Waterway might generate millions in income a year in Bolivia Waterway might generate millions in income a year in Bolivia La Paz, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Minister of Public Works Edgar Montaño remarked that the start-up of the Ichilo-Mamore Waterway is estimated to generate one billion dollars in annual profits, ABI news agency reported. Mondaño noted that the project will benefit not only the department of Beni, but also Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Pando and the entire country with the circulation of salt, potassium chloride, common salt for cattle, phosphorus, urea and soy, among other items. The official made these statements in response to the Secretary General of the Government of Beni, Miguel Angel Ruiz, who said last Friday that this river project would not leave profits to the department and that it will only benefit Cochabamba.