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The state government of Sao Paulo, Brazil, will pay sewer connection for families with income of up to three minimum wages. It is estimated that 192 000 connections will be paid, benefiting about 800 000 people. Will be invested R $ 349.5 million over eight years.
The program will pay for the works within the property, such as labor and material, to make the connection.The goal is to encourage low-income families to connect their homes to the sewer system, because when there is no domestic connection to sewage they pour in fresh water bodies causing damage to the environment and health of the population.
The program is coordinated by the Secretary of Sanitation and Water Resources of the State, Edson Giriboni.
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Tagged Brazil, Sanitary sewer, Sanitation, sao paulo brazil, São Paulo, sewer connection, Water
This documentary looks at one of Colombia’s largest indigenous groups, Wayuu, and their struggle for fresh water. Soon their water will be siphoned from their lands through new pipes to a nearby town, where the population is not indigenous. Due to a changing climate, water has become even scarcer in their community. One extraordinary woman fights for her community’s very survival.
As part of the Latin American Management II Community Water and Sanitation, held from 13 to 15 September in Cusco, Peru with the presence of representatives of community associations in 14 countries in Latin America, including members of FANMex Environmental Studies Group BC and Keepers of the Volcanoes and after a year of discussions from the meeting in Samaipata, the Latin American Confederation of Community Organizations for Water and Sanitation Services (OCSAS) was born. Continue reading
The National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) has published the document “Dialogs for Water and Climate Change: Call to Action”, as a follow-up to the Dialogs on Water and Climate Change (D4WCC), held in last December 2010 in the framework of the COP 16. Continue reading
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The number of cases of cholera rose to nine in Dominican Republic, according to the authorities after the detection of two more people in the northern province of Santiago.
They are an 11-month-old girl and a man of 25, both Haitians, said Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez to reporters. “Both the infant and the man are in “stable” condition and have been hospitalized, said the minister. Continue reading
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A front page story in the newspaper the Observer urged the National Water Commission (NWC) to quickly repair a freshwater pipe and begin work on a ruptured sewer main that for two weeks had caused great discomfort to residents of Waterford in Portmore, St Catherine.
In the story residents complained that a “a pool of sewage, filled with human waste, that had clogged their toilets and sent raw sewage flowing into some homes”.
The problem according to the residents started two weeks ago when a NWC worker came to reconnect a home along Portland West to the sewer system but broke a freshwater pipe and sewer line in the process. As a result what started as small hole in the road became wider later.
A few hours after the newspaper hit the streets NWC workers repaired the pipe and were working feverishly to fix the sewer main — both of which were damaged by workmen.
“We are glad that it is being fixed and we would like it to be done today. We have a heap of pickney (children) here,” said Veronica Brown, an elderly resident of Canewood Road whose toilet, among others, had been clogged and whose house was almost inundated with raw sewage.
Source: Jamaica Observer, November 09, 2010
BY Paul Henry
Posted in Jamaica, Sewerage, Urban WASH, Water supply
Tagged Jamaica Observer, Sanitary sewer, Wastewater
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Although more than 3,000 people have been infected, health officials affirm there are signs that the cholera outbreak in central Haiti may be stabilising.
Officials indicate that the disease is a serious threat to the 1.3 million survivors of January’s earthquake who are living in tented camps surrounding the city.
The poor sanitary conditions make them vulnerable to cholera, which is caused by bacteria transmitted through contaminated water or food.
The director general of Haiti’s health department, Gabriel Thimote, said yesterday (24.10.2010) that the number of people who had died in the outbreak was rising, but more slowly than during the previous 24 hours.
“We have registered a diminishing in numbers of deaths and of hospitalised people in the most critical areas,” he told reporters.
“The tendency is that it is stabilising, without being able to say that we have reached a peak,” he added.
Haitian officials said more households were following advice on drinking clean water and taking care with personal hygiene.
Source: BBC News Latin America & Caribbean, 25 October 2010
Posted in Emergencies, Haiti, Hygiene promotion, Sanitation, Uncategorized, Water-related diseases
Tagged Cholera, Haiti, urban sanitation, water pollution
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Seven Latin American countries will benefit from contributions approved on the 15th of October by the Spanish government amounting to 117.2 million Euros ($164 million) for projects providing safe drinking water and improving aqueducts and sanitation.
The contributions are intended for projects in Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic and will be managed by the Water and Sanitation Cooperation Fund of Spain’s AECID international development agency. There will also be a complementary contribution of 12.9 million Euros ($18 million) to finance new projects to be carried out in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank.
About 120 million people lack access systems for potable water and basic health services in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to figures released earlier this year at the 2nd Latin American Sanitation Conference.
Related news: Guatemala: US$ 100 million from Spain and the IDB to improve water and sanitation services, Source News, 21 January 2010.
EFE Source : Herald Tribune, 18 October 2010.
Posted in Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Financing, Guatemala, Mexico, Sanitation, Water quality, Water supply
Tagged Latin America, rural sanitation, Spain, water supply charges
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