Colombia Unveils Sanitation Plan

Colombia is to invest $550m in cleaning up the Medellin River under its phase II Medellin River sanitation plan.

The project includes building the $100m Interceptor Norte wastewater pipeline and the expansion of Medellin’s sewage network.

Colombia also plans to build a $350m Bello wastewater treatment plant, which will treat the city’s wastewater, according to bnamericas.com.

The phase II Medellin River sanitation plan is part financed by a $450m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.