IN BRIEF – AMERICAS
- From: Vol 7, Issue 8 (August 2006)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Americas
- Country: Argentina, Chile and Colombia
- Related Companies: Aguas de Barcelona, Aguas Decima, American Water Works, Azurix Corp, Enron, Esval and Marubeni
* Colombia’s popular president Alvaro Uribe embarks on a second term with plans to dramatically improve services in a country where 7.6 million people receive water unfit for consumption.
The northern regions of Sucre, Cordoba, Cesar, Magdalena and La Guajira aim to spend $674 million to generate round-the-clock drinking water supplies, using oil windfall money and state funds. State-run Aguas de Magdalena aims to borrow $58 million from the government to help raise access to drinking water in the region’s towns from 84% to 95%, lifting sewerage coverage ...
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