Business News Americas - Water & Waste

Water & Waste - Brazil - Brazil investments on track to reach universal waterworks coverage - Funasa

Daniel Bland — Fri, 24 May 2013 9:59:7 (GMT -0400)

Brazil is on track when it comes to applying necessary investments to achieve its goal of universal potable water supply and sewage collection and treatment services in 20 years, the president of nati...

Water & Waste - Regional - Water utilities: Better cost recovery drives wider coverage - Eclac

Jacopo Dettoni — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:31:43 (GMT -0400)

Latin American water utilities that are able to cover their costs through tariffs are most likely providing wider potable water coverage in their areas of competence, a paper by the UN Economic Commis...

Water & Waste - Uruguay - Uruguay's OSE awards tender for US$29mn wastewater treatment plant in Salto

Jacopo Dettoni — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:10:19 (GMT -0400)

Uruguay's state water utility OSE has awarded a tender for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in the northwestern city of Salto to a consortium comprised of local companies Saceem and Cu...

Water & Waste - Peru - Peru's SNIP weekly radar: 86 new water projects for US$147mn

Jacopo Dettoni — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:43 (GMT -0400)

Peru's authorities filed 86 water and sanitation projects in the national public investment system (SNIP) in the week from May 18-24, totaling 393mn soles (US$147mn), according to SNIP figures analyze...

Water & Waste - Guyana - Guyana carrying out US$18mn solid waste management investment

Juan Andres Abarca — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:14 (GMT -0400)

The Guyanese government is carrying out an US$18mn investment program to upgrade the country's solid waste management practices and citizens' behavior in this regard, state news agency GINA reported. ...

Water & Waste - Chile - Chile's environmental service set to vote on US$29mn Sierra Gorda pipeline

Juan Andres Abarca — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:42:37 (GMT -0400)

The environmental evaluation service (SEA) of northern Chile's region II was set to vote on May 24 on the environmental impact study (EIS) for the Sierra Gorda aqueduct project. The regional SEA is...

Water & Waste - Argentina, Chile - Barrick's Pascua Lama facing US$16mn fine and new suspension decree

Alexandra Demo-Dananberg — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:23 (GMT -0400)

On Friday, Chile's environmental supervision agency (SMA) ordered Canadian Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX: ABX) to pay 16,000 of the country's annual tax units (UTAs), or US$15.8mn, in relation to the charge...