Water infrastructure is increasingly a constraint across Latin America, shaping mining output, industrial growth, and the resilience of cities. This panel looks at what is proving financeable across the full chain — desalination plants, bulk water transport, wastewater and sewage networks — with a particular focus on mining-related offtake structures. Speakers will compare:

• Contract and credit features lenders are leaning on

• Where risk still breaks deals (permits, energy exposure, collections, social license) 

• How development banks deploy guarantees and blended finance to unlock tenor and crowd in commercial lenders