Acueductos y Alcantarillados in Honduras is putting out to tender construction and improvement of the drinking water distribution network in the department of La Paz.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN-SANAA-PROSAGUA-003-2015:
"Improvements to the drinking water distribution network from the town of Santiago de Puringla, Department of La Paz."
The date for receipt of bids is November 17, 2015.
In August construction will begin of the bypass project awarded to Inversiones Comerciales, which must complete the work in eleven months.
After three failed bidding processes Servicio Autónomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (SANAA) awarded the work to the company Inversiones Comerciales, in the amount of $9.5 million, to be financed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE).
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.
An agreement with the Honduran government includes financing technical studies and managing the search for construction investors from a pool of South Korean candidates.
The International Cooperation Agency of Korea (KOICA) and the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA) have signed an agreement endorsed by President Porfirio Lobo, through which technical studies will be conducted for the construction of the Guacerique II dam which will supply drinking water to the capital, Tegucigalpa. The technical work, which costs about a million dollars, will be funded by Korea.
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.
The South Korean government agreed to update the technical studies for the construction of the Guacerique II dam.
The project seeks to solve the problem of water shortage in the capital and would supply 50 percent of its population. It is designed to handle 85 million cubic meters of water.
The manager of the state-owned Autonomous Services Water and Sewage (Sanaa), said, "We received a call where we were told that Honduras will be receiving technical assistance for $ 1 million to start updating the Guacerique II studies."
With funding from the CABEI, the country will work on the national hydroelectric dams.
Special attention will be given to dam Los Laureles in Tegucigalpa, according to the manager of the National Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA), Danilo Alvarado.
Mr. Alvarado told Digital process, "these funds are aimed at a group of projects that were considered priorities in the short term, among them the inflatable part of the Laurels dam and improving the water system.”
Building the project Guacerique II is crucial to solve the water shortage in the capital city.
Those were the words of Daniel Alvarado, head of the aqueduct authority, who added they are considering lowering the dam's projected capacity from 83 million m3 to 50 or 45, as they don’t have enough resources.
Newspaper La Tribuna reports that the country needs a second hydro project for the medium term, located over river “Río del Hombre”, in order to cover water demand for the next 20 years.