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Brazil, Sao Paulo: Sabesp to invest US$45mn to provide basic services in marginal communities
Sabesp, the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo, and the São Paulo city government will provide water and sanitation services to 226,000 people in informal settlements in a 72mn-real … more »
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Brazil, Sao Paulo: Sabesp to invest US$45mn to provide basic services in marginal communities
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dietvorst wrote 4 days ago: Sabesp, the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo, and the São Paulo city government … more »
Peru: García passes bill to create environment ministry
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Peruvian President Alan García has passed a bill to create the environment ministry. It will be hea … more »
Jamaica: Rural Water Supply Master Plan being developed
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Water and Housing Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, announced that a master plan is being developed to ach … more »
Jamaica: National Water Commission disappointed with new rate adjustment
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Jamaica’s National Water Commission (NWC) is unhappy with the 23% adjustment in rates approved … more »
Guyana: National Water Council launched
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dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Minister of Housing and Water Harry Narine Nawbatt has officially launched the National Water Counci … more »
Guatemala: Congressmen promote new law for wastewater treatment
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dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: A group of members of the Guatemalan congress is promoting a bill proposal to treat wastewater, reus … more »
Peru: Government announces 60-day sewage emergency in Lima, Callao
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Peru’s government has declared a 60-day state of emergency in the sewerage system in capital Lima … more »
Peru: New water authority to have 14 nationwide offices
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Peru’s new water authority ANA (Autoridad Nacional del Agua) will have 14 decentralised branch … more »
Paraguay: President-elect to prioritize water, infrastructure works
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Paraguay’s President-elect Fernando Lugo is holding meetings with a number of specialists to p … more »
Brazil: new proposal seeks to assign joint responsibility for water and sanitation
dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Since 1998, Brazil’s supreme court has been discussing whether the state or city governments a … more »
Bolivia: new water minister calls for "vigorous" investments
dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Bolivia’s new water minister René Gonzalo Orellana assumed office with a call for “vigo … more »
Brazil: Lower house approves bills on water meters and sewage charges
dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Brazil’s lower house approved a bill proposal making household water meters obligatory in apar … more »
Peru: industrial water use rates to be revised
dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: To comply with the free trade agreement with the USA, Peru needs to raise industrial water use rates … more »
El Salvador: Sanitation is a national priority in 2008
dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: El Salvador’s government is making sanitation a national priority and increasing coverage thro … more »
RESOURCE: How to Develop Civil Rights Law for Disabled People in Your Country
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Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 3 months ago: Every day in your country, people with disabilities experience discrimination and human rights viola … more »
Guatemala: Segeplan proposes national water authority
dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: [Gobierno de Guatemala, 4 Feb 2008] Guatemala’s presidential planning office Segeplan (Secreta … more »
Mexico accused 200 times before LatAm water tribunal
dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: Mexico has been accused 200 times before the Latin American Water Tribunal (LAWT), making it the cou … more »
El Salvador: Cesta asks congress to speed up water law approval
dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: El Salvadorian environmental NGO Cesta - Friends of the Earth has asked the country’s execut … more »
Dominican Republic: Indrhi lobbying for new water law
dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: The Dominican Republic’s water resources authority Indrhi is lobbying congress for the approva … more »
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