The draft bill called "General Law of Water Resources" was submitted to the Legislative Assembly, a legal framework that would empower the Salvadoran Water Authority to authorize the use of water to sub-sectors, state entities and private entities.
In order to benefit the Salvadoran population, the Minister of Environment, Fernando Lopez, delivered to the President of the new Legislative Assembly, Ernesto Castro, the preliminary draft of the General Law of Water Resources, informed the Assembly on June 19.
The Inter-American Development Bank approved a credit line that local authorities will use to finance the Potable Water and Sanitation Program.
The financed program aims to improve the quality of life of close to 31 thousand households located in rural and peri-urban areas, informed the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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.
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.
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration approved a line of credit for the country to finance the Project for the Expansion of the Drinking Water Supply System in the City of Gracias, department of Lempira.
The project consists of developing the hydraulic infrastructure necessary to increase the quality and quantity of water supplied by the supply system of the city of Gracias, Lempira, which currently has average interruption periods of 168 hours, reported the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
Through a credit line from CABEI, the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage will finance the supply project for the Fifth Stage Metropolitan Aqueduct.
The megaproject, declared of public interest by the Government authorities, consists of the construction of 44.3 kilometers of pipelines, of which 8.6 kilometers are tunnels, a new water treatment plant and six storage tanks with a total capacity of 50,000 cubic meters. This infrastructure will allow the capture, treatment and distribution of 2.5 cubic meters per second of drinking water in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) and surrounding areas.
The Corporacion del Acueducto y Alcantarillados de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, tenders the execution of solutions for drinking water and sewage.
The Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation is tendering the works to reinforce drinking water services and improve sanitary sewerage systems in sectors of Greater Santo Domingo.
The Ministry of the Presidency of Panama is tendering the rehabilitation, maintenance, operation and improvements to the oxidation ponds in several townships in the provinces of Los Santos, Herrera and Chiriqui.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-03-0-99-LV-037323:
As part of the non-reimbursable cooperation programs that China will implement in El Salvador, $85 million was announced for the construction of water treatment plants in Ilopango and La Libertad.
In Guatemala, authorities in the municipality of Mixco threaten to close down textile companies, claiming that some companies are damaging the drainage system by emitting highly contaminated wastewater.
After representatives of the commune of Mixco made inspections in the collector located in Pablo VI Avenue, it was reported that the circulating water was dyed red and they accused the textile companies of being guilty of damaging the drains because of the emission of chemical waste in their wastewater.
The National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers tenders the service of repair of leaks, change of valves and hydrants in the areas in charge of the Metropolitan Management.
Panama Government Purchase 2019-2-66-0-08-LP-015262:
"The leak repair activity will be performed on infrastructure owned by the IDAAN, including customers' home connections to the measurement site or property line (as indicated by the IDAAN). NO damage repairs can be made after the meter as it does not correspond to infrastructure owned by the IDAAN.
The Municipal Water Company of the country's capital tenders the supply of 5,700 metric tons of aluminum sulfate to be used in the treatment of water for human consumption.
In Panama, the companies Rigaservices and BTD Proyectos were awarded the contract for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Chiriquí Grande drinking water plant and supply networks in the province of Bocas del Toro.
On July 3, the resolution of the contracting process for the "Study, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Chiriquí Grande drinking water plant and supply networks in the province of Bocas del Toro" was published on the PanamaCompra portal. The contract was awarded for $37.9 million to the Consorcio RB Chiriquí Grande, formed by Constructora Rigaservices, S.A. and BTD Proyectos 12, S.A.
The CABEI granted a loan to be used to partially finance the execution of five sanitation projects and the construction of the new National Water Laboratory.
The construction of the new National Water Laboratory will allow for increased productivity, implementation, research and development of tests, analysis and studies with state-of-the-art technology and innovative, both in water for human consumption, as well as for sanitation and wastewater, reported CABEI.
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