Correa signs US$5.2mn loan, US$15.7mn credit guarantee with BEDE - Ecuador
Correa signs US$5.2mn loan, US$15.7mn credit guarantee with BEDE - Ecuador
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa headed the contract signing ceremony for a US$5.2mn loan and a 10mn-euro (US$15.7mn) credit guarantee to finance water projects, the government reported on the presidential website.
The national government and Banco del Estado (BEDE) signed the contract to finance the construction of the Chiquihurco dam for a total of US$5.2mn, as well as the credit guarantee for a 10mn-euro loan provided by German development bank KfW to finance the Tungurahua province's hydrological basin plan.
The Chiquihurco dam is the second project to be carried out in the Río Ambato river basin regulation plan. The initiative seeks to guarantee potable water provision to the city and provide water for irrigation through the Huachi-Palileo canal.
The dam will regulate the water level in the reservoir. With a height of 34m, it will have the capacity to store 2.8Mm3....
CFE wins La Parota case, new legal battle possible - Mexico
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - Mexico's environmental rights center Cemda is mulling plans to bring its case against the 900MW La Parota hydro plant before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an autonomous body o... more
TCU authorizes Rio state to continue Nova Iguaçu sanitation works - Brazil
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - Rio de Janeiro state's government announced on Friday that the federal audit court (TCU) has authorized the resumption of sanitation works in Nova Iguaçu city, local newspaper Correio do Brasil report... more
FGR raids Presys offices amidst alleged irregularities in Cutumay landfill construction - El Salvador
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - In a coordinated operation, the El Salvadorian district attorney's office (FGR) raided the offices of local construction firm Presys, in charge of building the Cutumay Camones sanitary landfill, in Sa... more
WASA: Water levels rising after low rainfall in May, June - Trinidad & Tobago
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - Trinidad & Tobago's Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) announced that water levels in dams and reservoirs are showing signs of recovery, alleviating supply problems to consumers, paper Trinidad Expre... more
Profepa freezes Cimari operations in Coahuila - Mexico
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - Mexico's environmental authority Profepa has suspended operations at the industrial waste management facility Cimari in Coahuila state's Ramos Arizpe municipality, paper Milenio reported.
The deci... more
Sabesp looks to energy sector, signs agreement with Emae - Brazil
Sunday, July 6, 2008
(BNamericas.com) - "Article 63 anticipates the company's entry into the energy sector," São Paulo state water utility Sabesp (Bovespa: SBSP3; NYSE: SBS) president Gesner Oliveira was quoted as saying by local paper Valo... more