The Nicaraguan entity is carrying forward several projects throughout the country, such as in Leon, where a $40 million dollars investment in drinking water was completed, benefiting five sectors of that city.

Additionally, three wastewater treatment plants are being rehabilitated and two new ones are being built, with a 95 percent completion rate and scheduled to open this year.

In Chinandega, a wastewater treatment plant was recently inaugurated, already serving several neighborhoods, while in Nandaime, more than five million dollars were invested in a drinking water project.

Lagos highlighted investments in Masaya of approximately $21 million for drinking water and $18 million for sanitary sewage; and in Managua, where a storage tank was built with $10 million in financing from Japan.

The deputy head of the entity highlighted the benefits to cities such as Bilwi and Bluefields, territories that lacked these essential services 20 years ago.

Likewise, Nicaragua is promoting the use of renewable sources for power generation through the construction of solar power plants in different areas, and a biogas plant in Managua; projects that will allow the Nicaraguan Water and Sewage Company to cover 97 percent of its current energy consumption. jrr/jdt/mem/ybv