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Brazil, São Paulo: State secretary signs Água Limpa agreements with 10 towns
06 Mar 09
São Paulo state sanitation and energy secretary Dilma Pena has signed 18 million reais (US$ 7.7 million) worth of Água Limpa or clean water program agreements with 10 towns, according to a state government report.
Mexico, DF: potable water tariffs, subsidies must be revised, says expert
06 Mar 09
Part of the potable water supply shortages Mexico’s federal district (DF) currently faces are attributable to the uncompetitive tariffs charged by local utilities, Universidad Interamericana (UIA) specialist Gloria Soto says.
Guyana: Govt, GWI undertaking projects to improve water, sanitation
06 Mar 09
The Guyanese government and national service provider Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) are carrying out several projects under the Hinterland Water Strategy aimed at improving access to safe water and sanitation for inland communities, improving services to some depressed communities and ensuring safe water for 80% of surrounding settlements, government information agency GINA reported on its website.
Bolivia: government turns to UN to help fight dengue outbreak
13 Feb 09
Bolivia’s government has asked the UN for help in tackling the dengue virus epidemic affecting the country. One of the causes of the epidemic is drought, as it leads people to store rainwater and thus contributes to an increase in the amount of stagnant water.
Brazil: Ipea study finds resources insufficient to solve basic sanitation needs
13 Feb 09
Although Brazil has increased investment in water and sanitation, this is not enough to handle the country’s urban growth levels
Colombia: anti-crisis investment plan includes US$ 2 billion for potable water initiatives
13 Feb 09
Colombia will spend US$ 2 billon on potable water initiatives as part of the country’s anti-crisis investment plan. Norte de Santander is Department will be one of the recipients. The Meta Department’s water plan is partially being financed from royalties deriving from oil exports.
PERUSAN 2008: “Proposals for Sustainable Sanitation” launched
30 Jan 09
Approximately 1,200 people attended the opening ceremony of the First Peruvian Conference on Sanitation, PERUSAN 2008.
Ecuador: Texaco toxic past haunts Chevron as judgment looms
30 Jan 09
Oil companies have caused one of the worst environmental and human health disasters in the Amazon basin and depending on how an Ecuadorean judge rules in a lawsuit it could result in the costliest corporate ecological catastrophe in world history.
Colombia: Government aims to modernize 1,500 small water, sewerage utilities in 2009
30 Jan 09
Colombia’s environment ministry is offering technical assistance, training and software to small and rural municipalities to create and strengthen potable water and sanitation utilities, to improve business efficiency, ensure better services and, in some cases, a decrease in water rates.
El Salvador: Green Network on corporate environmental responsibility launched
11 Sep 08
El Salvador’s President and the Environment Minister have launched the “Green Network”, a network that seeks to get the private sector involved in environmental projects aimed at helping the nation’s neediest schools.
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