
Water & Waste: The week in 10 stories

BRAZIL
The board of Santa Catarina state water utility Casan authorized a hiring program.
To block a recent temporary measure by President Michel Temer, which introduces new sanitation contract rules, the Workers' Party filed a lawsuit with the supreme court.
Leading candidates in Rio de Janeiro's governorship election came out to oppose the privatization of state water utility Cedae.
CHILE
The public works ministry (MOP) is launching four tenders worth 11.3bn pesos (US$16mn) for flood control works in Antofagasta region.
COLOMBIA
Villavicencio city government will request funds from the national housing ministry to execute a flood prevention project.
Ibagué, in Tolima department, is seeking 40bn pesos (US$13mn) to complete the second phase of a complementary aqueduct.
COSTA RICA
Authorities unveiled a flood-control plan for 79 localities of Limón province.
HONDURAS
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) will finance pre-investment studies for a wastewater collector and treatment plant in the central district.
MEXICO
The supreme court ruled in favor of an appeal seeking to halt the construction of a tailings dam owned by mining conglomerate Grupo México in Sonora state.
A Morena party senator submitted a bill to ban the privatization of water resources.
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News in: Water & Waste (Honduras)

Honduras to refurbish Tegucigalpa’s water supply system
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Other projects in: Water & Waste
Get critical information about thousands of Water & Waste projects in Latin America: what stages they're in, capex, related companies, contacts and more.
- Project: Desalination Plant and Water Supply Cerro Colorado (Stages I and II)
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- Project: Cali river reservoir and dam
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- Project: San Gabán III hydro plant
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- Project: Collector and water treatment plant on the Choluteca river in the Central District
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- Project: Fosfatos del Pacífico (Bayóvar N°9)
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- Project: Sanitary sewer system and wastewater treatment plant Mariano Roque Alonso Basin
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- Project: Río Subterráneo Aqueduct Section 2 and Esteban Echeverría Lift Station - Agua Sur System
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- Project: Acelhuate River Water Project
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- Project: Talabre Thickened Tailings Project (PRET)
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- Project: Renovation of the Rincón de Baygorria hydroelectric plant (Río Negro)
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The Valdivia municipality is located in the namesake city in southern Chile and has a mayor and a municipal council as its main authorities.
- Company: Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento S.A.  (Compesa)
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The description contained in this profile was taken directly from an official source and has not been edited or modified by BNamericas researchers, but may have been automatical...
- Company: Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo S.A.  (Sabesp)
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Brazil's water utility Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo S.A. (Sabesp) is responsible for water supply, and wastewater collection and treatment in 372 munici...
- Company: Desarrollos Hidráulicos de Cancún, S.A. de C.V.  (Aguakan)
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Mexican company Desarrollos Hidráulicos de Cancún, S. A. de C. V. (DHC) provides drinking water, sewerage, sanitation and waste water treatment services in the municipalities of...
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Conduto Ecuador is a subsidiary of Brazilian construction company Conduto. The company provides engineering and construction services for the oil and gas, mining, waterworks, an...