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.
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
The editorial in Nacion.com is clear: "... The problem is a shortage of water. It's time to talk about a crisis, without any exaggeration." If meteorologists are not wrong in predicting the lack of rain, four major areas in the Greater Metropolitan area (GAM) "...
The National Administrator of Aqueducts and Sewers in El Salvador is putting out to tender the drafting of a National Plan for Water and Sanitation.
Government Purchase El Salvador CP-02/2015-FCAS:
The National Plan for Water and Sanitation will be the "guide for the government of El Salvador to perform actions on water and sanitation in the defined intermediate horizons (five year periods), aimed at a gradual and sustainable increase in the coverage of services of potable water, sewer systems, waste water treatment and basic sanitation.