The exploitation of groundwater is reaching its limits in a city where 95% of the drinking water comes from that source and is distributed through a network which is 70 years old.
In order for Managua to have the necessary infrastructure to accompany the economic growth projected for the coming years, the city need to invest in new sources of drinking water.
Despite being one of the areas with the highest housing growth forecast for the coming years, the problem of drinking water shortages remains unresolved.
As in 2013 , employers in the area are once again denouncing the problems that exist due to lack of water treatment plants and new water sources in Arraiján and other districts in western Panama.
Some of the possible solutions being studied in the various policies on rural water, are the construction of a new water treatment plant, drilling from underground wells, reinforcing the use of tank trucks and restricting developments of the number of houses that can be built in each stage.
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration has approved a loan for technical and physical renovation of the Water Treatment Plant in Las Pavas, in the department of Cuscatlan.
From a statement issued by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE):
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) has approved a loan the to Republic of El Salvador in the amount of $64.4 million to finance the renovation project on Works for the Collection, Purification and Treatment of the Electromechanical Water Plant Las Pavas, the most important source of drinking water El Salvador.
The National Assembly has approved a loan from the CABEI to build water and sanitation systems, storage tanks, septic tanks, sewers and household connections.
From a statement issued by the National Assembly of Nicaragua:
Following the adoption of a decree for a $30 million loan signed between the Republic of Nicaragua and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI ), 121 rural municipalities will benefit from the implementation of the "Project for Sustainability Rural of Water and Sanitation"
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration has granted a loan to finance part of the program of works on Sustainability of Rural Water and Sanitation.
From a statement issued by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE):
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) and the Government of Nicaragua signed a $30 million loan to finance the "Program for Sustainability of Rural Water and Sanitation".
Project backed by the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Honduras will receive a $25 million grant from the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean to expand and improve drinking water and sanitation services in rural communities with fewer than 2,000 people, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said today.
The project provides strengthening for rural aqueducts, taking the service where there is currently no drinking water.
The project is being developed by the Water and Sewerage Service (SANAA) and the funds will come from the IDB and Spanish Cooperation.
As explained by Danilo Alvarado, manager of SANAA, the project would be approved by the board of the IDB in the short term, shortly after execution of the works can begin.
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