IDB-backed program to improve sanitation for more than 500,000 people in northern Argentina

Oct 09, 2012

Program will provide 86,165 households with better sanitation services and 14,400 households with new or improved access to drinking water

A $500 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will help finance a program to provide 516,000 people in northern Argentina access to improved wastewater treatment services. The program aims to improve the coverage and efficiency of drinking water and sanitation services in areas of Argentina’s Norte Grande region where such services are inadequate or nonexistent.

Projects will also improve the operational and financial management of service providers and strengthen provincial entities operating in the sector.Through the project, 86,165 households will receive access to sanitation services and 14,400 households will be provided with new or improved access to potable water.

Contact

IDB

Sergio Campos

Calle Esmeralda 130

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Phone:

(54-11) 4320-1800

Fax:

(54-11) 4320-1830

E-Mail:

scampos@iadb.org

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