The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $200m loan to Argentina, to expand and improve water and sanitation services in Buenos Aires and its suburbs.
The scope of work includes the construction of sewage networks in the municipalities of Tres de Febrero, Hurlingham and Ituzaingó, the expansion of a treatment plant in Hurlingham and the construction of collector and pumping stations in Tigre.
The project also includes the rehabilitation of water networks and the improvement of operations of a purification plant in General San Martin to increase its water production by 150,000m3 a day.
The programme will be carried out by Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos.
The 25-year loan is the second in a conditional line of credit for up to $720m approved by the IDB for the country.
