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Infrastructure in Mexico
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Towards the broadband utopia
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Mexican banks: Picking up the pieces as the crisis wanes
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Policy lessons from the South American gas market
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UruguayAuthorities drawing up plan to prevent floods, store rainwater
Uruguayan state-owned entities are working together on a plan to prevent floods and store rainwater to combat drought, an official from the country's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) told BN...
Chile
Agbar plans to build US$285mn desalination plantThe Chilean branch of Spanish water group Aguas de Barcelona (Agbar) is expected to present an EIA t... more
Nicaragua
Iberinsa wins Managua water consultancy contractSpanish firm Iberinsa has won a consultancy contract to support national water utility Enacal's effo... more
Argentina
La Pampa opens bids for Río Colorado water systemAuthorities from Argentine La Pampa province opened the financial bids for second stage construction... more
Argentina
Santa Fe, Córdoba plan joint aqueduct initiativeArgentine provinces Santa Fe and Córdoba have agreed to develop a preliminary plan to jointly build ... more
Brazil
Paraná govt approves recycling plantBrazil's Paraná state governor Roberto Requião has approved a project to construct a waste recycling... more
Argentina
IN BRIEF Companies present green energy projectEnergy companies True Green Energy Group and NT Energy are set to meet officials from Argentina's go... more
Paraguay
IN BRIEF Departments to receive US$4mn to combat droughtParaguay's finance ministry is to transfer 20bn guaraní (US$4mn) to the departments of Ñeembucú, Con... more
Regional, Chile
Sinquiver to market urine separation systemsChilean chemical solutions firm Sinquiver is looking into marketing urine separation systems in Chil... more
Mexico
Enacal begins phase II of US$40mn Juigalpa potable water projectNicaraguan national water and sewerage utility Enacal has started work on the second phase of a US$4... more
Dominica
Freshwater exports could threaten river, says NGOA plan to export water from Dominica's Clyde river in Melville Hall is causing concern among environ... more
Brazil
Sabesp launches US$10.6mn in tenders to expand sewage servicesSão Paulo state water utility Sabesp (Bovespa: SBSP3, NYSE: SBS) has launched tenders worth an estim... more
Mexico
Cotrisa to build US$52.6mn La Caldera pumping stationMexican construction firm ICA's (BMV, NYSE: ICA) subsidiary Cotrisa has signed a public works contra... more
Ecuador
Govt receives proposal to build solid waste recycling plantEcuador's industries and productivity ministry (MIPRO) has received a proposal to build a low-densit... more
Colombia
Superservicios signs 650 agreements to improve servicesColombia's public services regulator Superservicios has signed 650 water, sewage and waste agreement... more
Peru
Agualimpia to invest US$30mn in potable water by 2011Peruvian NGO Agualimpia will invest an estimated US$30mn in potable water projects by 2011, the enti... more
Free Content
- Construction of US$312mn Jalisco state reservoir to begin in 2010
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- Waste separation programs could reduce waste in landfills by 95%, says expert
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- CAP submits EIS to build US$248mn desalination plant
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- Illegal gold mining out of control in Madre de Dios - experts
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- NWC to launch tender for treatment plant works in March
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In Depth Interviews
Companies prefer cheaper, less sustainable waste disposal options
Carlos Juárez
Project director
Ecoltec
Waste management solutions firm Ecoltec is a subsidiary of cement manufacturer Holcim Apasco. Over the last few years, the company has been working wi ...more
Features
One of the strategic goals of President Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution is to establish equal rights for everyone, including access to water and sanitation. While most governments do this by expan... more
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