LATIN AMERICA IN BRIEF

* Aguas Nuevas of Chile, which owns water utilities in the I, IX and XII regions and is controlled by the powerful Solari group, aims for $110 million in expanding its wastewater treatment coverage next year.

The bulk of that investment will be in Region IX, where the Aguas Araucania company will spend almost $70 million to build 17 wastewater treatment plants. Aguas Nuevas is planning an initial public offering in 2007 on the Santiago bourse to fund its investments.

* Colombian water utility Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogota (EAAB) will lower its water charges ...

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