the Lambayeque region. In the following days, the equipment will be unloaded and installed in the reservoir so that, as soon as possible, the process of removing the accumulated sediments can begin, an activity that could last a little more than half a year.
The PEOT specifies that the dredging work will be carried out during the rainy season, a technical criterion that has been considered with the objective of not harming the economic or productive activities of the populations located downstream of the Limon dam, thus ensuring adequate coexistence between hydraulic infrastructure and local development.
PEOT, January 16, 2026.
