WASH News Latin America
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Trinidad and Tobago: Angostura needs to build own waste treatment plant
13 Sep 10
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has taken a hands off approach into the treating of effluent discharges of Angostura Ltd. In fact, Sunday Guardian has learnt that Angostura Ltd is set to commence discussions with a contractor in relation …Continue reading →
FAO calls for increased use of treated wastewater in irrigation
07 Sep 10
The UN food and agriculture organization (FAO) has called for governments to increase the amount of treated wastewater being used for irrigation purposes. Full article available on: BNamericas.com [subscription site], 7 september 2010
Chile: Government hails reconstruction progress 6 Months after Quake
30 Aug 10
The Chilean government said Friday the 27 of August that significant reconstruction progress has been made in the six months since a devastating earthquake that left nearly 500 dead and caused some $30 billion in damage. President Sebastian Piñera’s administration, …Continue reading →
Nicaragua, Granada: Japan grants US$2.5mn to improve sanitation
26 Aug 10
The Japanese government has signed a 55mn-cordoba (US$2.56mn) grant agreement for the expansion of the sanitation system in western Nicaragua’s Granada city, local paper La Prensa reported. The project involves installing 17km of pipelines to channel untreated sewage to help …Continue reading →
Central America: SWASH+ program expands to 150 more schools
26 Aug 10
With new funds from the Inter-American Development Bank and The Coca-Cola Foundation, the SWASH+ program will provide safe drinking water, restroom facilities, and improved hygiene education to over 15,000 more students at 150 schools in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. …Continue reading →
Baseline Data to Guide Handwashing Intervention in Peru
24 Aug 10
A new technical paper from the World-Bank administered Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) found that only half of care-givers in 3,526 households in rural Peru wash hands with soap at times of fecal contact, and that 10 percent of children …Continue reading →
Perú – Camana to begin US$9mn sewerage project
23 Aug 10
Peru’s Camana province, in Arequipa region, is set to begin a rehabilitation and expansion project on its 45-year old sewerage system, according to Camana governor Sergio Davila Vizcarra. The project will require an investment of 25.5mn soles (Euro 7.018), state …Continue reading →
Representatives from all over the world meet at St. Lucia to discuss Integrated Water Resource Management
23 Aug 10
Water, land and other resources in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) worldwide are under increasing pressure from development and natural disasters. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), an approach which calls for all stakeholders and various sectors to come together to …Continue reading →
Mexico, Mexico City: DF faces US$36.5mn in water losses annually
18 Aug 10
Mexico's federal district (DF) government loses 460mn pesos (US$36.5mn) each year from illegal potable water usage. Throughout 2010, illegal users will be offered an amnesty, but in 2011 they risk a fine equal to five years of water bills. Continue reading →
Costa Rica: Congress reaches broad consensus on water bill
03 Aug 10
Six of the seven political factions in Costa Rica’s congress have reached a consensus on a new water bill, which aims to protect the country’s water resources and make access to potable water a constitutionally protected right. Congress will convene to discuss the bill in an extraordinary session which begins August 3 [2010], the presidential [...]
