Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Regional Loan for Wastewater Treatment

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TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 23 2012 (IPS) - The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has approved a one-million-dollar loan to finance a wastewater management project in the Honduran capital, aimed at combating pollution in the Guacerique River basin, one of the city’s main sources of water. The general manager of the public National Aqueducts and Sewers Service (SANAA), Danilo Alvarado, told Tierramérica that the project will include the clean-up of garbage dumps in nearby areas, the training of local communities in solid waste management, and the installation of water purification plants in strategic sites throughout Tegucigalpa.

Alvarado stressed that during the summer months, Tegucigalpa residents face strict rationing of drinking water because of the depletion of some of its main sources of water, the result of deforestation and pollution caused by heaps of garbage near rivers.