Canal Lauca

[1] It transfers water from the Lauca River into the Rio San Jose for irrigation[2] and hydropower purposes; the endpoint of the canal includes the Chapiquiña power plant which produces 56 gigawatt-hours per year (6.4 MW).

[1] As a consequence of the construction of the canal, the surface of irrigated land in the Azapa valley increased.

[5] The construction of the canal led to protests by Bolivians[6] and appears to have primarily favoured large agribusiness.

[7] The Lauca River originates at the Laguna Cotacotani, which in turn receives seepage water from Lake Chungara.

[9] After draining a watershed of 2,350 square kilometres (910 sq mi), the river ends in the Salar de Coipasa of Bolivia.