Among the Canal Authority's investment plans for 2019 is construction of a second dump for the management of the reservoirs, and the purchase of a floating dock and crane.
The budget approved by the Assembly for next year includes specific items requested by the Canal Authority (ACP), which project several investments to improve the performance of the interoceanic highway.
In Panama, growth in water consumption is putting pressure on reservoirs and forcing the design of new alternatives for improving infrastructure, starting with the creation of new reservoirs.
Data from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) indicates that 350 million gallons of water are currently being consumed per day, an amount that it was thought would not be reached until 2025.
The Solis administration has announced that by the end of 2017 construction work will start on a dam to ensure a water supply for drinking and irrigation in Guanacaste.
The project to construct a dam on the River Piedras, in Bagaces, has remained on paper for almost thirty years.Estimated at $500 million, construction of the dam could be the solution to the problem of water shortages affecting one of the areas with the greatest tourist development.
Resources have been allocated for the construction of water reservoirs, installation of drip irrigation and technical assistance for the Water Harvest Project.
From a statement issued by the National Electricity Company of Honduras:
Tegucigalpa, February 01, 2016.- As part of the actions taken by the Government of the Republic to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the Dry Corridor, Honduras Strategic Investment (INVEST-Honduras) has signed a trust agreement (L 400 million) in FICOHSA Bank for the implementation of the Water Harvest project.
The plan is to invest $100 million in a large reservoir that would supply water to more than 350 thousand people.
The project would be located "in about 21 farms that are currently devoted to livestock, as the land is not very fertile for agriculture, by contrast, they are very calcígenos and have a block of stone under the surface which would facilitate water not leaking away", reported Prensalibre.cr.
The project already has a feasibility study, plans, preliminary design and studies of land tenure for the provision of drinking water to several counties in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
The plan by the National Groundwater, Irrigation and Drainage Services (Senara) would use 800,000 cubic meters of water which are currently being wasted. A reservoir of 800 acres would be filled with excess water, which would be used to generate 10 megawatts of electricity, then it would be turned into drinkable water and supplied to various communities.
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.
This weekend the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, inaugurated a structure called a spillway which will protect the Apanas Lake basin in the north of the country from flooding.
Official sources revealed through radio and television stations affiliated with the Government that the structure was built by 600 workers in one year at a cost of approximately $6.4 million.
The government of Costa Rica announced the construction of a dam that it claims will solve the problems of water supply in the Pacific Coast province of Guanacaste, where tourism is booming.
The US$20 million, 800-hectare dam will collect water from a nearby hydroelectric scheme.
The speed with which hotels, apartment buildings, golf courses and other tourist facilities are going up throughout Guanacaste has led to concern over the sustainability of basic services.