Water and Waste: The Week in 10 Stories

BRAZIL

GS Inima will purchase controlling stakes in three water treatment companies owned by BRK Ambiental Participaçõe for nearly US$200mn

São Paulo state will update municipal water supply and sanitation plans for 273 municipalities.

ARGENTINA

The reconstruction plan for flood-hit Chaco province is facing financing problems as lawmakers have failed to approve loans from River Plate basin development fund Fonplata and regional federal infrastructure fund FFFIR.

COLOMBIA

The highway connecting Bogotá and Villavicencio was blocked due to frequent mudslides.

PARAGUAY

The government declared an emergency as over 13,000km of tertiary roads were hit by floods due to heavy across the country.

COSTA RICA

National water utility AyA and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) signed a US$111mn loan agreement to finance an aqueduct and sewerage program for coastal cities.

MEXICO

Conagua unveiled a new project to connect the two high-pressure lines of the Cutzamala distribution system in Mexico City, following the failure of a previous initiative in November.

BARBADOS

The government will use a grant from the Green Climate Fund to finance a water sustainability program.

JAMAICA

US$160mn will be invested to improve water production capacity in capital Kingston and the adjacent parish of St. Andrew.

PANAMA

Two separate contracts for the design and construction of a sewerage network in the central and eastern areas of Burunga were awarded to Spanish firms.