In 2019 and 2020, Brazilian companies were the main suppliers of water heaters in the Central American market, since in both years they cornered more than 30% of total regional imports.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
The Emergency Social Investment Fund of Nicaragua bids the consultancy for the formulation of water and sanitation projects in the rural sector in the departments of Regions I, II, III, IV, IV, V and VI.
Nicaraguan Government Purchase 195/2021:
"Non-binding homologation meeting will be held for this tender.
The place, date and time of the meeting are indicated below:
The Emergency Social Investment Fund of Nicaragua tenders the construction of the water and sanitation system of the sector known as Region I, of Group B.
Nicaragua Government Purchase 184/2021:
"Detail of works required:
Batch 1:
The project consists of the construction of a potable water supply system type MAG (mini gravity aqueduct) designed to carry water through a pipeline that starts from a catchment work with surface source, which has a pretreatment system by filtration to a treatment system of rural pressurized filters (FPR) and then we derive the treated water to 2 storage tanks, the water to the second tank is carried through an adduction line, then from the tanks through a distribution network, the homes of the community are supplied.
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage is bidding the design and construction of the Monasterio tank with a capacity of 3,000 cubic meters, a work that is part of the improvements to the supply of the western sector of the metropolitan area of San Jose.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2021LI-000001-0021400001:
"The project consists of taking advantage of the current infrastructure, from the Puente Mulas 2 pumping station to the Bellorizonte tank, from its discharge line derive a pipeline to the site where a storage tank called Monasterio with a capacity of 200 l/s will be located.
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage tenders internationally for consulting services for water and sanitation works in different parts of the country.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2019LI-000014-PRI:
"Implementation consultancy: Final designs and supervision of works and the drinking water program for Limón, Guacimo, Jacó and Quepos - Manuel Antonio; and sanitary sewerage for Moín, Limón."
In the first semester of 2019, 23 environmental impact studies were presented for the construction of water purification plants, sewers, wastewater plants and other complementary works in the countries of the region, projects valued at $290 million.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
A shopping mall in Panama, a multi-purpose real estate complex in Guatemala and the expansion of a drinking water system in Costa Rica are part of the investments planned for the coming months in the region.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are expected to be built in the coming months.
The construction of an office building in Costa Rica, a drinking water supply system in Panama and a multi-purpose tower in Guatemala are part of the projects planned for the coming months in the region.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are expected to be built in the coming months.
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers tenders the expansion and improvement of the aqueduct of Bagaces, in Guanacaste.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LI-000004-PRI:
"The objectives of the project are to improve the quality, quantity and continuity of drinking water service in the communities of Salitral, Quintas Don Miguel, Bagaces Centro, La Loba, Falconiana, Bagatzí, Agua Caliente and Montenegro.
Plans are underway to build a water treatment plant in the Ancón district of the province of Panama that will include a raw water adduction line and potable water pipeline.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" complied by CentralAmericaData, the National Aqueduct and Sewer Institute of Panama (Instituto de Acueducto y Alcantarillados Nacionales) submitted an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to build, in Ancon, a water purification plant that will include an intake point or catchment of raw water from the Chagres River, raw water adduction line to the water treatment plant, and potable water pipeline to Panama City. It will be developed within an easement of up to 20 meters, and an approximate length of 28.5 km.
Details of the most relevant construction projects by country in terms of investment, for which environmental impact studies were submitted at the end of the third quarter of this year.
Data from the interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:
Endemic problems with the water supply are being compounded by the effect of El Niño, and short-term measures are being tried while the root of the problem is left unaddressed.
EDITORIAL
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